Brownell Talbot School - Triangle Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Small classes facilitate learning. Department a program for La Casa de Los Americanos, the Omaha Spanish Club founded by Dr. Espinosa. New this year to Brownell-Talbot is the study of Russian. Col. Smithson adds color and vigor to the study of the basic fundamentals by teaching in a rubushka a czarist Russian shirt. The textbooks are supplemented by maps, booklets, tape recordings, and records of Russian music. Brownell-'l'albot's language program strives to offer intellectual challenge to its students. :swf -. French Ill checks vocabulary. 4 ., .. i x I 'P la Spanish students practice for their Christmas program. 13? Spanish classes use texts written by Dr. Espinosa. Lectures are important in Middle School Spanish. f , ' 4 A s , . sl- . 5-

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The Russian alpha bet is completely different. Col. Smithson teaches Russian in his rubushka. Mrs. Rist intro duces French to the Lower School. Modern Language The study of three modern languages, French, Spanish, and Russian, is offered to Brownell-Talbot students. Mrs. Rist and Mrs Greenberg, respectively, start the French and Spanish programs in the third grade. The Lower School language programs consist of conversation and classroom games as a means of learning. The Middle School French classes are taught the Cleveland Method, studied by Miss Kincaide under its originator Dr. DeSauzer. Both Miss Kincaide and Dr. Espinosa emphasize oral dexterity by requiring weekly speeches. Each Christmas all high school Spanish classes give Davia and Gail check a French phrase. Visual aids are important in the F rench IV pro- gram. J

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Individual instruction in fourth year Latin stimulates learning. ' Latin Department Latin is our mother tongue. Studying Latin at the high school level teaches the student not only clear and precise thinking, basic grammar construction, and vocabulary roots, but a sound basis with which to pursue other romance lan- guages. To have the chance or time to study advanced Latin today is a luxury. The gratification gained from trans- lating Cicero's original satirical Words, perceiving the beauty of Vergil's genius in his Aeneid and the profound satisfaction afforded the advanced Latin student emphasize the intrinsic value of the language. And together we sing, Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris. ,egg law. if H X5 im? 15 ,M is 'E it s is -tif - in X ' U r. ,sf . fi g v v t ttttttt Eat 5 .p l '1 On Language Da Latin students dress in classicalycostumes. First year stu dents learn to de- cline nouns.