Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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Comment allez-sous? El Espanol cn C. II. S. IJ ' , r Prospective secretaries. stenographers, and husinessmen receive practice in tvping, shorthand, bookkeeping. office machines, and office procedure and etiquette in our commercial department. Student secre- taries are given invaluable experience while working in the offices of CHS, or fulfilling requests from other school departments, Upon realizing how comparatively small the world has grown. one must admit we no longer have far distant neighbors. Nowadays. people who speak a language totally strange to us are doing daily husiness with us. Counnercialists must know and under- stand the language and customs of their fellow husinessmen. The well rounded courses in Spanish and French serve this purpose. Vocahularv and grammar study, along with cultural material that Latin pre- sents. are invaluable to anvone seeking a success in his vocation. Highlighting our exploits through -Iulius Caesaifs Gallic XYars is annual Latin NVeek. in observance of which, the students wear handmade emhlems and. often. take a trip to Buhl Planetarium. At this vearis French breakfast. we were fortunate to have a French mademoi- selle who told us many interesting accounts of her native country. Miss Xlaroxieli and a future sec- rvtary. lfyes on the hook Tom. 222

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Ben knows his lesson? Loinpare it Pete tells us about Clnns- L-er. llosie gixes her opinion of com' with Europe. . af 'W f, Vi, 5.5-ML . English and social studies play an im- portant part in our education. An extensive study of literature. both English and Ameri- can. promotes the appreciation of select ma- terial and fine authors. YVith emphasis placed on vocabulary' building. grammar. and cre- ative writing. the English courses prepare the student for a more abundant life as he learns how to better express himself. To express himself. UAX. there's the rub. for who dares forget his Macbeth notebook troubles and senior themes? Iligh school life would not have been half so interesting with- 21 out our dear Shakespeare. whom we all love and want to keep close to our hearts. Adding sparks of fire. and fire indeed. were our traditional Fridax' panel discussions and debates over quite moot subjectsg the ob- ject being to instigate the studentis interest in current affairs. not to settle CIongress's prob- lems for them. l know of no wax' of judging of the future but by the pastf, Social studies outline the history of our government. explain the rights and privileges of each citizen. and teach us the American way' of living in peace with our neighbors.

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C-vt It girls! Oni' ll'lIlill4' tzinlwrs. . . IL A welll 4-clnippvcl. skillfully Sll1Xtl'YlSCKl pliysicul i'illlC1lfl0ll svstvin clispluvs our schools intm-rost in ke-1-ping its stnclc-nts pliysicully fit as wt-ll as mentally ulcrt. line-li stuclvnt is 1'0- clnirvcl to currv tlnw- pc-riocls of such cclllcal- tion pci' wvvli. nnlvss excnsvd hy the school pllysiciani. xvllllt is more relaxing than to drown tlw l3l'2llIl-XX'I'l'Clii'Cllll'SS of ll tl11'c-f--lmgv trig proh- lvin in thc- oblivion of 11 snappy gznnc of lmskvt- ball? lt sm-ins that wv lin- all wcek 4-zigcwly awaiting thc fun wc-,ll lmvc playing tug in UNIT I . ln' HUll1'N1ll'tl.ll- l y isis. Dial it Q11 in. bl. ' f ' fi.: F Li lffi . f . .Q P f a f' 35 f si ClHS's swinnning pool. o1'uw'ngiligl11st ww-k's loss in il lu-forex class gannv of twn-ntv-om-. lt is fun. too. to stnch' thc- lnnnun hotly in ops-ration. factors affecting it. and how to lwep it functioning propcrly. Co-opt-ration and good sportsinainship arc- lwynotvs in our pllysicul 1-cluczition program. lt is not wln-tln-1' von win or losc. hut how von play tlu- gannc-. FOI'tlIIlilf0lY. our instruc- tors Imam- viiiplmsizocl this: wc lmvc oftcn lwcn connncnclccl on our fins- school spirit that orig- inates in tln- Gym classvs ancl llltl'2lllllll'1ll nth- lctics.