Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Besides Greek, familiar to all students, GPHS also offers courses in several other frequently used foreign languages; Latin, Spanish, and French. Three years of Latin are taught in which students delve into works of Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil. The intricate nuances of the French tongue seem to fascinate some and lure them on to three ye ars of also study. Spanish answers its stu¬ dents’ questions about its dark, exciting people; Conquistadores and Moors. To aid students of foreign language, a versatile set of equipment is available. Seven tape record¬ ers and thirty-six earphones are used for prac¬ ticing and detecting errors in speech. For additional practice and information there are two filmstrip projectors and two record players. Individual booths accommodate apparatus. Spanish students P. Vinnedge points out the place in Mexico she ' d like to visit to classmate B. Wagner. junior linguists S. Krestan and E. Enockson bone up on their French with the aid of “Match” magazines. 27

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Phil Walker, Rita Overturf, and Keith Kruk compare Latin notes. Tape recorders help French and Spanish students improve their speaking techniques. S. Engstrom and J. Krull use the recording ap¬ paratus, as P. Struebig learns how to use it.

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Tom Witten and Guy Syler perform an electrolysis experiment in chemistry class. Amateur scientists probe unknown Rotten-egg aromas, dismembered biology specimens, and weird geometric shapes fill and clutter the science rooms each year. All CPHS’prs are required to take at least two years of science courses, the first being health and safety. Sophomores have a choice between general science and biology. Students inter¬ ested in the biological sciences can and often do take the advanced biology course that is offered in summer school. Upperclassmen who are planning to major or minor in science take chemistry and physics. These courses are more difficult re¬ quiring much time and effort on the part of each student. The climax of the science department comes with the annual science fair held every March. Its main purposes are to develop student initiative and interest in science. Physicists Robbie Colyer and Arlyn Czimer demon¬ strate to the class how the sound of a tuning fork resonates through an open tube.