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Marjorie Halderman, head librarian, looks over an interesting new paper-back with language arts teachers, Russell Alborn, Louann Schafer, and Nedra Christensen, in the Astor Post supply room, where supplementary sets of literature books are kept. Challenging Taking into account individual dif¬ ferences, the A.H.S. language arts department offers students many challenging courses. After the freshman year is spent in reviewing grammar and spelling, classes are programmed to teach ap¬ preciation of plays, novels, essays, and short stories. Writing assign¬ ments and group discussions are de¬ signed.to help students develop their abilities to-express themselves clear¬ ly. The advanced groups, composed of students who excelled in English classes the previous year, study novels in more depth. Opportunity to develop their speaking techniques is offered to in¬ terested students in the speech courses. The advanced students travel to speech tournaments several times a year, giving them-a special incentive to further develop their abilities. These and other Astoria students are fortunate in having the excellent reference materials and facilities for preparing language arts assignments. The journalism classes that pro¬ duce the Astor Post and the Zephy- rus train their staffs in writing for publication. Russell Alborn, senior English instructor, discusses parts in the play. The Taming of the Shrew, with John Kobbe and Jackie Smith. 14
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Language Arts 14 Physical Education 17 Sciences 18 Social Studies 20 Special Skills 22 ADVISER Nedra Christensen PHOTOGRAPHER Reuben Jensen ACADEMIC EDITOR Joan Elliot OUR SCHOOL DAY 13
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Courses Offered in Language Arts Dewey Tuttle, new sophomore English teach¬ er, is shown here helping Jan Jermann with her composition. Along with his teaching assign¬ ments, Mr. Tuttle coaches cross-country, basket¬ ball, and track. Before coming to Astoria, he was a teacher at Pleasant Hill, Oregon. Mr. Sanders plays background music while students have a free reading period. These four English teachers, Dick Sanders, Priscilla Gauthier, Jo Swan¬ son, and Elizabeth Nopson co-operate in organizing a comprehensive language arts program. 15
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