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

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Make Readers of Many Manualites English, the largest department at Manual, con- tinues to give students a broad background in all aspects of our language. Pupils are well prepared in the practical uses of grammar and composition as well as in the appreciation of literature. New this year was the Book Fair located in the library. Sponsored by the English Department and the library, the Fail was designed to encourage Man- ualites to read for pleasure. The Fair proved suc- cessful as 921 books were sold to students. The Humanities class, which studies the devel- opment of Western Civilization, took field trips to enrich their education. Last fall, they visited many interesting places during a trip to Chicago and at- tended an opera at Indiana University. Histlish continues to flourish as a core course for selected juniors. The class correlates United States History and American Literature. Emphasis in written work was on formal and informal essays. Etymology, a study of Greek and Latin deriva- tions, helps to build students ' vocabularies. Speech class stresses oral expression and helps students develop their speaking abilities. Manual Manuscripts, an English Department pub- lication, included samples of writing compiled from all classes. This year ' s was Volume IX. Checking with students as they work on an assigned grammar exercise is Mrs. Susan McCallum. Junior Sharlene Butler gets special help with a rough sentence in this English VI class. All Manualites at one time or another are assigned to Developmental Read- ing Lab. All freshmen spend six weeks of Orientation using the sha- dowscopes and other equipment to speed up their reading. Here Mrs. Polly Sterling supervises a sophomore class during their weekly lab period. r.

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English Department and Library in Cahoots Manual ' s first Book Fair, set up in the library by the librarians and the English Department, was visited by English classes at assigned times dur- ing its two-day duration. The wide variety of paperbacks proved popu- lar and interesting to students allowed to browse at will around the display. Mr. Dennis Jackson, English teacher, and Miss Ritajo Stanger, library clerk, man the cashiers ' table with the help of two library assistants. Students purchased numerous Fair books. Books are always available from the display rack in the book- store. Sophomores Paula Pierce and Jan McGraw have come from lunch to select books for their English class reports. 22

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Senior Robby Steele who spent sum- mer ' 69 in Italy on the Honors Abroad program discusses his ex- periences with luniors Anne Hatha- way and Jean Ruoff, both of whom were candidates this year. They miss- ed out on the last lap of the keen competition. Languages Foster Study Discipline Many hours of memorizing vocabulary, expres- sions, and grammar rules are spent by Redskins in the Eoreign language classes. The study of the history of the countries and customs of the people add variety and ba kground to the languages. Spanish draws the majority of language students. An addition in this department is the Spanish 3x class which places the freshmen who have had two years of Spanish in junior high in a special class. A main project for the students in the combined third and fourth year French class was reading the novel Le Petit Prince and discussing the author ' s philosophy. The class also turned in scrapbooks at the end of the year. Pen pals are a fun and popular way of practicing and improving French. Latin students Anne Hathaway and Jean Ruoff competed in the Indiana University Honors pro- gram for a trip to Italy during the coming sum- mer. After coming out on top of the first round of competition, both girls fell in the last elimination. The well-equipped language lab aids the students in listening and pronouncing the languages. Mr. Carsey Gentry assigns sentences to Spanish students Becky Hendricks and Linda Clark to translate. Scott Johnson and Carl Schnepf are writing their translations on the chalkboard.