Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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Mm E5 N-ws' 'Q me W--sq 'Z' it .. .x.. e - While Mrs. Hire deliberated over their eligibility sheets, two of Canton's sophomore athletes, Bob Dunning and Mike Downard, waited anxiously for her to arrive at a decision. by colleges for its After being absent the day his class studied The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Clem Mikulich devoted some of his free time to reviewing the short story with Mrs. Stutsman. Reading at the pace set by a reading accelerator, Cozette Roberson, Reading Techniques pupil, concentrated on com- prehending the content of her book at the increased speed. advanced teaching Before deciding on whether to advance to a more difficult level of reading, Pam Smith evaluated her progress during her first nine weeks' work on rate and power builders. 43

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Peggy Betson, Lynn Fouts, and Ron Siders, junior English students, did their best to stimulate the interest of their fellow class members in order to receive a satisfactory grade for their planned panel discussion. CSHS English Department is accredited Smiling as though he remembered the plot, Mr. Walker gave his approval of the book which was selected by Janet Wilcoxen for one of her English book reports. This year the C.S.H.S. English department has been enlarged through the addition of a speed reading course. The new subject, Read- ing Techniques, builds the student's ability to read quickly and to comprehend better. In- cluded in the course are Listening-Notetaking Builders and Reading for Understanding Kits. A phase of English which develops an un- derstanding of people is the study of literature. In an interesting manner, literature presents a picture of many different peoples, places, and eras through the study of famous authors and their works. Students are prepared not only for college but also for the business world by the extensive grammar study and review offered at C.S.H.S. Especially stressed are basic conversational and writing skills, with emphasis on self-expres- sion in composition. The six book reports required each year encourage outside reading. 42

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Public speaking builds self-confidence C.H.S. public speaking teachers have found that by allowing the use of tape recorders, students can learn better enunciation and voice tone. After a speech, Dan Shaffer criticized his sound. Preparing the material necessary to take an affirmative stand in their next debate concerning Medicare, john Johnson and Ann Dworak familiarized themselves with the rising cost of living. 44 Public speaking is a course which benefits nearly every student. In speech classes, the principles of after-dinner speaking, orations, reading of different types of literature, ex- temporaneous speaking, and panel discussions are presented. Because students are required to speak about a variety of topics, they must learn many valuable facts concerning current events. The opportunity to speak in public offered by speech classes enables pupils to acquire poise and self-confidence. Frequently, speech students enter speech contests. The subject debate, which had been omitted from C.S.H.S. curriculum for a few years, was again offered this year. Debate students were required to do extensive research and to keep file cards on several subjects. The research, class discussion, and instruction in the form of debate provided a background which enabled students to compete with other debate teams. P i In his debate class, Gary Fenwick, C.S.H.S.'s answer to Daniel Webster, prepared to refute spectacularly his opponent's arguments with his devastating rebuttal.