Adlai E Stevenson High School - Ambassador Yearbook (Prarie View, IL)

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First and Second year Russian was offered to students by Adlai Stevenson's Language Depart- ment. This year's curriculum also included four years of French, German, and Spanish. Along with increasing a student's proficiency in speaking, a foreign language also increases international understanding. This understanding was added to by the study of German, Spanish, Russian, and French literature in its native form. The Audio-Lingual Method increased the stu- dent's ability to speak and understand a foreign language. Oral work and structural patterns were greatly used in the first two years of study in conjunction with the language lab. A tape recorder with French and Spanish re- cordings, a record player, filmstrips, and the in- tricate language lab all contributed to the master- ing of a foreign language. Was is lost? The Key to A Foreign Culture LAZIO TAKACS—B.A. at Illinois State University at Normal; Rus- sian, German I, II, lll-IV, Ger- man Club sponsor . . . MARY ANN M. HILLS—B.A. at North- ern Illinois University; French I, II, III, IV; French Club Advisor; A. F.S. Advisor; Department Chairman . . . ROBERT WALSH- B. A. at Northern Illinois Uni- versity; Spanish I, II, III, IV; Spanish Club Advisor, Freshman Basketball Coach. . . And now the Eiffel Tower comes into view . . 28

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 wr Slide Rule, and tlie New Facilities of A New School. metry, and Calculus as well as an Independent Enrich- ment Program for the advanced study of math beyond Calculus. Mr Williom Halverson provided us with a compre- hensive as well as interesting study of moth with side- lights into the world of the Green Bay Packers. He also taught geometry. Algebra II, and an Enrichment Course of Trigonometry and Advanced Algebra. Mr. Halverson was chairman at a section meeting of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Stevenson welcomed two new members to the math staff. The first of these was Mr. Alan Sprague, who taught Algebra I, and Geometry. The second was Mr. Jon Peterson who also taught Algebra I and Geometry. The Moth Department used what is called the spiral method of teaching which provides a review of past learning. Besides a new method of teaching, the math teachers had at their disposal new equipment to teach with. These included an overhead projector, a giant slide rule, and the new facilities of a new school. You must be kidding with that last answer. It's not how you ploy the game; it's whether you win or lose that counts. JON PETERSON—B.S. at Carthage College; Generol Mathematics, Algebra I, Geometry; Varsity Wrestling Coach . . . ALAN SPRAGUE —B.A. at Oberlin College; M.A.T. at Northwestern University; Alge- bra I, Geometry, General Mathematics. 27

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The Social Science Department strongly stressed the principle that simple possession of facts does not make one educated. The purpose of education is to equip one for independent inquiry and reasoning. A student taking a history course was asked to know why things happened instead of just when they happened. A stu- dent taking government learned the principles and for- ces which made our government what it is today. Emphasis was placed on current events in Social Science classes. Written evaluations of outside reading was necessary to earn an A in all Social Science classes. It was possible tor a social science student to learn much more than history or government from the Social Science Department. A student could learn about the drives present in men of all cultures and ages which incited them to revolt or caused them to explore or investigate. The subjects included in the Social Science Depart- ment were World History, American History, British History, Russian History, Government, Psychology, and Sociology. In the study of World History, it was possible for a student to become acquainted with the important cul- tures and ideas which have developed since men left their caves. It gave a student a perspective with which to view our own culture and its accomplishments. In American History, the student learned the events immediately leading to the environment he lives in now British History showed the student the ideos and men which shaped our American culture. Russian History provided insight into the psychological make-up of the Russian people. Government taught the infernal work- ings of our democracy and the difference between it and other forms of government. Psychology revealed to the student the fascinating labyrinth of the human mind. Sociology informed the student about cultures other than his own. It's France, $ays Mike Fournier. PASCAL M. GILMORE—A.B. at University of Miami, M.A. at University of Illinois; Sociology, World History, General History, Russian History; Freshman Foot- ball Coach; Varsity Track Cooch . . . THOMAS M. BAUMANN- B.A. at Lake Forest College; M. A. at Northwestern Universe- Government, U S. History, World Geography, U.S. History Since 1945; Heod Football Cooch; Letterman's Club Sponsor . . . WAYNE D. SCHNABLE—B.S. and M.S. at Northern Illinois Uni- versity; United States History; English History, General History; Chairman of Humanities Division; Chairman of Social Science De- partment. 29