East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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English ii ,,- Lucile Hildinger Elfrieda Jane Rawlings Department Head Shellenberger Watching film strips, using classroom libraries, dictionaries and Roget's Thes- areus are a few of the procedures em- ployed by 2O English teachers in teach- ing English to 2350 of East's students. Of the 11 English courses offered 4 are required. The remaining 7 are elective, open to seniors only. 2 p g, Dorothy O Harra Bill J. Foster Speech Drama Language Broadens ,1 1. . l , 5 yisytr ' ' i K - , kgjfg-,L ,Vi.L, 1 '::'. ky Charles l- Louise Nixon Myrtle Yarnell Francis Yeoman Wilkerson DEMONSTRATING HIS GUILLOTINE to Linda Reese, '59, is lgarrel Dodd, '58, during the English study of 'A Tale of Two ities. Speech and Drama Speech and Drama students learn poise in pub- lic speaking and acting technique while putting on programs for the public, During the school year three big productions are produced by the drama classes, with casts chosen from these groups, In the four speech classes and five drama classes offered, there are approximately 250 stu- dents enrolled, Speech offers training in public speaking and debate, while drama students study clramatics, stagecraft, world theatre, and ad- vanced acting. THESE ARE YOUR VOCAL ORGANS , explains Dick Black, '58, to Nancy Howell, '60, during their fifth hour speech class.

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,Interested V English E 3 n V .yn if W F . L -, V r Q , j ' .. azz? s 4? i p joe Helfert Meredith Cromer Mary Logan Joanna jones Leone Bare Mae Blosser Nell Westacott William Harrison , HARD AT WORK is Pat Bobier, '59, as she completes the notes for her research theme which is required for all junior English The seven senior English courses in- clude journalism, English Literature, English composition, English prepara- tory, College reading, American Litera- ture, and World Literature. Required is sophomore and junior English. Helping students to attain security in social life, developing effective work habits, and broading the interests of students are goals of the English Department. students. r .,s,, F ' - ,Rf ' 2 - . . H -i ' f ' -- ' H - 1 . ' . A ,Q 1 Q, t W Q if n L it . 4 if r ' aegl r V- ' if 'if'..... 1 1 t r ' f .FF'llffliffii-5'i '7 i i ' l i 'V 'M' ' , i 1 - ' , ' , V' Helga lunge Blanche Lohrenz Inez Neville Kathryn Wiens Mildred Leaper German Latin Latin Spanish French Foreign Languages are necessary to many stu- dents in order to meet college requirements. Other study a foreign language for personal pleasure, Three years of Latin, three years of French, two years of Spanish, and two years of German are taught by five teachers. Four hundred and forty-nine students are enrolled in the four for- eign language courses, Latin has the largest enrollment, followed by Spanish, French, and German, 'LISEZ LA PRESSEP' to read the newspaper is the assignment of'second year French students Richard Soderstrom and Kay Swafford both '59, East offers three years of French,