Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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MR ERVIN-STOCKWF.LL Head ol English Depaitmcnl Upper School English MRS. KATHRYN PUGNIER Third Grade MRS. BETTY TOZER Head of Fine Arts Department, Music 20 MRS. MARJORIE PINKHAM Art MRS. MAE 1 01-SON Second Grade MISS ELEANOR RASKE French MRS. MARILYN SIETSEMA Second Grade MR. PAUL SWENSON Upper School Math MR PHILLIP VERBRUGGHF.N Ijower School Athletics

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ENGLISH The chief aim of the English department this year is to teach the students the skills ol language and writing and to acquaint them with American as well as English literature. Seventh and eighth graders are taught the fundamentals of grammar and composition and are introduced to the forms of satire, novel and drama. In the freshman year, such things as the short story, traditional and modern poetry, the essay and the novel are studied. Since a good vocabulary is very important in English, special attention is paid to it in the freshman year in preparation for the extensive writing assignments to come in later high school. Sophomores deal primarily with American literature, themes being assigned about once a week. Juniors study English literature with a review in grammar and more vo cabulary work. The senior year is devoted to the study of classics from European, American, and even ancient Greek literature. All courses emphasize outside reading in preparation for college-level composition courses. As Mr. Stockwell says, the English department’s goal is to illuminate, not to convert; to direct, rather than preach.” 22