Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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L. Flora reeds a passage from Burns in English LH'

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J. Milchell and C. Grossman slave on chem. BOOKS GUIDE US, TEACH US, INSPIRE US OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY IS WELL-EOUIPPED AND a quie-I, allracfive place 'Io sfudy. For reference work or reading, a wealfh of malerial is available. Miss Book and her assislanls do everylhing 'Ihey can 'lo help us find informa- 'I'ion. Allraclive poslers and displays lead us 'Io read more and Io browse around. In spile of whal many people Ihink, 'Ihe maiorily of sludenls really work bofh in school and aI home. One fhing aboul' our crowded school is 'lhal' 'Ihere are few quiel' places Io sludy or falk, especially during 'Ihe noon hour. Before school or afler, Iwosomes gel' Iogeiher +o compare chem charls or work on Irig. Recenfly fwo reading courses have been made avail- able I'o EHS s+uden+s. One is a remedial course which is designed for non-readers who may be having Irouble wilh Ihe mas+ery of fhe subiecf mailer in Iheir fexlbooks. The ofher reading course, called DEVELOPMENTAL READING, is offered Io aid 'Ihose sludenis who wanl' 'lo read 'fas'I'er, belrler and wiI'h a keener grasp of Ihe prinled page. Because of our crowded condifions. 'Ihese reading courses are oHered in +he Sheri House where specially 'Irained 'Ieachers and special books, machines and equip- men'I' facililale learning. Learning lo comprehend wha? we read. 19

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W. Pannalaecker end L. Turner do a spof commercial. ENGLISH HELPS US EXPRESS OURSELVES WHEN A SENIOR CHOOSES HIS ENGLISH COURSE FOR HIS LAST year in EHS, he finds if hard fo decide. Should he fake 12D and learn fhe fechniques of dramafics producfions or BIBLE. a book he feels he'd like fo know beH-er? If he's college-bound, he plans fo fake WRITING LAB: if he wanfs a fufure in radio or TV, he will sign up for SPEECH WORKSHOP. A senior mighf elecf MODERN LIT., a 'Iwo-semesfer course in reading modern novels, plays, non-ficfion, or fake ENGLISH 12A where he'll gef fo know fhe besf in English Iiferafure. Juniors also have fo make choices, when, as sophomores, 'I-hey plan I-heir elevenfh year. ENGLISH 11 combines fhe J. Burfon gels a fest in Commercial English. sfudy of American liferafure wifh furfher drill in funda- menfals. ENGLISH IIS is designed for iuniors inferesfed in speech: IID for fhose who enioy fhe sfudy of dramafics and HJ for fhose iuniors who wanf fo specialize in journal- ism. Each of fhe laffer courses also includes American Iif, as iuniors are af fhe same fime sfudying U. S. Hisfory. When a sophomore enfers EHS, he finds his ENGLISH course for fhe fenfh year already prescribed for him. This course is a kind of orienfafion course, giving him some work in speech, some in grammar and fundamenfals, and some in liferafure. Wifh a differenf 'Iexf for each course, and a differenf feacher, he finds himself rofafing from one of fhese fhree fields fo fhe nexf. ,.. . , S. Cerfer learns siege appearance in Soph Speech.