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

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English classes improve communication skills. The Language Arts Department offers one of the most important courses at Manual, English. English is our means of communicating with each other. How- ever English is not the only course of- fered: the department offers a wide va- riety of electives in addition to English I through English VIII. English I through English VI is taken by every graduate of Manual in com- pliance with the state requirement for graduation. Histlish is offered to selected juniors. It is a combination of U.S. History Ig and U.S. History llg with English Vg and English Vlg. Histlish is a double period class taught by Mrs. Marilyn Dever. It included such projects as diaries on old paper, a Valentine theme, and a term paper. Miss Carolyn Griffin teaches a one period, one semester course called Etymology. Etymology students exam- ined Greek and Latin roots of English words. Miss Griffin said, Etymology is to enlarge the command of both spoken vocabulary and one ' s compre- hension of written material. Humanities, a senior elective taught by Mr. Fred Bennett, is another course in the Language Arts Department. This class gives students a taste of literary, governmental, historical, philosophical, artistic, and social components in the developement of Western Civilization. Humanities students study such works as Homer ' s Odyssey and Iliad and Dante ' s Divine Comedy. To supple- ment their classwork, Humanities stu- dents took field trips to Chicago and Cincinnati to visit various art and history museums and see other places of cul- tural interest. Humanities is a college type course taught in lecture style to prepare Manualites for their encoun ters with college classes in the future. Another Language Arts elective is Speech, taught by Mr. Carl Wright for juniors and seniors. The work which students do in Publications, which in- cludes both the yearbook and the Booster, the student newspaper, is also within the Language Arts program. When asked why he continued English after finishing the required six semesters, senior David Molloy com- mented, I enjoy creative writing and I also enjoy reading the works of great authors. We studied both in English Vllg and Vlllg. 26 Language Arts

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1 Sgt. Leland Mclntire drills his class to teach them the importance of discipline. 2 This panel of ROTC students are instructed on the advantages of being in the army. 3 Senior Janice Charleswood and sophomore Ka- ren Charleswood practice volleyball in advanced gym class. 4 Miss Kathryn Lawrie watches as freshman Margo Terrell has a ball— a volleyball that is. 5 Mr. Al Pike demonstrates to his class the double wrist drag on sophomore Todd Shelton. 6 Staff Sgt. Roy Lawrence teaches his class in leadership. ROTC 25

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1 Miss Molly McGarry assists Deloris Harris, LeeRoy Stansberry, Karen Ervin, and Mark Bon- ham in an English 1C class. 2 Sophomores Sharon Jones and Aaron Shipley check their homework with Miss Linda Van Hoy in their English III class. 3 Michelle Reese, Willy Ingram, and Wendy C ornett practice using the card catalogue in Man- ual ' s library as they study reference skills in their English I class. 4 Mrs. Kathy Guignard discusses the irony of the plot with her sophomore English students. 5 Mrs. Marilyn McCloud looks over junior Don- nie Wright ' s assignment in English V. 6 Histlish teacher, Mrs. Marilyn Dever, urges the class to apply themselves to their theme re-writes. Language Arts 27