Delphi High School - Oracle Yearbook (Delphi, IN)

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Parlez-vou Francais, Deutsch, Espafiol? 1: Before the bell rings for class to begin, Party Sheehan, Christy David , and Mary Beth Johns find a moment to relax . . . 2: Members of Miss Lewellen's German II class concentrate on their vocabulary words before a test. 3: Doug Anderson and Marilyn Gerbens laugh over the spelling of a word in French class. 4: Teresa Thomsen enjoys the annual caroling party held by Spanish Club members. 5: Brenda Strasser writes a sentence on the board taken from her German assignment . The 1976 Oracle I9

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Translation: Do you speak French, or German, or Spanish? Many people do, even if you don't! One of the places that they spoke it was in their foreign language classes. The number of students enrolled in foreign lan- guage has increased and those who have done so kept busy with the foreign forms of Bingo, Buzz, and Scrabble. Students also made use of the language lab and film- strips. The purpose of a second year of foreign language at DCHS was to develop one's knowledge of the foreign country itself. That is just what it did for Spanish II stu- dents last year. They went to Mexico for a week and came back filled with tales and gifts: and only through necessity, the art of Spanish conversation. Another aspect of the foreign language department was the program for independent study students. Those people took advanced work in French or Ger- man during study hall hours. They progressed at their own pace and were required to take at least three tests in a six weeks period. Six students worked on the IS basis in the 1975-'76 school year. TLC I8 The 1976 Oracle wwf 'TS'

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What is home economics? Is it the girls' section of the school? Not at all! Just as the industrial arts department is no longer just for the boys. Boys are now taking a course called Single Survival. This class met the last period of every day. Formerly called Bachelor Survival, the study involved liv- ing as a single person, cooking nutritious low-budget meals, and balancing a low-income budget. In general, one learned how to survive on his own. Girls were permitted to sign up for this course also, but none have done so as of yet. However, the home economics teacher, Ms. Bedeva Bowling, feels that the boys would not care to have girls in the class with them. Courses of a wide variety are offered by the home economics department including Foods, Interpersonal Relationships, Family Living, Single Survival, Clothing, Housing, and Con- sumer Foods and Foundations. The home economics depart- ment also sponsored adult classes of sewing, cooking, and others at varied levels which were desired by the community. One can see that the home economics department was a very important part of our school, and that the subjects encompassed in the department included many others besides those traditionally assigned to the name home ec. BDH 20 The 1976 Oracle