College of the Sequoias - Koh Kyo Yearbook (Visalia, CA)

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v V Mr. Reid asks lor student identification of the bones which make up the human body in Anatomy class. Bonny Heathman performs a chemistry experiment. Botany class members look for germination in the course of their work. Zoology class students spend their lab periods cutting up specimens. Mr. Cleveland points to ci weather map in a meteorology class, cience One of the lastest-growing departments at COS is the Sci- ence departrnent. Consisting of biology, botany, anatomy and Zoology, chemistry, physics, geology, and meteorology, the science curriculum has shown a constant increase in the num- ber of students interested in the various courses, So great has been the increase that, in the long range building plans for COS, a new science wing is assured.

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I 4- 'i el-L ' L V. -L 1 L-- - ? s E i 'I Beginning journalism students work on chapter exercises in on atmos- phere ot constant good humor. Miss Hatcher discusses cr passage in a difficult poem to students in English SA, the History ot English Literature. l'lC' A5 The offerings of the English department are varied and interesting, ranging all the way from English 51 to Creative Writing. English 53, Practical English, was offered this year to students in the Building Trades and Agricul- ture. English 10A and B and 1215. and B, the jour- nalism Courses, concentrate on newspaper fundamentals with emphasis on the Campus which appeared weekly the entire year. 31

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Erwin lost reads German to his students in order to better acquaint them with the language Mr. Folios waits lor on answer in French class as two ot his students wait to be called on Art Lawson concentrates in Spanish class Spanish students wait their tum for reading 6ll'lgll,6lge5 An open sesame to the study of any country is the mastery of the language of the particular country. COS Language de- partment ollers French, German and Spanish, both in the regu- lar day school and also at night, Emphasis in all three is upon the ability to carry on conversation in the second language, and to think clearly in it. After beginning courses are passed, advanced courses offer culture and customs. Movies, newspa- pers and records also add incentives to learning.