Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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Buddy Mead's quandary arises from the fact that he doesn't know how to diagram a nominative absolute. English classes stress fundamentals ADELE ARMSTRONG, M.S. of Ed. English, Library, Biology KATHARINE HIGGINS, B.S. of Ed. English, Dean of Girls BERNICE MEAD, M.S. of Ed. English 74 This bulletin board display is part of the literature unit on Benjamin Franklin. Here, Evelyn Stoller pins up an appropriate clipping. To be an effective participant in this precious democracy of ours, one must be able to read with understanding what is printed, to communicate his thoughts to others with precision, and to interpret intelligently what is communicated to him. The goal of our English department is to cultivate these skills of communication. To that end, students study the old fashi-oned fundamentals, such as sentence analysis and diagramming, spelling, mechanics, and vocabulary, as Well as organization of thought, techniques of writing a theme, and variety of sentence and paragraph styles. Literature, the record of man's thoughts and feelings through the ages, as studied at B-PC, becomes the background for understanding man's great emo- tions and his pattern of behavior.

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l Juniors learn how to use the library for a term paper assignment. Using the encyclopedias are James Rule and Evelyn Stoller. Judy Curtis, Dale Cleveland, Jerry Zuspann, and Linda Strode are taking notes. The Library beckons the bookworm and the browser The beginnings ot any English term paper, science project, or history' ree port may be traced to this universal classroom, the library. The Very heart of the school, the library is ot service to the curious student, the serious scholar, and the casual reader. Here among the library's three thousand volumes, tour sets ot encyclopedias, thirty current magazines, and three daily newspapers can be found the information or the pleasure any stu- dent desires. Msmis These students help administer the libra- ry: lseatedl laVerne Fryrear, L u d m i I a Pahl, Nancy Dimmitt, Mary Lou Sperry, Ev- elyn Wilson, Evelyn Hart, Jerry Zuspann, lstandingl D o t t ie Dodson, Barbara Herron, D wig ht Smith, Peggy White, Judy Camp, and Sponsor Mrs. Arm- strong. Y neun . s

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NIT'-fsgnsi -L. Social Science ancl Spanish have single goal DEAN HILL, A.B. Social Science, Driver Train- ing Spanish What greater accomplishment than to goin ability to speak fluently in another tongue! Here LeAnn Wagle and LaVerne Fryrear concentrate on Spanish verb con- iugations. JOHN BROPHY, M.S. of Ed. Social Science, English, Spanish - history - geography H econo- mics are vicarious passports to a better un- derstanding of America, of economic and pol- itical systems other than our own, and a real- ization that rapid advances in the physical sciences have changed the world so much that conflicts, which are constantly arising, can be solved only when we adjust our emo- tions and attitudes to fit the existing condi- tions which mankind's own ingenuity has created. The world becomes smaller every time a taster jet or an atomic-driven ship takes shape on a drawing board. Man has been so busy creating that he has lost sight of the importance of self-development. The main concern of social science is to advance the human emotions and standards in propor- tion to the many rapid improvements being made in the field of physical science. As the world so rapidly shrinks, students of foreign languages, such as Spanish, prepare to over- come a barrier to understanding before it begins to exist. The Suez crisis sent Don Harlan and Bernadine Worth- ington to the globe for location, of such unfamiliar places as the Gulf of A'caba and the Gaza Strip. t , i X U if