Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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english key to mastery “Vocabulary lessons due tomorrow” . . . “com¬ position assignment for Friday” . . . “outside reading book next week” . . . these were familiar worries for all English students. While gram¬ mar was an important phase of the total pro¬ gram, literature was the major area of study. Freshmen met Charles Dickens through the eyes of Philip Pirrip in Great Expectations. Sophomores learned a lesson in leadership from Shakespeare’s great tragedy, Julius Caesar. Shakespeare was studied on a more advanced level by seniors, who read his more complex tragedies, Hamlet, Macbeth, and, in advanced literature, King Lear. Besides reading and analyzing Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, juniors spent long evenings at the library preparing their term papers. Helping to make this year a rewarding ex¬ perience for E.H.S. students were Mrs. Mable Bianchi, Miss Diana Blue, Mr. Robert Glazier, and Mr. Steve Parfenoff, new English staff mem¬ bers. Mr. Fred Jones (inset) and Mrs. Helen Conway, special educa¬ tion teachers, work with students on the day’s assignment.

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teachers reach year’s goals Cafeteria staff — . to r: Mrs. Rosebud Towshend, Mrs. Helen Hall, Mrs. Margaret Stutesman, Mrs. Mary Miklos, Mrs. Frances Tich- ansky, Mrs. Ruby Bassett, and Mrs. Ollie Robinson relax afte r the hectic lunch hours. Miss Mary Lou Coulter, home visitor, investigates the absence of a student. Office staff—l. to r: Miss Maureen Link, Mrs. Frances Medina, Mrs. Sylvia Frances, Mrs. Mary Calloway, Miss Georgia Slavo, and Miss Anna Marcikic begin their work for another day. Weathering the wintery cold, Mrs. Irene Lahaie, Emerson’s patrol guard, helps children returning from lunch.

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of language skills Mrs. Irma Plum, librarian, emphasizes the importance of Book Week to students working in the library. English Department members, seated l. to r: Mrs. Gladys Pierce, Miss Roma Anderson, Miss Mabel Bianchi, and Mrs. Arlene Von Horn. Standing: Mrs. Catherine Greenwald, Mr. Robert Glazier, Mrs. Gertrude Palmer, Miss Diana Blue, and Mr. Steve Parfenoff.