Asheboro High School - Ash Hi Life Yearbook (Asheboro, NC)

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Liprary SERVES AS A SOURCE Of Information Containing numerous books, maga- zines, and audio-visual materials, the Asheboro High School library served as a central information source. Miss Katherine Buie, Mrs. Betty Presnell, and their assistants helpfully guided interested students in their search for appropriate materials. Even though there was a lack of adequate storage space, students and faculty used the facilities to a maximum degree. “Gee, I wish I could read,” sighs Rhonda McGill. It has to be here! zo

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Latin Students Graspeod the Essence Of the LanGguaGe If it’s not one translation it’s another. 24 Toiling through the Gallic Wars, the second-year Latin student suddenly realized there is more to Julius Caesar than just a toga. He forgot to watch the clock and began to grasp the essence of the language. Noun declensions and verb conjugations followed and with them came long hours of thought and headaches. One enters Latin with apprehension but exits with strong study habits and an invaluable cultural back- ground.

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StudENtS SURPRISED TheMseElLVEs ano their teacher sy Speaking french Within the boundaries of room 203, Madame Smith strove to pound some knowledge of France and its language into the heads of her schol- ars. Although the way was often eased by games, songs, and skits, these students labored through drills, orals, basic sentences, pronouns, and exams just like their Spanish “friends.” When it all seemed hope- less, students surprised their teacher Nepal re finds that French tapes are perplexing . . . thought-provoking . . . but excitingly and themselves by speaking French. lirerent! - a a Steve Covington and Meredith Nichols, two budding French students, learn to eat. 26