Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Mrs. Judith Atz, French I 8. ll teacher, explains a construction to Larry Tackett. The Caesar ll classes finds a bit af humor in the writings af Julius Caesar. 'r,. international flavor to curriculum Mrs. Helen Mactxlabb, Caesar ieacher, listens to Ina Thomp- sans' translation. Mrs. lna Hyde, Foreign Language Department Head, helps Marlys Capplerncln with her French translation, mf.: .fr . --Q- in fi? x i.,4, W, 3 .93 'Y 2255351 - 535329 'lugs 2' I as . 5.113 www f2 3E:?'1 jALQ '3g't gif. -, . v I

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. s . .-.7 Mr. James Garcia explains a Spanish translation to his class. With the world shrinking more and more, for- eign languages are becoming of greater im- portance. Learning to speak, write, and under- stand o foreign language requires long hours of repititious practice and a great deal of effort on the part of the pupils. A strong sense of ac- complishment is the reward for the time spent learning to pronounce difficult words. Languages are of great importance, not only for personal knowledge, but also for communica- tion with different countries and an understand- ing of international affairs. Ben Davis' foreign language department in- cludes Latin, Spanish, and French, Tape re- cordings are used to learn pronounciation, verb coniugations, noun forms, and sentence struc- tures, by French and Spanish pupils, The writings of Caesar and Virgil are studied by second- and third-year Latin pupils. Now, a fourth year in French and a third year in Spanish is offered to make it possible to earn a maior in these languages. Foreign language classes add Linda Smollwood, French student, listens to the comment of another student during a class discussion.

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Symbols on the blackboard sometimes prove to be perplexing to geometry students. Ben Davis's Mathematics Department helps pupils develop their powers of thought. Although only two credits in math are required to graduate, many students are now taking minors or majors in this field. ln all, eight separate math courses, for a total of twelve credits, are offered. A variety of skills is taught in the Math De- partment. Mechanics of arithmetic are taught in general math, while first year algebra teaches pupils to represent unknowns in terms of known values. In plane geometry, students must' apply the general facts of Euclidian theorems to a situation. Three more semesters of algebra and one of solid geometry are offered, which deal with advanced topics on these subiects. Trigo- nometry and analytic geometry are useful to college-bound students. Miss Nina Martin has been head of the Mathe- matics Department for the past 21 years. The BDHS math department helps pupils keep pace with today's mechanized world. Mathematics, science courses lead dxf Mrs. Poince emphasizes an important fact of geometry to her math class. A tired student takes u fast 40 winks during math. ,23i'lti1iPifliril'f ri1:f2g,.s.Z,QSfp,-Eg : M f.: