South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Hour-longs, ME.V Preparing for hour-long book reporrs; reading Ben Hur, The Scarlet Letter, and A Tale of Two Cities; and learning rhe fun- damenrals of creative writing provided English 8 seniors with a background for appreciation of good literature and the ele- ments of self-expression. True, the seniors were exhausted at the end of the year, but they knew they were well-prepared for college, a career in business, or any other profession which they might choose. For four long years, members of the English Department patiently worked to familiarize the student with such great books as Homer's Odyssey, works of Charles Dickens and George Ehot, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Macbeth, and our own American authors — Thoreau, Emerson, and Irving, representing only a few. Techniques of writing were stressed in the research paper; reports analyzing short stories, essays, plays, and poetry; and themes, which increased knowledge of sentence structure. The Minimum Essentials Test, class dramatizations, library work, logic and philosophy, and oral reports all played an im- portant part in the English program, which endeavors to broaden the student's view in the area of the Fine Arts. To English 6 students, the library is a familiar sight. Using index cards and periodicals, Betsy Adams prepares notes for her research theme. A model of the Globe Theater, popular in Shakespeare's time, is examined by Mr. Jack Morey and Marcia Larson during the study of Julius Ca sar.

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Busy Archers Meet the Challenge of Themes, Working at special machines to improve their reading speed and comprehension are Sandy Miller, senior, and Ken Davis, junior, members of one of the developmental reading classes. 20

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Thursday is a busy day for members of the journalism class, for after the Times has been printed, outside subscriptions must be folded and mailed. Copy Marks, D.J.' Programs Spark Electives Supplementing regular English study, some students choose journalism or speech as electives. Assuming positions on the Times staff gives future journalists first-hand experience in re- porting, copy reading, editing, and managing the business of a newspaper. Using their style books, students master rules of good journalism. Speech builds confidence and poise. Through expressive drama, poetry readings, demonstration speeches, and panto- mimes, students learn the fine art of public speaking and its advantages in vocations requiring public contact. Disc jockey programs give speakers a chance to express themselves on the air, and practice in introductions and telephone conversations teaches social poise. Ecstacy and anger — each is displayed as a part of the speech program, the first by Suzanne Link, the second by Martha Lanning. And furthermore . . . Diane Gebhard emphasizes a point made in speech. 22