Dover High School - Doverian Yearbook (Dover, DE)

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2 | In a Latin class skit depicting family life in Roman times, Sandra Robinson gives her views on manners to her conservative mother, Diane Orndorff, while her brother, Clarence Mast, listens. Miss Mary E. App Latin, French, Honor Society. Miss App, starting home with her arms full of papers, is a student of her subject, and gives lib- erally of her time to help school activities. ].2-3-4” falters Tom Hafner in speech class, as he tries to express in number symbols to Aan Hynson and Connie Dabson that he has not decided which to take out.

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inguists Develop an Ea for CAE Theodore R. Pyne Spanish, Ecolian. Mr. Pyne, who enjoys watching al- most every sport, is also an avid fisherman during his leisure summer hours. John Heenan Spanish, Span- ish club. Mr. Heenan, learning the use of the language lab equipment, is a jazz fan and an outdoor man. 36 “Estas son las mananitas” harmonize the third year Span- ish students in Room 314 in the hope that the sounds will not remain merely garble but will become as familiar to them as their own language. They browse through La Prensa, read Lluvia Roja about a Mexican revolution, per- form skits in which they order a meal, buy a souvenir, or perhaps indulge in a bit of gossip. Twice a week, time is spent in the language lab. In one of the twenty-one booths, a student records his voice on a magnetic disc. Replaying it, he is able to hear errors, and thereby improve his speaking of the language by invaluable practice. Speaking, speaking, and more speaking! This is what the French students are doing these days, for the idea of the department is that the way to learn a language is to speak it. Singing songs, as “Friar Jacques”, “Alouette”, and “Au Claire de la Lune”, taking reams of dictation, and dis- cussing Hugo’s Sans Famille, develop the students’ facility in using the language. They make menus, Christmas cards and continually writhe under a bombardment of ever- more-difficult vocabulary. And ...ah... well .. .ah . . . mumbles the typical beginning speech student. The use of phonetics, oral interpretations, as in the poem “Pat- terns” and speaking assignments gradually shape the student into a poised and capable speaker. “Suppressed Desires” was done by the class as a workshop play. “No fuimos al cine’ murmurs Joe Ferranto into the microphone, as he records “El Pasado” while practicing an exercise in the language lab. John Wilson speech, drama, lighting club. Here, Mr. Wilson is demonstrating several ways to make a speech. During the sum- mer he plays tennis and works in plays.

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IZ; ast dspings ON, Ciseeb into es Where does the U.S. stand in world opinion? What is our American heritage? What was the effect of the Renais- sance on the world? These are some of the questions an- swered in social studies classes. World history students gain a broader historical outlook through films on Mohan- das Gandi, Winston Churchill, and others; maps tracing Columbus’ and other explorers’ journeys; and individual ten projects. American history classes delve into the past of 5 A Cette the strongest democracy ever known, learning what con- s Sg f mt SS tributed to its success and made it the great country it is 4 = ne today. Mechanics of our government and the judiciary igs = are investigated in civics classes. Problems of democracy : classes also study the structure of our government; how- A™ . ever, current problems in the nation and world compose a : I s. large portion of the course. The New York Times, Ameri- can Observer, and selected magazines and pamphlets bring seniors up to date on events in the U.S., Cuba, the Middle East, and Russia. As one of her special projects in American history Sally Skinner drew several maps illustrating the thirteen original colonies and tracing ex- plorers’ expeditions to America. Here she shows her map of the colonies to the class. Below—’’Ils capitalism failing?’ Pointing to his reasons John Kast left attempts to prove that capitalism, a frequently debated topic in P.O.D., is failing. Bruce Schmidt right tries, against majority feeling, to convince the class that capitalism it is not failing.