Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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Juniors in enriched English gather ideas from last year's short stories for their own. Creativity is an important part of a student's development in the field of English. It is fostered not only in the library, where material is available for composition of originol papers, but also in the classrooms. In English 10, modern art representations of short stories are featured. Enriched English 11 students write original short stories. Journalism students practice creating layout designs and newspaper articles. The library contains, in addition to recreotionol reading and research materials, files of pamphlets, college bulletins, vocational guidance, and several magazines and newspapers. Journalism students practice for the issue of the Buzzette they will put out later in the year. 13

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Sophomore English students puzzle over Miss Costello's Portable Phonograph that plays only bent records. 12

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Mr. McCorthy exploins the low of supply ond demand with the aid of o graph on his award-winning bulletin board. . . Social Studies En The Social Studies department is devoted to giving students an awareness of the modern world through the examination of past and present situations. World History, studied in the tenth grade, consists of a chronological survey of the development of civilization in the Middle East followed by a study of the histories of different countries. There is a unit on the United Nations in the spring. World History is also offered to Seniors. American History is devoted exclusively to the study of the United States with an analysis of the trends of different eras included. Twelfth grade social studies is divided between Economics, a study of personal and national economy, and Sociology, the science of social relationships and the study of man and his cultures. Advanced Placement courses are offered in American and European History to those students with high interest and ability. 14 Miss Bartholet unfolds the Cuban crisis of lost fall to her class.