Binghamton Central High School - Panorama Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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LANGUAGE Most students have the desire, at one time or another, to speak and become acquainted with other languages of the world. Here at Central, three lan¬ guages, French, Spanish and Latin, are offered. Although Latin is not the lan¬ guage of any present day country, it is a subject which helps one im¬ mensely in understanding the English language. French and Spanish are especially interesting because they are present day languages. A great deal of satisfaction can be gained from orig¬ inal conversations. Although they are not always ones of perfection, they surely offer good experience and a feeling that one day the earnest pupil will be able to speak a foreign lan¬ guage fluently. Not only the fundamental of the lan¬ guage are taught in these courses, but also the beliefs and customs of the people themselves. This knowledge often helps us in our study of history. Most students, who undertake to study a language, never regret it. James Heifer and Jane Miner ponder the three translations of the present conjugation of “be”. Page Eight Seated: Miss Loretta Murphy, Miss Edna Brown. Standing: Mrs. Edna Hinds, Miss Catherine Keenan.

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- l r- ■A 3II Hf i i?ffl % ” ' BBS mi i ' j ENGLISH Seated: Miss Avis Balcom, Miss Corrine Lemon, Miss Ethel Houck. Standing: Mrs. Angeline Stone, Miss Helen Cusick, Mr. Henry Marean, Miss Christella Masten, Miss Rita Taylor. Central High offers a variety of English classes and activities from speech and radio to Literary Club. During our sophomore and junior years, we take the regular courses in this department headed by Miss Lemon. When we are seniors, we have sev¬ eral from which to choose. Advanced literature and composition class gives us experience for college by teaching us to write and read plays, essays, short stories and research papers. In dramatics we put our knowledge to work by directing the semi-annual spring play. The speech and radio class trains us to speak and write. We learn to correct our speech faults by hearing records of our own voices. Pupils may also take General English in their last year at Central. Students are able to do research work and other reading in our school library where Miss Sarah Burns and Miss Anne Savercool give willing assist¬ ance. Girls of Central may also belong to Lit Club which was headed by Rosemary Foster last fall, and Sandra Coleman this spring. Such activities as this show how broad our English department is. Whether desiring the capital of French Indo China or the source of any quotation, Central ' s two librarians, Miss Sarah Burns and Miss Ann Savercool will cheerfully find the answers. Page Seven

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First Row: Barbara Hastings, Joyce Flynn, Priscilla Nytch, Jane Murphy, Virginia Johnson, Jackie Maxian, Barbara Standfast, Mary Lou Flavin, Shirley Reynolds. Second Row: Sandra Coleman, Patricia Pearis, Patricia Palmer, Marg¬ aret O’Niel, Nancy Ellis, Wilma Knop, Sandra Byron, Patricia Patelunas. Third Row: Jackie Covert, Lydia Payne, Dorothy Miner, Cynthia Van- DerKar, Mary Brezny, Joyce Kozak. Fourth Row: Regina Ford, Sylvia Ives, Sue Coughlin, Rae Lord, Sandra Schmidt, Sharon McNamara, Roberta Wray, Kay O’Connor, Martha Del- avan, Doris Reynolds, Lucretia O’Neil. Lit Club is one of the few organizations in Central open only to the girls of the school. The girls meet each week to discuss art, literature and music. Actually the club participates in a great variety of activities, all hitting on some phase of culture. Interest is added to the meetings by guest speakers and book reviews. Freguent trips are made to the home of Mr. Frederick Williams to enjoy his large collection of classical music. The semi-annual initiations and sandwich sales and the annual dinner are events that all members look forward to. This year Lit Club was ably headed by Rosemary Foster during the fall term and by Sandra Colman during the spring term. i Sandra Colman, Spring president of Literary Club, congratulates Priscilla Nytch, secretary, upon a successful term. Page Nine