Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Hand gestures aid Gary Huwer in a more effective presenta¬ tion of a persuasive argument. Members of English literature class attend a local presentation of Shakespeare ' s ‘Hamlet ' to supplement their study of the great master’s work. Dale Van Blair A.B., M.A. Janet Milligan B.A., M.A. Roger B. Crane B.A., B.A. Ed., M.S. Ed. James Pleasant B.S. Ed., M.A. 23

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Broken English Repaired and Polished Here A task force of devoted English instructors set about the thankless job of moulding the American language into a more acceptable form. Despite desperate at¬ tempts at re-routing dangling participles, lost punc¬ tuation, and misplaced modifiers, their success was only partial. Speech majors continued to break the rules of eye contact, and, uh, and stuttering, but progress continued to develop. Although the JC stu¬ dents do not yet compare with Cicero and Chaucer, they ain’t never stopped trying to better theirselves. Rough drafts and 3x5 cards engulfed Rhetoric 102 students, like Norma Spytek, who faced the challenge of producing a unique, yet appealing research paper. VV iLLiAM Saunders Head of Department A.B., M.A. Madge Ream B.S., M.A. Gertrude Iones B.S. Ed., M.S. 0 22

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Education in Language Promotes Bilingualism I he ability to understand and converse in a for¬ eign language moved toward jx rfcction in the French, Spanish, and (German classes. Language students snowed their mono-lingual friends with impressive phrases and ribald expressions. Knowledge of histori¬ cal backgrounds was expanded along with the indi- viduals command of semantics. Practicing French vowel sounds before the mirror mokes the task comical, but still tedious for Pom Drake. Familiarity with Spanish culture complements the study of the language. Marguerite Skaar Head of I partmeiit B.A., M.A. Arnold Ayllon B.M., A.B., M.S. Ed. Lois Wallace B.A. 24