Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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1 Field and Give Variety to With the use of two new magazines, How to Study and Reading Skills, Mr. Psyhogios' classes worked to improve their rate of reading and comprehension through the use of the text and the overhead projector. Tests were given in September and then again in May to determine the progress made. Sophomores studied many phases ot world literature, including Julius Caesar. They later viewed the movie in the auditori- um. Dangling moditiers, gerunds and prep- ositions were covered in Mrs. Halver's note- book. Enriched classes studied novels such as Dicken's Tale of Two Cities and Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. Miss Churchill required three book reports per quarter and devoted a unit to such biographies as Black Like Me and Native Son. As an extra project, one second hour class divided into teams and played charades, with the Blue Bombers taking all honors. Juniors studied Harpers Ferry and viewed the Guthrie production on Novem- ber 7. Enriched English classes presented panels on such post-Romantic novels as Wil- liam Dean l'lowell's The Rise of Silas Lapham and Henry James' Portrait of a Lady. The students attempted to 'Asell their novel to their audience. First and fourth hour gave skits using new words from their vocabulary workbooks. Those with a yearn tor acting portrayed various scenes from ta- vorite plays. A new textbook, New Worlds of Literature by Halliburton and Pelkonen, was used. Research papers, illustrating main points of either Moby Dick or Huckleberry Finn, were required in Miss Schuette's class. A team-teaching experiment was initiat- ed in the college prep sections this year. Miss Tutvander and Mrs. Breeningls classes merged to trace the history ot drama from the Greek theater to Absurd plays. Students from each class provided the panel groups, using visual aids such as the overhead pro- jector, slides and tilmstrips. Magazines pub- lished in England were available. Encyclopedia Britannica films were used in conjunction with the study of Oedipus and Shakespeares Hamlet. Extra credit projects ranging from scale models of the Globe theater to sketches ot Shakespearean actors were drawn and displayed. Exposito- ry writing was emphasized and culminated in a research paper dealing with one aspect ot English lite or thought, Spring brought the annual trip to the matinee pertormance at the Guthrie Thea- ter - this year ottered to all grade levels.

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a true triend, unseltishly giving of herself, enthusiasm and energy admired by many, but acquired by tew. vital, alert, eager, the hopes and dreams ot others become her own, and the help she gives is surpassed only by her willingness to help. she understands those around her and shows sincere interest. for these qualities and her service and devotion, we dedicate the l968 Cohian to . . . MRS. BETTY JUSTIN

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London News English Reading 0133: Compiling a notebook for Mrs. Halver oc- cupies much of Denise Pederson's time. 4-1 In a new library carrel, Kathy Sematuk gathers notes for an English research paper. How dare you talk to a venerable octogenarian like that, squawks Gary Hafvenstein to bum Teri Berglund as officer Sue Pilarski referees the fight during a fourth hour vocabulary skit. if rfl'i if gif'