Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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I X I if . lg-as it.. Y . ... -. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-FRONT ROW: Bernice Jones,Judith McBride, Gertrude lnsley, Mrs. Lois Csiky, Mrs. Florence Schnakenberg, Rita Corrado, Mrs. Virginia Cassell, Mrs. Cheryl Clark. SECOND ROW: Hester Anne Hale, Mrs. Margaret Hahn, Mrs. Jatinder K. Singh, Karen Hansen, Helen Carter, Mrs. Margaret Clapp, Ann McMillan, M. Eileen Kohut. r G. ir ,.! Pf'v1fi'j s',s'ssr1f ' XX. THIRD ROW: Mrs. Joan R. Brown, Janet King, Paula E. Lopossa, Mrs Diane Comstock, John R. Takacs, Mrs. Alice C. Goodrum, Robert Ford Tom Danheiser, department head. FOURTH ROW: Ellen Eads, Kirby Lehman, Emmett F. Hardiman, John Lewis, Louis G. Hill, C. T. Tresslar Stan J. Minks, Craig Roberts, Karen Ackerman. New dogs, wngs 60121 . Phase Dead! Boring! Ugh! ls that the way English Departments are usually de- scribed? Well, the English Department at Tech can now be described as changing, exciting, different and alive. During the fall semester, mini-courses were offered for the first time. Such courses as Oral Interpretation, Heritage Literature, On Stage! and The Political- Merry-Go-Round gave some 500 Tech- ites a new twist to their eighth hour En- glish classes. Hopefully, next fall, this mini-course program will happen on a much larger scale, being called Phase Elective. Beginning a student's sophomore year, he will choose an elective every nine weeks. This means at least twelve elec- tives during a high school career. Fresh- men will continue in a structured class. There will be four phases a student will be able to choose from. The first phase courses will be designed to help those students who have difficulty with basic language art skills of reading, writ- ing, speaking, listening, and thinking. Electives from this phase will be The Mass Media, Tall Tales and Folk Stories, and Pre-English-Phonics. In the Phase 2 program the course will assist students who have an understanding of the basic language art skills but who need to improve and refine them. Greek and Roman Mythology, The Bible as Lit- erature and Journalistic Writing will be a few of the electives. Realism in Literature, Modern Poetry Ill, and Social Protest and Satire will be courses aimed at students who have im- proved their command of the language and whose innate abilities would indicate they could attain a deeper understanding of literature and a keener command of writing skills. This is Phase 3. Phase 4 courses are being designed for the student who has shown a proficiency in the lower phase levels, especially in phase 3. Some electives are Term Papers, Modern World Literature, Advanced Indi- vidual Reading and Creative Writing. It is hoped that students will choose from the phase that best suits their abili- ties. Plans are still tentative, but Thomas Danheiser, department head said, We are all very excited about it! ENGLISH ASSISTANTS-FRONT ROW: Mar- ilyn Williams, Barbara Price, Sandra Armes, Ro- berta Bandy. SECOND ROW: Debby Jackson, 9 I H----uv 'ti Mary Wheeler, Donna Pipher, Melody Coryell, Mark Campbell NOT PICTU RED: Bonnie Cam- GFOFI.

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I.. 5 D v'8 'r 2' 4 14+ 7 ', f.. ' 0 P 1 RIGII' if a I I ,m lf' IF mul lb or nm Y TU NUIL 2 VOTE' Vlcrr mvfr Wa.- UOOJ VW, ol QE P5455 I5 YUUR CHQ ALICE GEE presents the issues in IVlrs. lVIar- garet Hahn's English V class during the Novem- ber elections. REHEARSALS are a major part of any produc- tion, right, IVlr. Malloy? Nlini-courses gave a change to eighth-hour English students. IVIISS I-IALE and her eighth hour mini-course students discuss The Real and The ldeal ! But a Pepsi? Really, lVliss Hale! - i I..