Bishop Fenwick High School - Turres Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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Carolyn Schneider, Charles Rudokas, and Sister Mary Inez examine a sketch depicting a scene from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Characters from “Our Town”, a drama by Thorton Wilder, are portrayed for Mr. Sennet’s Speech class by Paul Nenni and Melinda Dickerson. rs Mr. Fred Sennet administers a test in the fundamentals of English grammar and composition to his freshman English students. Father Grunkemeyer and Mark Sennet listen attentively as Mary Ellen Cox presents a composition developed according to the principles written on the board.

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16 Four levels concentrate On diversified phases Of English instruction Four levels of English instruction concentrated on diversified topics this year, as teachers utilized stream- lined study procedure. Each class reviewed the fundamentals of grammar and studied the various phases of literature. Juniors concentrated on American literature, while seniors delved into the study of great English writers. Taught by Mr. Fred Sennet, the Speech class ex- amined principles of speech-making during the first semester and then concentrated on the drama. “Our Town” by Thorton Wilder supplied the material for their intensive study of a production. Students built props and sets and analyzed the individual characters. Mrs. Emma Sauter utilized the SRA Reading Labora- tory and the EDL controlled reading machine in classes for freshmen. Mrs. Emma Sauter, freshman English teacher, explains the use of the department's new reading machine to Joe Newman and Bob Cantrell, controlled

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Tee A a Se pie wi RL Dir om sitios ; i Joe M. Marconi, Tom Swope, Paula Venatta, and Bill Otte study mythology, Roman history, and biography during Latin III class. ““ . . . and so are you!” exclaims'Spanish | student John Ciarocchi to Angie Koeppel. First-year students learned basic vocabulary and grammar. 18