Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Reading, writing, listening, we enioy languages Those who take a foreign language find it hard work, but their labors are well rewarded by a justifiable pride in being able to express themselves in a tongue once completely strange. 2 Roberta Holtzman Hugh Graham Celia Ramsom Sv 4 William Stiles Dune I ohnson George Cooch lA required part of the Latin III and IV courses IS prepara tion of a notebook summarizing the years work and entallmg much outside research Looking over a former tudent s work Ruth Ann Payton marvels at the mtncacy of an illuminated manuscript Playing a lively game of French Bango to sharpen up their number usage are John Marin Tom Sheehan Laurie Linder Roger Bouchard Anne Abbott Barry Bitzer Anne Bauer Jeff Shertzer Robin Odle Bill Ellison and Kathy Durkee . 5, In 2 5 . A V x R ' . t o . . , -ev t A , f i v V- I- .Q i , .. . . . . V Nw on - 'J x ff X, ' 0 'ai' 4 lg? 1+ . 5 I lip- '- . 1 L . - S . ' 'Sf' . - V 45

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.M at Nl!- AAdding gay touches to the German scene, Ron Green, Jim Codner, and Joann Koren decorate the walls with multi-hued railroad publicity posters extolling the beauty of Germany's countryside. This class, like many other language courses, uses visual aids to show something of the life and history of the people whose language is being taught, thus, it is little wonder that with learning made interesting, the program has such a large enrollment. We gain four tongues Oh, this vocabulary, I never will get these words straight. Such might well be the comment of a student of one of the four foreign languages taught at SHS. Be it French, German, Latin, or Spanish, vocabulary is in- evitably a large part of the year's study. Leaming a language, however, is not just learning the English equivalents of foreign words-noun genders, idiomatic expressions, pronunciation, and, of course, grammar rear their frustrating heads. We reflect how diflicult it must be for people of another nation to learn and speak English. For a while all is chaos, but gradually the pattern of things emerges. At this point, the student realizes that if the first year of language is to be of any value to him, he must take a second. He usually does continue on, going further into grammar and vocabulary, but also doing more reading and translating. If he goes on with a third or even fourth year, there is very little new grammar and a large amount of reading. VNo language is easy, and realizing this, Spanish students Pauline Craig and Mike Orr have dropped in to see Mrs. Ransom after school for a little extra drill. Three years of Spanish are offered on Seaholm's curriculum, and there are plenty of interested students to fill the classes, some no doubt hoping to spend a dream holiday in the sunny lands of Spain or Mexico. In this class, exhibits typifying Spanish lands and peoples are often presented. : Hazel Ladd I I AN t Karl Meade

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Plper staff wrrtes crops pastes gets results Let s bleed that pncture 1I1tO the gutter and put the cuthne on the left hand page Sounds hke a bloody buslness but to anyone of the Pzper staff thts ts only shop talk The begmnmg staff members not neces sartly ln Journahsm classes are first tntroduced to the mechantcs of puttmg a book together when they come to work on the book tn September From then on, they are hard at tt untxl the last page ts thankfully sent to press ln Aprll No slackers are tolerated, and everyone does thmgs at top speed whether rt be plannmg draw mg layouts wrrtrng cutlmes Cknown to the general pub llc as capttonsj and body copy pastmg or typmg There IS always somethmg to do Basrcally the book ts dtvtded 1nto mne secttons each of whlch lS under the d1rect1on of an edttor Thts person IS responslble for all the plannmg wrltlnfz ptcture tak mg, and assemblmg tn h1s section llt IS Important that the books printer recelve the staffs chosen cover deslgn far m advance of the actual prtntmg Gomg over the final sketch Mr Hammel Prmdle Anders Carol Kmg and prmtlng salesman Mr Mack SUPFUHOWICZ glscussdthe vartety of materlals colors and grams whtch can e use Early m the year new sectton edttors are gxven a lecture on plcture composltlon and cropplng Usmg some photos of years gone by as examples are Juhe Calver homerooms Carol Kmg Y Donna McGhan mdex Kaye Clohset clubs Gay Lxebertz communtty Prmdle Anders Lynn Kurth mustc and Jan 1 2- .l. Y 41 46 . . l l I l . ,, . , . , . , . . if .71 ' ' , - , , . . Q - 7 - 5 . . l . , .. U . - 1 . .. U . . V. 2 . 3 l'l i,,,x . - . -' Y 3 .. ' 3 - . l ' xt' f , '32 tvttt A Brundige, clubs. y 7 l A is - 5- ' 3' Q, sg S tx - N w ! 5 1 I I - 4 ' N . A , . Q, - t . t - 3 , -1 .N , ' 0 , 1 at a 5, t 9 3 ef-A an h c 3V ' lk k 1