Carl Schurz High School - Schurzone Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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aging l0 .1er Mo Wilt 31:55 Clwcnging ,Mjorfol These days Junior is holding his own With Dad as Pop pores over the fam- ily atlas figuring out how to win the war. The two of them keep the familyls conversation up to date, and if Juniofs strategy rivals Dadls it is due to his Social Studies classes at Schurz. Here, he learns of other wars and 0f the geography of the worlds battle fields. His interest in todays news is also stimulated in class, for Current Events is an important study for the fellows and girls who will be making tomorrow's news. Miss Wincherls History VI and Civics classes made use of the study and became contenders in the National Current Events Contest Which is sponsored by the American Education Press, publishers of 'iOur Times? Schurz has been very proud of its winners and their success in these Contests, for our students compete against the very best from high schools all over the country.

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getting Rad? t0 CZaffenge $6111.; SAaAegslaeare The first taste of Shakespeare comes right after Treasure Island and Poe. A few semesters later pupils are staring blankly into space mumbling, Friends, Romans, and countrymen, - or trying their best to appreciate lyric poetry. Junior may not see the importance of his English class at first, but soon he starts avoiding double negatives and discovers that he actually enjoys his home reading.n Then the English department has done its job, teaching pupils to make the best uses of English 111 daily life English classes p1ctured here show pupils earnestly working to improve their reading skills, gaining improved library skills to help them in research problems, and making selections from the room circulating library. A student librarian gains practical experience in checking out books to classmates and keeping the library files up to date. hzgh.

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Our Janguage $eloartment The language of the ancient Romans is studied today not only because it is mother to French, Spanish, and Italian, but because it forms the basis for many of our English words as well. The beauty of the language of Schiller and Goethe should not be lost in the war-torn world. The Ger- man department has therefore attempted to preserve the German culture in its purity. Both their lan- guage and their literature should help us to under- stand the German people after Hitler has been disarmed. T30... This war has taught us the importance of closer rela- tions with the American republics. A knowledge of their language is therefore becoming more valuable. The Spanish department has this year emphasized spoken rather than written Spanish. The pupils in the classes have learned not only to read, but also to con- verse in the language of our neighbors to the south.