Wyoming Park High School - Orbit Yearbook (Wyoming, MI)

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E GLISH IS 0UR Ll K English is our link with the intellectual past. Literature relates the valiant deeds of Caesar and the gentle song of Hiawatha, but without the proper background of grammar these stories and tales would mean very little. English is not always the exciting world of entertainment that we desire. In fact, sometimes it is downright dull and uninteresting and we may thinkiof it as the daily grind, with no fu- ture in diagramming sentences or learning what an adverbial phrase is. David Livingston diagrams a sentence in freshman English Connie Plasterer and Roger Ziel use a record of Canter- Lynn Raven delivers a speech on British education in bury Tales to show the changes in pronunciation in Speech class. Senior English. 38

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MATH I CALC LATIO Sliderule, ruler, and compass are the tools of those To pass this subject with good marks is an accom- students taking math. These, however, are not the plishment. The final results of math are rewarding. only essential requirements. Math students must have For the student who makes good use of all that he good reasoning powers. They are confronted with has learned, will profit in the future. many diflicult problems which must be solved, such as proving of theories. Loren Huen and John Archer receive instructions from Mr. Braendle on measuring angles in solid geometry. 37

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JOE Kfamafz and Pete Vander Haal' examine the Cost Spanish class watches closely while Mary Bean writes tume of a Roman soldier worn by Mike Dolan in Latin gulqoday is Tuesday, Tgmgfrow is Wednesday," class. LANGUAGE Spanish students write, speak, and read Spanish throughout the year. They learn the background of the language by studying the history of Spain and its people. The high point of Latin class is the Roman Ban- quet. A lot of research is undertaken by the class on Roman food, -costumes, and entertainment. They translate words, sentences, and phrases which helps them with the grammatical side of Latin. SPEECH Speech class has a varied and interesting program this year. The class held debates and it was from speech class that the debate team was chosen to compete with other schools. The class put on a play for the Christmas assembly, and tried their hand at choral reading. All of the experiences were good practice for public speaking. Members of the debate team joe Kramarz, Lynn Raven, and Barbara Van Noord, discuss de- bate topic.