East Hartford High School - Janus Yearbook (East Hartford, CT)

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.gi 'is 5. 6 MRS. MARIE L. DAVIS WILLIAM J. DESMOND Central Connecticut State College University of Hartford Guidance Department. Latin Club Assistant Adviser. Miss Larrabee helps Howard Rulnick and Patricia Purcell select their individual reading exercises from the Science Research Associates Reading Laboratory. The Laboratory is used to help students improve their individual reading skill. , ....i,.-1, 4 Lu le 'W X X , 7 iff W -f L Sk 'll anguage 1 .9 A if up U, rf ,,y ye fr ,. 1 1' Wu lf' .IJ ' ,V Developed ry ,et y, .D rr V Ali .ei rifhl fl' U' M L,IfJel.ifJ1 ,fifty Lil Striving toward student perfection in oral and written I ,U expression with an understanding and appreciation of good ' V' ' literature has always been the aim of the English Department. With more and more students seeking college entry or business careers where the mastery of grammar, punctuation, and vo- cabulary building are so necessary, it has become the duty of every department to be conscious of the student's English usage and progress. The English Department today is spending more time in reading improvement and comprehension and in vocabulary building. A unit in speech for sophomore students is being planned. For the past two years, English students have had an opportunity to attend the American Shakespeare Festival Theater at Stratford. Each year Shakespearian players visit East Hartford to give excerpts from several of Shakesperels plays. To keep abreast of the growing school population and to maintain and improve its standards, the English Department has increased its faculty membership in the past five years from eleven teachers to twenty teachers. Helen johnson receives help from Mr. Raccagni with the interpretation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Gold Bug.

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MISS ELIZABETH B. LARRABEE Colby College Department Chairman ALLEN K. DRISCOLL University of Colorado Club Publicity, Ass't. English Librarian. ' 5 1 ai . 1 - . , fS32WlL?9 - LEM 5 gf' ff?-f' L3 ff: .all ,f gikgssasifg -ei . r A sw.. rwcwgww , 'H fe- .ips . M -A es gg.. View .115 H in 'sag' - Q -, fly' ff 5' ,- 2 . 5 w 4... , QW vi' fi K I ii an A Q W I . fr- ft , ,M f -11 -,rr fii. -'lf- 1 HUGH P. BOYLE Fairfield University ROBERT E. BRAIRTON Boston University Deans of Boys, Student Council Adviser, Coordinator of College Board Activities, Scholarship Examinations. MRS. BARBARA 1. EUSTACE Radcliffe College Student Council Ass't. Adviser. ENGLISH MRS. FRANCES H. GORDON Central Connecticut State College Guidance Department. Mr. Brairton's advanced placement English class analyzes a poem showing how the various elements of sound, imagery, and tone make up the unique thing which the poem is. '.,,a MISS ANN M. CLARK St. Joseph College Dramatics Adviser. JAMES D. MEAGHEAR American International College Literary Club, Legion Oratorical Contest, Graduation C Coach Speakersb. xi-gram K' f:fz1Qw4sgaa 1 ax - am.. :

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MRS. CAROL A. MERRICK Stroudsburg State Teachers College Future Teachers Assistant Adviser. ROBERT L. MULLANEY MRS. GRACE K. MURPHY Trinity College Trinity College Pilot Assistant Adviser. MISS FRANCES J. NEVILLE University of Connecticut Student Council Assistant Advise Quill and Scroll. BERNARD D. PRUSACZYK !XF'Ii'l 1'ORki C. RACCAGNI JOSEPH M. REIDY WILLIAM J. RYAN Holy Cross College ' Bates College Boston College Holy Cross College Basketball Coach, Intramurals. Pilot Adviser. Public Speaking Club. Administrative Publicity MISS JOAN M. WRIGHTSON University of Massachusetts Freshman Class Adviser. Oral reports emphasize organization and poise. Joan Viehdorfer gives report as Mrs. Eustace and class observe. 9 fi I