Flushing High School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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The English Department of FHS is a vital part of the school. It is a state man- date that a student have 8 terms of Com- munication Arts, two of which may be Speech. The most basic need is for a person to have control over his language in college and the outside world. The different classes offered by the English Department include journalism, Cre- ative Writing, a Sophomore writing class, Mystery and Detective, College Board Prep Course, Word Power, English in Business and Industry, and A.P. English. People attracted to English are 'Ivory Tower People' who prefer to deal in ideals and heroic situations. Teaching such a subject in a high school offers a strange and exciting contrast, said Mrs. Madeine Staffanell. Dr. Eleanor Friedman, Assistant Princi- pal of the English Department, com- mented that, Literature is the best liked subject among students. I look at litera- ture as a good way of communicating. One can communicate with the dead or living, it is also important for students to learn and appreciate our heritage in lit- erature. as V7 E NEDDY MCMILLS 3513! GLADYS FIELD V il' XV' I' . 'Q-Q, if - 322 I i'ii .' 1 IEANETTE BUXBAUI IRWIN KOPLI MADELIN STAFFANEI

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CHARLES ABADIE RASMUS ERDAL IIAIONOQE , 'lt ' , ' .:., ... Q, ,T I LL . .3 E if ij ' V ,Q P i . gyg X, y , L '13-'Q i ' , f S 4 ,L el . Y .' M..,w ij A A , Wiki! SOPHIE MINKOFF- ull' ii an 1 Ull GERALD MURATORE In x fY . XX 1 EUGENE LUHRS When Mr. Rasmus Erdal, Assistant Principal of the IndustrialArts Department, donated his station wagon to the Automotive Lab, the students had to saw it in half and partially disassemble it in order to get it trough the Auto Lab door. The Auto Lab received other auto equipment from a grant under the Vocational Education Act. However, the other shops: Photography, Drafting, and Architectural Drawing, Woodworking, Metal, Appliance Repair and Electricity have been hurt by the financial crisis and have been forced to operate on a very low budget. Mr. Erdal feels that, industrial Arts is useful, whether as the start of an education in a possible career or for use in emergencies. Mrs. Sophie Minkoff has been FHS' only Home Economics teacher ever since the budget cuts. She feels her subject can be beneficial to students be- cause it prepares them for domestic life, Some of the courses offered are international foods, nursing, and family psychology. lnterna- tional foods is the most interesting class of all be- cause students learn new techniques of cooking, said Mrs. Minkoff. DUSTRIAL

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