Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Foreign Culture Added 9pice to Life French students ponder an interesting assignment in class. Mrs. Inman directs students who are working on sentence con- structions. Romance language students debate on the location of some famous European landmarks. 21

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Foreign Language Broadened Learning Russian was added to the foreign language department with Mr. Soerensen as instructor. For interested students, the Shortridge Language Department opened many doors of opportunity. Facilities in the language lab gave students practice in both speaking and comprehension. Dedicated teachers stressed the understanding of the customs and attitudes of dif- ferent countries as an important as- pect in the study of a foreign language. Advanced Russian came to Short- ridge for the first time last year. The department also offered advanced courses in Spanish, French, German, Latin and Greek. Students in Latin and Greek Derivatives expanded their knowledge of the English vo- cabulary and their own. The I.U. Honors program was en- couraged for third year students in Spanish, French, German or Latin. Traveling to a foreign country, and living there, gave the student a bet- ter knowledge of the language and culture of a different people. Language lab students listened to the teacher instruct them in the proper pro- nunciation.

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Equations, Theorems, Differentials From the simplest form of mathe- matics to the most complex calculus, the math department tried to per- petuate an interest in its subject area. The department accomplished this goal through tutoring programs, special debates and guest speakers. Advanced math students gave up free periods to tutor troubled students. The department offered a wide variety of courses, among them were general math, five semesters of al- gebra, plane geometry, trigonometry, and two semesters of calculus. Many new methods of presenting the required material were also de- veloped to assist in giving the stu- dent the basics necessary for the course. Films and overhead pro- jectors were used to stress important ideas, as well as numerous other techniques. John Randolph, algebra student, explains to the class how he has worked a single variable equation. Miss Wahl instructs one of her mathe- matics classes in the fundamentals algebra.