Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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Public speaking builds self-confidence C.H.S. public speaking teachers have found that by allowing the use of tape recorders, students can learn better enunciation and voice tone. After a speech, Dan Shaffer criticized his sound. Preparing the material necessary to take an affirmative stand in their next debate concerning Medicare, john Johnson and Ann Dworak familiarized themselves with the rising cost of living. 44 Public speaking is a course which benefits nearly every student. In speech classes, the principles of after-dinner speaking, orations, reading of different types of literature, ex- temporaneous speaking, and panel discussions are presented. Because students are required to speak about a variety of topics, they must learn many valuable facts concerning current events. The opportunity to speak in public offered by speech classes enables pupils to acquire poise and self-confidence. Frequently, speech students enter speech contests. The subject debate, which had been omitted from C.S.H.S. curriculum for a few years, was again offered this year. Debate students were required to do extensive research and to keep file cards on several subjects. The research, class discussion, and instruction in the form of debate provided a background which enabled students to compete with other debate teams. P i In his debate class, Gary Fenwick, C.S.H.S.'s answer to Daniel Webster, prepared to refute spectacularly his opponent's arguments with his devastating rebuttal.

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Mm E5 N-ws' 'Q me W--sq 'Z' it .. .x.. e - While Mrs. Hire deliberated over their eligibility sheets, two of Canton's sophomore athletes, Bob Dunning and Mike Downard, waited anxiously for her to arrive at a decision. by colleges for its After being absent the day his class studied The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Clem Mikulich devoted some of his free time to reviewing the short story with Mrs. Stutsman. Reading at the pace set by a reading accelerator, Cozette Roberson, Reading Techniques pupil, concentrated on com- prehending the content of her book at the increased speed. advanced teaching Before deciding on whether to advance to a more difficult level of reading, Pam Smith evaluated her progress during her first nine weeks' work on rate and power builders. 43

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Although personal interpretations of Latin verse often differ, each one may actually be correct. Here, Richard Carlson offers his version of one of Cicero's speeches about Augustus Caesar. atin language lives for its students Latin II's military geniusQ?j, Bob Sepich, explained, by means of a detailed scale reproduction, the strate- gy employed by the Romans in using a scaling ladder. Even though the Latin language has always been a part of Canton Senior High's curricu- lum, third-year Latin was offered again this year after a three-years' absence. Another ad- dition to this department was the use of stu- dent teachers. These two teachers, Mrs. Leon Heikes and Miss Suzanne Swanson, were both students of Western Illinois University. This innovation provided valuable experience for both the students and the student teacher. In the Latin II classes students became ac- quainted with Caesar's conquests and the Gal- lic Wars. In Latin III the students utilized class periods by translating from the Iliad by Homer. Through' translations and class re- ports, students learned the background of the countries of the Roman Empire. Both levels also studied grammar, culture, pronunciation, etymology, mythology. As is evident, C.S.H.S. has a competent, complete Latin department. 45