Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Colleen O ' Brien English Barbara Piper English Henry E. Sanders Journalism Jill Shaeffer English Janice Veach English Suzanne Young English Mr. DeMouth ' s ASP English class holds a seminar session with visiting speaker. —9—

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Carl Barnes English Wayne DeMouth English Gerald Jaehnel English Language Arts is composed of a wide field of courses for the student who is interested in learning to express himself adequately in our shrinking world. These courses help students communicate with others and to understand those around them. They fill a need for self-expression, and creativity so often overlooked in the rapid course of our lives. There can be no under- standing without communica- tion. Lillian riiiuict,i English

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Not long ago a second or third language in the curriculum was novel, in some schools even rare. Today students at Lincoln have the opportunity to learn Latin, French. Spanish, and Russian. Russian is taught at only one other high school in Iowa. Students find another language valuable not only for the study of those whose culture is different from our own, but also as an aid in understanding their own. Erna Bevington French Vincent Boozell Latin George Chatman S panish Kathryn Kirkhoff Latin-Russian Kathleen Smith Russian Roger Hughes listens intently in language lab. —10—