Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Through Grammar, Composition, Literature Mrs. Rebecca Soendlin discusses a bulletin board display on William Shakespeare with Freshmen Terris Winstead and Debbie Dale who have just finished reading Romeo and Juliet in class. Practicing proper public speaking techniques, Senior Barbara Kat- tau addresses her Speech class to improve her style and to develop the art of convincing her listeners. Lecturing to English 2 pupils, Mrs. Mildred Haskens guides their use of the freshmen anthology hoping to help them relate their reading to life and to develop better reading habits. Giving advice to her English students, Linda Eads and Susie Hittle, is Miss Violet Schonhardt, whose class is meeting in the library to obtain material for a research paper. 21

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Our English Classes Prepare Us to Communicate New grammar and literature books arrived in September for the English Department. A revised curriculum combined the study of grammar, com- position, and literature in each semester. A team teaching class was re-established this year lor seniors. Three classes of 30 students each, met as a group once or twice weekly. On other clays, each class met as a discussion group under its own teacher of the team of three. The Humanities class, which studies the develop- ment of Western civilization, took field trips to supplement class work. In the fall they visited sev- eral museums in Cincinnati and a production of the play, St. Juan. In April they visited Chicago. English and U.S. History were combined in Histlish, a special course for juniors. The class correlates American literature and history. Etymology and Speech helped students become more proficient in using the English language. At the end of the year, the best written work of the English Department was compiled and pub- lished in Manual Manuscripts, Volume VIII. Mr. Richard Blough, head of the English Department, lectures to the team teaching class. He combined efforts with Mr. )ohn Wells and Mr. Ronald Green to teach three classes as one. A group of wandering Manualites, during a visit to Cincinnati with their Humanities class, stroll across a bridge over the Ohio River so they can boast they also visited Kentucky. This day of cultural activi- ties broadened their horizons both intellectually and actually as several visited two new states. u p 20

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Mexico, Italy Invite Redskins for Language Study Spanish Students Patti Skidmore and Dale Petrie practice pro- nunciati6n with Mr. Carsey Gentry, their teacher. Foreign language teachers joined traditional me- thods and audio-lingual methods to create a mid- dle-of-the-road effect in their classes. The chief goal ol : the combination was communication, and it was achieved through the use of new books and an intensified study in all three languages. The Indiana University Honors Abroad Program gave students a chance to compete lor foreign study during the coming summer months. Junior Joyce Thompson, Spanish winner, will spend eight weeks living with a native family in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Latin winner Robert Steele will travel throughout Italy and Greece during his eight weeks ol study in Europe. Serving as an alternate for the Latin Honors Program is Junior Steve Hen- dricks. KaAnne Morris, in French, and Marilyn Gorbett, in Spanish, were also finalists. Advanced language classes enjoyed other oppor- tunities brought through their studies. Spanish students went to Clowes Hall to see Man Of La Mancha after they studied Cervantes ' Don Quixote. A program by Flamenco dancers also offered Span- ish students a chance to observe this native dance. Miss Ann Manning conducts a group of beginning Spanish students as they learn how to operate the tapes and earphones in the Language Lab. The tapes are used to help build each in- dividual ' s skill in pronunciation and to foster understanding of the foreign language being studied by the class.