Cambridge High School - Yearling Yearbook (Cambridge, MD)

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Thought, practice and study are all port of the struggle by students to conquer the English language. With the help of Mrs. Mariema Insley the struggle becomes much easier. Why can't the English learn to speak! This statement applies to Americans, too. Why, with all the slang in the average American's vocabulary, it's a wonder anyone knows English at all. But under the capable instruction of the teachers in the English department, CHS students learn English. English courses include not only grammar, but a broader knowledge of American and English literature, accomplished by studying and often presenting the works of many authors. Speeches and-book reports also play important parts in the English courses studied by CHS students. Daily check ups and quizzes given by Mrs. Evelyn Trice in her Junior English classes keep even the most non-committal on their toes. 17

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Program variety offered by Mrs. Anita Moore in tenth grade English classes keeps interested students alert. Diagramming sentences, poetry, and book re- ports are introduced by Mrs Jane Groves to the Freshmen in their First year of high school English. PRACTICAL ENGLISH IN PRACTICAL USE Lost in the world of sentence structure are mem- bers of one of Mrs. Helen Engle's English classes. 16

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROMOTES WORLD UNDERSTANDING Mrs. Estelle Morphy can say that students in the Academic course, having taken two years of French, can hold conversations among themselves. Parlez-vous francais? Among one of the first phrases spoken in French is, Do you speak French? At first French students answer, Non, but later on the reply is, Oui. The spoken language is only part of the French course. Grammar and bits of French history are also taught in the three year course. Do you speak Latin? Most of us would have to say, No as our answer to this question. The Latin course if offered only one year. It provides a basis for the romance languages. Aside from basic Latin and Latin grammar, students find themselves enjoying group singing in French and German. Part of the CHS Latin course is singing Christmas carols in French and Ger- man. Practicing for a per- formance are a class of Freshman Latin students.