Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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Languages Key to Culture “Languages,” commented Mrs. Gross, “are the key to other cultures, i.e. to the hearts of other peoples.” In the foreign language classes, students learn more than just the attitude, the back¬ ground. and the culture of the people who live there. As the world becomes smaller through more advanced methods of transportation and com¬ munication, understanding between peoples is increasingly important. To enable the language student to go into more advanced study two new classes, German III and French IV, were organized this year. These emphasize the study of these countries ' literature. Listening to Spanish records in the language lab has proven beneficial to language students. Joy Moskovita takes advantage of the new device in Spanish II. Members of the German II class enjoy watching a film on Germany. An AHS graduaate, M iss Linda Fowler, is interested in spcrts and folk dancing. She teaches Spanish at both the high and junior high schools and advises the Spanish Club. As pastor of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Carl Gross has but half the day to devote to teaching German, his native tongue, and to co-advising the Europe Club. Teaching French and Ger¬ man and co-advising the Europe Club takes up the major part of Mrs. Magdaline Gross time. Reading is her hobby at home. 20 School Day

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AHS Adds Calculus To Curriculum Although there are many varied opinions on teaching the new mathematics at the junior high level, the con¬ sensus of opinion at Astoria High is that, this innovation better prepares the high school students for the more advanced mathematics which is being demanded in this scientific age. The only objection to the program is the problem of an ever-changing nomenclature. Because of this current emphasis on mathematical training, AHS of fers algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus, the latter being added to the curriculum for the first time this year. Mr. illiam Reuter teaches advanced alge¬ bra. geometry, and sen¬ ior review. He is ad iser ol Mu Alpha Theta and the National Honor So¬ ciety. Mr. Robert Scott, who (according to the grape vine) wears a suit only on payday, teaches ad¬ vanced algebra, trigo¬ nometry. and physics. He i- senior class ad¬ viser. Mr. Reuter explains a problem in advanced algebra to Brian Olsvik. Steve Palmrose, and Jim Mullins. School Day 19

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Mr. Bill Gunderson, when not teaching world history and art, likes reading, refin¬ ishing furniture, and collect- ting things.” Photography teacher and publication photographer, Mr Reuben Jenson, says photog¬ raphy is also his hobby. He first came to AHS in 1930. Mrs. Weiss , the special achievement teacher, came to AHS from Gearhart. She says her favorite hobby is painting, but she likea. collecting reci¬ pes. and taking pictures. Teachers Emphasize Creativity During art class, members of Mrs. Weiss ' special education class work on Christmas decorations. Learning the technical skills of portraiture from Mr. Jensen, photography students use Albert Stockton as a model. “Art is neither a form of play, a hobby, nor a subordinate subject, but a way to knowledge so vital and needed that we dare not neglect it.” said Mrs. Weiss, special achievement teacher who strongly empha¬ sizes art in her curriculum of varied sub¬ jects. Each student in regular creative art courses, under the direction of Mr. Gunder¬ son, has a quota of one painting per week. Mr. Gunderson feels that a choice of pro¬ jects gives the individual a feeling of self- expression. Still another creative art is photography, a program taught hy Mr. Jensen that em¬ phasizes learning to develop pictures, oper¬ ate cameras and roll one’s own film. Art student Rick Thies practices lettering during the seventh period art class.