Tuscaloosa High School - Black Warrior Yearbook (Tuscaloosa, AL)

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Spanish Students Benefit from Language Lab MRS. MARGARITA DEL VALLE, Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, B.S., University ot Alabama, M.A., Spanish, Sponsor of Spanish II and III Club-MRS. MARTHA LACKEY, University ot Alabama, B.S., MA., Spanish, English, Sponsor of Spanish I Club. Spanish, the language of our southern neighbors is one of the modern languages taught at T.H.S. For the first time, a third year ot Spanish has been offered to foreign language students. Because of an increased enrollment this year, Mrs. Lackey has taken over all Spanish I classes with Mrs. del Valle teaching Spanish II and III. Spanish students enioy using the new language labora- tory, which helps them in pronunciation and conversation. It is an aid to the teacher in knowing the individual stu- dent's problems. In Spanish Ill, there is the opportunity to study the his- tory, culture, and literature ot Spanish-speaking countries. LANGUAGE LAB CLASSES at T.H.S. help modern foreign language students learn how to speak the language they study, in addition to being able to read the language. Here a Spanish I class listens to a tape. ttf DIANE HARRIS shows TuscaIoosa's first Spanish III class a doll she bought in Spain last summer when she visited Europe. I24I

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MRS. BESSE TERRY, Univer- sity of Alabama, A.B., M.A., A.A., University of Michi- gan, M.A., University of Maryland, London School of Economics, French, Spon- SOF of l:l'9nCl'l ANN WINTERS POINTS to a map of France which illustrates places of interest, while Carole Deal watches. French students strive to learn customs, history, and geography of France in addition to the French language. French - The Language Employed by Diplomats French is known as the clearest and most precise of modern languages. One must have a knowledge ot this language if planning to enter any phase of the diplo- matic service. Widely travelled Mrs. Terry emphasizes the importance of French as a language to promote international amity. DANIELLE SANCHEZ is the French orphan who has been adopted by the French Club, which contributes monthly to her support. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE working in cramped quarters with only limited facilities, the students in Mrs. Terry's French II class display apparent interest in learning about every aspect of the life of the French people. r ??i?' l

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Library Uperates Under New System SENIORS ANNE FAIRCLOTH and Mack Brown are taking advantage of research materials, which are just a part of the excellent facilities of the library available to our students. Where can a student find information on anything from aviation to Zoology? Where can one go back- wards through the door of history to visit the cave of a Neantherthal man or go forward to view an imaginary city on Mars in the year 3204? The school library is the place, of course. Our library is well-staffecl with competent librarians, always ready to help the struggling student. The library is working under a new, more efficient system this year: The main room is a study hall where the reference books are kept. The east study hall serves as a reading room and contains fiction books. MRS. EVELYN DARDEN, University of Alabama, B.S., L.S., Librarian. MRS. ADNA HOWARD, Uni- versity of Alabama, B.S., M.A., L.S., Librarian, Sponsor of Library Assistants. MRS. MARYELLA TERRILL, Bethel College, B.A., University of Ala- bama, M.A., Librarian. MRS. HOWARD, OUR head librarian, helps several students check books in and out and pay fines on over- due Hooks. For entertainment and news, students at the table in the foreground read newspapers from the li- brary's collection of periodicals. Current issues of sev- eral popular magazines are kept in the reading room. 251 l