Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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bpeiiio: foreign and As I trudged home from school, I began to think about the tedious job which laid ahead of me. Gather- ing information and writing my re- search paper took all the time and patience I could possibly muster. After all of the weary research I hit a barrier. It seemed as though an- other student took a liking to my topic and checked out all possible sources that remained. All this time and effort climaxed in an exhaust- ing failure. I then proceeded in gathering new knowledge. Leaving the library heavily laded with books, I realized that my task had just begun. The jungle of books ap- peared to grow around me. From this point I proceeded in putting confused thoughts on blank 4x6 note cards WITHOUT PLAGIAR- IZING. After many hours the thoughts began to emerge as some- thing else besides jumbled up notes. I felt the load lighten as I turned in my rough draft, index cards, and finally my finished pa- per. That simple view of English, how- ever, failed to be universal. To so- phomores, English meant a differ- ent world filled with Menagerie, research papers, and more gram- mar. To seniors, it could possibly mean English or American liteara- ture, novels, creative writing or, if one so chose, even more grammar. As if it was not hard enough learn- ing a familiar language, students could elect to cram their minds with the many rules and exceptions of a foreign language. French, Spanish, German, and Latin words filtered through the school as stu- dents struggled with vocabulary meanings, conjugations, and sen- tence structures. Then out of chaos arose a fun part of a language. Doing as the Romans do, stu- dents sang Christmas carols, parti- cipated in dances and sports and tasted foreign dishes. Such exper- iences helped these students to learn the history of each language. Not all history studied, however, dealt with foreign languages. In other classes one realized that his- tory repeats itself, itself, itself, it- self, . . , This information was con- veyed through the monotony of taking notes, notes, and more notes. For sophomores history meant learning of the discovery of America one more time. These stu- dents acquired worldly thoughts from world history. For juniors history meant the realization of the ever dreaded research paper. Criti- cal analyses also plagued these American history students. Senior American government instilled po- litical views toward our own go- I B vernment. To fill the gap left by a one semes- ter history course, seniors had the i choice of an elective. Such electives -M consisted of economics where I seemingly every aspect of today ' s M world boiled down to the economic system present at that point. Stu- dents visited the Merrill Lynch and Deposit Guaranty Bank buildings on one field trip. Another available elective was sociology. Here, stu- dents studied topics which dealt with the problems of today ' s so- ciety. All in all, Callaway students used their brains in studies con- cerning both home and abroad. Newspaper knowhow. Brenda Ellis dis- cusses everyday happenings from selected articles with her government class. domeotio The French Revolution. Teresa Cannon teaches a kindergartener the parts of the body in French. 40 English, Foreign Languages, and HistoTy

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Penciled people inclined, Dwight O. Turner sketches an art accomplishment. Drawing attention instead of architecture. Coach Wansley Wright lectures on the finer points of mechanical drawing. Home Economics, Art, Mechanical Drawing, and Shop 39

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English, Foreign Languages and History 41