Denver South High School - Johnny Reb Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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One more time around the living room and Iill grade another set of papers. English South's English department this year put trial classes and new teaching methods into the regular curriculum, creating new and exciting courses and techniques to enlarge the student's understanding of his language. A number of specialized courses which evolved from the Denver schools' K-12 planning program were introduced second semester. Characteristic ot the new approach were emphasis upon the linguistic structure of our language and the approach to composition through the literary theme concerning the dignity of man. Courses offered included college preparatory English, and various literature classes in which poems. plays, novels, and essays of American, English, and European authors were studied. School productions profited from the drama and speech students who used acquired skills to produce the many fine productions seen this year, while each individual developed poise and confidence. Composition and creative writing classes fostered the ability to express ideas on paper. Iournalistic abilities of inter- ested students were widened in scope by their participation in the publication of the Con- federate, South's newspaper, and the Iohnny Reb, the yearbook. With the gradual increase over the past year of equipment and materials to be utilized by teacher and student alike, greater understanding of English was made possible at South. Elizabeth Asfahl Ann Campbell English Yearbook Staff Lynn Cornelison Ronald Deal Joyce Engelbert William Hopkins Carl fohnswn English English English Speech News Staff

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Art To meet the need for artistic expression of many of South's students, the art department offered such diverse classes as commercial art, fashion drawing, and art appreciation, which enlisted many new techniques. Ceramics was taught in addition to the standard crafts and drawing and painting classes offered by many high schools. Techniques involved and mas- tered by students included lithograph, oil, tempera, charcoal, water color, leather, plastic and clay. Students who completed the courses offered appreciated the qualities of art and its masterful works, and the influence of man's expression through arts on everyday life. This a Picasso? asks Mrs. Cassidy George BUUOU Muriel Cassidy M yrzle Rorem Art Art Art

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