Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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.7 Al The 28 sound-proof booths are equipped Kathleen Hrabosky is hearing French verb conjugations. joan Mcllvried evidently knows with earphones, dials, and micro phones. this one, the present conditional, but Dick Metzler just possibly may need some help. Latin students Ray Clarke and Tim Harrison receive a culture background lesson on Italia by Wanda Pascoe. VC? i 'X A Linda Wilson dons the bearskin dunce cap to sing because Russian stu- dents Pete Semonick and Carmen Arnoni caught an error in her answer

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EW TWISTS in the Language Department Greetings in four languages to the electronic language laboratory with its dials, pushbuttons, and earphones! The purpose of this new equip- ment is to aid the student in speaking the language he studies and in understanding the spoken word. Its installation was made possible by the National Defense Act which provides that the government pay half the cost of im- provements for teaching languages. Beginning in January, students listened to recorded voices of native speakers, recorded their own voices, heard them played back, and had their pronun- ciation errors pointed out. Teachers had to master the operation of the intricate control panels and spend much time making their own tapes since not enough commercial material is yet available. They felt like true pioneers. ' '91-. is- ' 1 1 lil' . ' German students Sandra Briggs and jim Lewis seem to have their Senor Tom Bench m the serape Naoml LaBrOSse and Judy own ideas about just how a language lab should be together put

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LAY O , MACDUFF, and learn our OCABULARY From Shakespeare to Robert Frost, Ben Franklin to Thomas Hardy, CHS English classes try the literary pulse of their native land and of their world. They strengthen their native heartbeat through writing, gram- mar exercises, speech making, and panel discussions- all to better their use and understanding of words, words, words. TOP: Seniors Arlene Barella and Bill Whitworth meet Good Queen Bess through facts reviewed by Eileen Mack. MIDDLE: right, Sophomore janet Goodman uses Tony D'Imperio it -5 i g 'S to help show how handy a food if 3 chopper can be as she gives her 'A' 4+ YYY' ' ' fr? . demonstration speech. Left, In the i '-'f i library, the seniors' best friend as . they begin their investigative themes, Karen Fields shows Ken Willareth aircraft references in the vertical file. RIGHT: Only quick thinkers and good conversationalists like Dan Mc- Cann, Nancy McNew, Russ Thomp- son, Felicia Matola, Cliff Hellard, and Mary Ellen Emph can make a success of a book review panel like this in English 11. 'Qtr ,I