Clarksdale High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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VALUABLE EXPERIENCE rn publlc speakmg rs gamed by Dons Drsmuke as she delrvers her oral exam to Mrs Sparks semor Engltsl-1 class I anguage courses stressed Englrsh lS a must tor every student at CHS regardless ot hls course of study A steady duet of verbs pronouns and clauscs maxed wuth Long fellow Dlckens and Shakespeare flavored with word study paragraphs and term papers was provlded ID the Englrsh department Grammar became functional and Annabel Lee Maud Muller and Sydney Carton were tamlllar acqualntances For those college bound students Lattn and Span Ish were added to therr currrculum They drllled on nouns exercrsed on verbs and tratned on adlec tives Horattus at the bndge Spartacus and the gladrators Androcles and the Iron paraded across the pages ot theur beautltully rllustrated textbooks Spanrsh customs and culture Roman history and Gallrc wars were read and learned Certarnly no one wrll ever be able to look back on the work of the foretgn language department as lust a sresta ONE OF ANCIENT ROME'S most valuable weapons, the catapult, rs the toplc for drscusslon among Mass Conn's Latm ll students Chat Sue, Carole Sullrvan, Melvm Hegwood, Crawford McGrvaren, Patsy Martm, Davrd Holcomb and Janet Dutcher 30 r 5 1 w w 1 1 J L - A 11 11 , r F g Y Q3 . . A - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . Y V 5.x i A 1 1 1 r 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' I . , . . l l l