Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Ab° t: Seniors Mike Harris. Cindy Cone. Sue Gardner, and Cyndi Laurent discuss (he general aspects of Germany Below: Senior Diane Reynolds informs her classmates in third year Spanish of the many Latin American-made products academics 21

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Languages open new cultures to students Next stop Paris, France, the voice announced over the public address system. At last you had arrived. If it was not Paris, perhaps a quaint German town or a brightly decorated Spanish city. It seemed quite impossible but it would not have been to Centralites. Central students broadened their knowledge of these languages through grammar, conversation, and by pre- senting reports and speeches given in the particular language they studied. Whichever language Central students were interested in they were able to expand their command of the language by taking three years of the same language. Spanish teacher, Jerald Graves, replaced Raymond Percival as chairman of language department. Mr. Percival became city-wide language consultant. Above: Fourth year French students Siri Edwards and Gail Wolin, seniors, act out a portion of Le Petite Malade. Left: Listening to German in the language lab proves fun for junior Terry Duggins. Below: Preparing the record player for a Latin translation is Barbara Simmons, sophomore. Looking on with amusement is William Parker, Latin teacher, who comes from Lowell to teach a special Latin class. 20 academici

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World circumstances affect Social Studies Keeping abreast with the ever-changing world, the Social Studies Department created new interests with a few changes. This year the U.S. History classes of Central added more and better information on Black History. Keep- ing the two studies together, teachers had students rotate the two books as they worked through the past. Western Civilization classes changed a little too. In- stead of concentrating on the whole book, Lloyd Bateman emphasized the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Foreign Relations studied the different relationships of the countries of the world. Guest speakers visited the classes, telling of the customs from their lands. Many students were assigned to bring to class articles Above: Seniors Susan Williams and George Huff take time before class concerning current events, to look over a time line for economics. Below: Junior Sonny Fee directs the attention of his class as he points to the U. S. map. 22 academics