Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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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.

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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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Working diligently, Linda Jablonski prepares pictures for a yearbook deadline. language, journalism From fall to spring . . . ttto ' to three hours a day . . . seven days a week . . . vacations . . . holidays . . . weekends . . . this was what it took to produce the Emersonian. With an increased number of yearbook pages to fill, this year’s staff worked e xceptionally hard on a project requiring time, effort, and cooperation. Only after the final page was sent to the printer, the last line of copy written, and the last picture selected, did the staff know their job was completed. Even after the yearbook staff had met their last deadline, the Norse Wind staff had not quite closed their ’64-’65 news files. “Seniors Judge Juveniles” . . . “Convicts visit Emerson School” . . . “Vespers Feature Madrigal Group” ... were among the stories covered by the Norse Wind staff. Following the old tradition of burning the night oil, students worked long into the evening before a next-day issue. Headed by Angeline Korfias, editor, the twenty-two member crew managed to meet the weekly deadline. “If she’d only move her hand, I could see that answer.”