Fordson High School - Fleur de Lis Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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English conquers two of three “R”s The first two of the three “R”s fall into the almighty English Department. Seeing that it is the first two of the three “R”s and seeing that we must have three units of credit to graduate, English must be meant to be worth something. The subject is worth something; and a great deal more than we may think. The way we speak and write presents ourselves a certain way to people. Don’t underestimate reading ei- ther, because the knowledge we gain from reading shows up in our spoken and written word. You see, all three things are interrelated, and so, logically think- ing, the higher the level of reading, writing, and speak- ing we put into people, the higher level of society we would get from them. That’s what the English folks try to do—instill a bit of knowledge into us and erase a bit of ignorance so that we may contribute some- thing to make our society some better. English Department 19

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I. Don't give up Mr. Brown, there's only 45 more minutes to go. 2. Mr. Cloney al- ways looks happy, even when going to the dentist 3. Mr. Meyer freezes at the sight of a camera. 4. “You also shouldn't lean on the podium when giving a speech. says Mr. Zimmerman. 5. Mr. Derderian's student doesn't seem interested in what is being said. 6. Feeling cornered, Mr. Skerritt ex- periences the instinct of self-preservation. 7. Easy-going Mr. Burke takes life one day at a time. 8. Don't give us that woebegone look Mr. Baker, the copy deadline is still twelve hours off! 9. Mrs. Sills and Kris Ni- chols work diligently on their homework. J. O. Mr. Bonfiglio exhibits a striking pose. 11. After begging with Miss Wininger, she finally broke and returned the camera. 12. The docile Mr. Osterberg shows us'that he's very unpredict- able. 13. Mr. Slebodnick flashes his set of pearly whites. 14. Walking around Fordson you can find many teachers who, like Mr. Harris, teach in a relaxed manner. 15. In addition to teaching English, Mrs. Woodrow lends her talents to typing classes. 16. Like many people, Study Hall is Mr. Schultz's favorite class. 18 English Department

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Communications pass it along We humans communicate in so many ways. First, we communicated with grunts-our first language. As we spread out over the world, distinct languages took shape. Fordson’s Foreign Language Department tries to teach some of those principal languages with Latin, French, German, and Spanish classes. As our brains developed more, we humans thought of more ways to communicate. We began writing our language, putting it on little pieces of tape, then even- tually putting ourselves on the little pieces of tape. Our Media Center here at Fordson holds all of these “new” ways of communicating and more. There are also typewriters and a copying machine. The Media Center at Fordson has always been rated as one of the best high school libraries in the country. 1. Mrs. Ward handles a card catalog drawer expertly with style and grace. 2. Mrs. Keyser begins to get herself psyched-up for her French class. 3. A foreign language class; another example of hard workers at Fordson. 4. Mrs. Underwood is the chief of staff in Fordson's library. 5. The library helpers file books, issue books, and very efficiently, send out overdue notices. 6. Flight FHS- Waterkamp is preparing for take-off on runway B-205. 7. Looks like Miss Larkin was just zapped with some very unwelcomed correspondence. 20 Communications