Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Listening to poetry on re- cords, rather than reading it from a text, enables some students to better appreciate its beauty. Judy Blythe is shown placing one of the records on the phonograph in her class. Future Depends On Sentence structure and Shakespeare ' s plays are not solely im- portant in English. Judy Smith has the duty of giving an oral book report in addition to her other assignments. Measuring lines in poetry is not an easy task and Mike Stares- nick knows practicing will help him to better understand it if he should have it on an exam.

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Themes are an important part of English classes. Here Mary Feeney and John Sankowski compare compositions and grades as Mike Meyers rereads his composition. English Is That Branch Of Knowledge Our “Ugh! English!” is an expression sometimes heard from students of Calumet High School. “Ugh” or not, English is a required subject. Students concentrate on literature the first semes- ter, while grammar is stressed during the second, or visa versa. In the first year of English, students review grammar rules, read short stories, biogra- phies, and plays. During the second year emphasis is placed on the classics, such as Silas Marner and Julius Cae- sar. American literature is studied in the third year of English. Students are also given a chance to write short essays and do composition work. For those who are planning to go to college, there is a fourth year of English offered. This tries to prepare an average student for college work by giving a review of all grammar rules, word defini- tions, and a chance to apply them in composition work and themes. Larry Nimetz co-operates with Mary Ann Lucas to portray a scene from Macbeth in their college English class. - 4 -

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Future American Voters Learn About This .... that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. . . .Although we say these words frequently, many people do not realize what they are saying. The purpose of each history class is to teach each student the events preceding and following the signing of this great document, as well as other important happenings in American history. World history, which is offered to the sophomores at Calumet, pertains to occurances in other parts of the world; such as, the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the cradles of civilization, and Columbus’ discovery of America. During their final year, each senior is required to take a semester of government, which is a detail- ed study of the American democratic system, em- phasizing forms and functions, and a semester of economics, a study of the American production system and how it operates. Finding an informative book concerning the chapter they are cur- rently studying in history, is just one of the many problems con- fronting Jeanie Crowe and John Ferrell. Jean Streeter intends to have her letter to her congressman in the mail plenty early. The answer she receives will become part of her government notebook.