Coughlin High School - Breidlin Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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ENGLISH GRAMMAB IS A MUST l.,L1t'tgL1L1g6S lmportgmt a Although mathematics and science are playing an impor- tant part in winning this war, the value of English cannot be over-estimated. A man is judged by the English he uses. So at Coughlin the students study courses in English which deal with the classics, practice in speaking, and writing com- positions. A knowledge of the basic elements of one language is essential to the study of an- other, and so when Mr. Warm- kessel asks his German classes to pick out a participle or an infinitive, their knowledge of English is helpful. German classes, it is interesting to note, have not decreased in size be- cause of the war. FUTURE DIPLOMATS STUDY GERMAN seventeen

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1 MH w ..'E3 TRANSLATING VERGIL lSN'T EASY War Makes Changes in Academic Subjects o Last year for the first time fourth year Latin To understand current events, history classes was dropped from the roster of subjects neces- studied the political histories of nations and sary to graduate College Academic. So many their foreign policies. Students of United States boys have chosen to substitute aeronautics for history studied the consolidation of business, Latin this year that the number of boys taking the Constitution, the development of labor un- Latin has dwindled to two. ions, and heard educational records. THEY STUDY MEDIEVAL BATTLE LINES

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