St Marys High School - Lance Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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, ,eg Q . isagaags THE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT LATIN Ad astra per aspera,', to the stars through difficulties, might be written as the brief and complete story of Latin in Torrance High. And we do not claim to have reached the stars even now, though our aims and hopes are high. The study of Latin was begun five years ago as a sort of extra-curricular activity for three ambitious students during the noon period. From that -small beginning a department has grown, more and more joined the ranks, enlisted, even in Czesaris legions, and fought his wars. Now there are three or four classes every semester, averaging from twelve to fifteen students. Very few plan to take more than two years of the subject. The aim, therefore, is to give as wide an acquaintance as time permits with the language, customs, daily life, background, and history of Rome, a working knowledge of derivatives, and greater understanding of English grammar and language. SPANISH An experiment in direct method is being carried on this year in B9 Spanish. No book has been used. The method is entirely conversational. The results have been seen in increased vocabularies and greater facility in the use of the language. The teachers are, Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Boynton and Mr. Wright. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The English Department this year has given each student an opportunity to determine his reading ability for himself. By taking the Stanford Reading Test, he has been able to decide to what degree he has mastered reading as a tool. Stanley Creighton had the distinction of passing the paragraph meaning test with a perfect score and of making the highest score in the school. Perfect scores on the vocabulary test were made by Earl Tavan, who placed second in the school, and Phyllis Knorr, Victor Kaspar, Margery Roelofs, Vincent Lawton, Regis Miller, and Wendel Leather- man. High scores were made in the classes as follows: A7, Margaret Condon, Charles Applin, Betty Adams, B8, Rachel Huddleston, Eugene Stegelmeyerg A8, Edith Stevens, jean Solomon, La Vern Jones, B9, Jean Tolson, Francis Carnahan, De Loss Neal, A9, Vincent Lawton, Wendel Leatherman, Edna Laving BIO, Marguerite Lincoln, A10, Margery Roelofs, Van Bartechkog Bll, Bert Merrill, Virginia Brown, John Mock 3 Al l, Howard Totten, Jean Smith, Irene Wilhelmg Seniors, Stanley Creighton, Earl Tavan, Charles Faulkner, Josephine See. Perhaps many T. H. S. students will be surprised to know that there are more boys than girls who won honors in reading. A pupil's mastery in writing is not readily measured, but the English Department is striving to arouse in each student a desire to write correctly. The English teachers are all prominent in extra-curricular activities, Miss Burnham being senior Class teacher, sponso-r for the Torch, and editor of a new magazine of original student verse called the Stylus, Mrs. Engel, the coach for school plays and public speaking, Mrs. Kelly, responsible for the T. N. T., Mrs. Morse, sponsor for the Latin Clubg Miss Mills, sponsor for the Scholarship Society, and Miss Kunkel and Mrs. Morse, both travelers to distant shores. IISJ