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

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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

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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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Simi Berney Mclnnis, a third year Latin student, explains the rhyme Llbba Bfmln- Cornelia Zlcmlm- Bffmlii Moore. kms! ADH Scheme of Virgilis Aweid to LCC Faulk, JO Anne Pfleger, and Ixendall dramatize a French play for other members of Mrs Nancy Macau of Latin 1. ROSSS Ffsnfh II Class Est Par and volitive subjunctives and temporal clauses, from l which Neptune himself could not rescue me. l Appelez-vous? Quel age avez-vous? Coming F , from a precocious first grader and directed straight li! ' at me, I fumbled discreetly in my cluttered purse M- for my miniature French-English dictionary, and in order to avoid silence, I uttered the first worcls that N met my eyes, suis un petit chatf! The evening my parents and I had dinner at the I.a Fayette, I over-anxiously summoned the waiter and insisted that he take our orders in French. With precise pronunciation and articulate gestures of hands, I confidently awaited la fetef' A half hour later, lifting the covers from our dishes my parents simultaneously shuddered and averted their faces, as they beheld six life-like snails reclining on their plates! How do you say, 'Take them awaym? I returned to school, dedicated to the proposi- tion, A little learning is a dangerous thing. Now, I beam with the bright girls: Bonjour, Madame Ross! Qomment allez-vous? Madame Mc- Lean! fai etudie mon devoir, aujourdhui, Madame Oliver. Errare humanum est, Mrs. Frase! .lil , First graders receive their beginning lessons in francais vocabulary. 'I9