Wright School for Girls - Wrightorian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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Lively Tour and the mystic serenity of shadows and for- ests. while Carl Sandburg leads on jaunts to the foggy beaches and industrial cities. Hamlin Garland may step up with com- ments on the Middle West, or Harnett Kane, with pictures of a Southern Christ- mas. ln dramatic poetry Stephen Vinc- ent Benet fills the American adventure with vigor and sentiment. Seniors are venturing outside their own country. ln the British Isles they become familiar with the land from which the American language origi- nated. The l.al-ze Country still affords the beauty and charm of XVordsworth's day. lt is still possible to romp through Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood and his merry thieves, or t0 meet with the Canterbury Pilgrims at Tabard lnn. lt is the greatest of thrills to visit the Poets Corner in XVest- minster Abbey, where from Chaucer to Kipling linglands great writers are honored. W'ith language skills as a basis, we also try some creative and research composition, ln speech, we interpret some of the favorites among the fine poets, and practice the speech techniques of effective presentation, ln our own writing we recall our journeys into literary lands, and also attempt to pre- serve some individual philosophies and ideals in literature of our own. -' X 3 -tw, if ii K 5 ft gui' C iw X 3 na 4 As the Sophomores study their theme grades they secm finally realize that Miss Gholston believes comm is are serious

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J' ' si if 16. 6 as And the Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea . . relates Mary Webb as Mrs. Hicks, Peggy Smith, Libba Brown, and Ann Kendall prompt and offer criticism in the speech class. 16 t Xl 'nl-I-,...--4' joan Miller, Susan Dawson, Ann Goldfarb, Susan Oswalt, Boone Arendall, and Joyce Heinrich are the only challengers left re- presenting the Ninth Grade in a vocabulary bee, as Lee Faulk, having misspelled Honomatopoeian, returns to her seat. EI1gliSl'1J Syntax Railroad! Passenger car loading on Track Nineli' As the train leaves the station, the engineer begins his story: May l have your attention! Students of grammar, you have just boarded a very complex ve- hicle, which will take you safely through many adventures. The engine is commonly known as a Verb, its chief function is to tug the train along the track. Assisted by Noun Car, it can generate enough power to move up very steep grades. Farther down the track are six other sections-Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunc- tion, and at the very end a little emotional caboose - Interjectionf' The above is a picture of our begin- nings in the English Department. Mrs. But- ler introduces the journey with the Seventh Grade as she prepares a map of experiences to come. Meanwhile, Mrs. Erase, by means of spicy vocabulary, is adding interest in, the Eighth Grade. Soon Freshmen are be-l ginning to master the route. Sophomores with Miss Gholston acquire a heavy load of information. Juniors, having already made countless short trips into the marvelous lands of great literature, are off on a tour of Amer- ica from sea to shining sea. Robert Frost shows the beauty of sunsets and valleys l Mrs, Butler calls for a periodical check of her Sixth Grades English Notebooks,

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Xia , as 18 In--M .. f H A sw, -- tm ti i ..,. c wa., wi, me The sixth grade learns French Christmas carols from Mrs, Ross and Mrs. Crocker in order to increase their francais knowledge. fi? Patty Towle, Nancy Stevens, and Becky Dunn-NIuniors- survey a nativity scene, while Mrs. Oliver teaches them Christmas vocabulary in French Francais Ale suis une jeune fille de Wriglit. Parlezvous francais? .,NO.,, Pourquoi pas? Huh? Wlieti the blond girl dressed in a Roman toga and speaking French greeted me my first day on campus, I knew there was something outstanding here-foreign languages. My next four years were filled with newness, bewilderment, and often humili- ation. The subjects themselves were new to me and yet so correlated with other studies that they could not help opening an appealingly new approach to academic thinking. lnstructional plays, recreational reports, modern short stories and poetry provided heightened interest for spiritless French studentsg likewise, dead Latin was quickened by wacky dra- matic orations, intriguing myths, and contemplated translations of the Christmas story from the Bible. Help! Help! Among scenes of the plays and sleepless nights at one of Caesars castra, I found my- self swimming dangerously amid ablative absolutes, active and passive periphrastic conjugations, optative