Brandywine High School - Azurean Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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MR. RICHARD GUMPERT Head of Foreign Language De- partment, French: LaSalle Col lege, A.B., University of Penn sylvania, M.S., advises Dramat- ics Club. MRS. SUSANA BERGNA French and Spanish, University of LaPlata, M.A., La Sorbonnef University of Paris, graduate work. Students examine a 3-dimensional map of Spain. Salfve, Buenos Brandywine's Foreign Language department offers two years of Spanish and German, three years of Latin, and four years of French. In the future, they hope to expand to four years of all these lan- guages. As it now stands, about 80 per cent of the student body are taking one or more foreign languages. The philosophy of the course is to help break down the lan- guage barriers built up as the world has grown smaller. Interna- tional tensions would be reduced as people become better able to understand the languages of others. The main obiective of the de- partment is to help the student speak, read, and write a foreign language with facility. Next year, a foreign language laboratory will be installed. This is a device used to help improve the student's pronunciation and aural comprehension by constant listening and repetition. Also, more students are to be selected to participate in the American Association of Teach- ers of French tests. The introduction of foreign languages in elementary school began this year with an after- school French class at,Lombardy School. Eventually this will be continued into iunior high and high school. r MR. PAUL C. CAPODANNO German and Spanish, Univer- sity of Delaware, B.A., Univelz- sity of California, Los Angeles, 19 hours of graduate work, University of Delaware, I5 hours of graduate work, advises Brandywine Line, Jun- ior Class. .f Dm

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md Potentates Brandywine offers a tour year, co-ordinated pro- gram of social studies. Freshmen are required to take one semester of Civics and one semester of Ancient History. Included in their course is a two- week survey of vocations and a term paper on a vocation of interest to the student. Sophomores may elect the world history sequel to their ninth grade ancient history, they study world events from 1500 A.D. to the l95O's. Eleventh grade history, a continuation of eighth grade social stud- ies, is required for all iuniors. lt traces United States history from the Civil War period to contemporary America. Problems of Democracy, required for seniors, is divided equally into thirds of sociology economics, and comparative government. To in- crease their understanding of the stock market, the P.O.D. classes heard a stock market broker speak, and then they invested about S88 in the market for the duration of the school year. The money was raised by voluntary student contribu- tions. These courses are designed to accomplish the aims of the department. It is hoped that, as we be- come citizens, we will interpret the local, national, and international situations in terms of what we have learned from the study and discussion of problems of the past and present. The program instills the principles of democracy, and attempts to help pupils build a defensible philosophy of life. Teachers encourage students to do extra, out- side research on topics discussed in classes. Book reports, debates, reports, term papers, and bulletin boards help bring additional information to class periods. MR. NORBERT C. SOLDON Social Studies, World History: 1 U. S. History, The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., M.A.p ad- vises boys' and girls' tennis, Hi-Y, Sophomore Class. MR. LOUIS A. ZICCARELLI Social Studies, Fairmont Col- lege, B.A., West Virginia Uni- versity, M.A.p Assistant Foot- ball coach, Junior Varsity Bas- ketball coach. World History orients students in location and time of great events. Elevation of the Rockies is says S. Vincent girl P.O.D. student.

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Quten Ta, , Bonjour MR. JOSEPH J. CONTE advises Freshman Class. Latin I and Ilf Englishy Villa- nova University, B.A. and M.A.p MR. FRED E. DANNAWAY Latin: Western Kentucky State College, Juniata College, A.B.p Pennsylvania State University M.A.f Assistant Football Coach, Golf Coach. Above: Gigi -She's only a paper doll. The point: What's she wearing-in French? Below: Learning about the country where the language is spoken is an important part of Foreign Language studies.