Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Committee members Chuck Stahl, Andrea Beaty and Jim Williams add the finishing touches to a scale model of the Shakespearean Globe Theater, built as a project for the sophomore English IV class taught by Miss C. Quinn. inglish Curricula types of stories according to journal- istic principles. The required weekly assignments were often published in the school newspaper, the Scroll. Speech classes practiced construct- ing and delivering different kinds of speeches. After the most advanced type, the persuasive speech, had been mas- tered, students studied debate, discus- sion, parliamentary procedure and both humorous and dramatic interpretation. 19

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Tom Bainbridge (lion), Vicki Withrow, George Clarke, Buddy Fleitner, and Sue VonAlmen enact a scene from “Pyramus and Thisbe . New Courses, Scheduling Method, Projects Added T English teachers, under the direc- tion of Mr. L. Wray, added new cour- ses and various projects to the depart- ment curriculum. They also tried to schedule students according to ability. Junior English courses, Composition V and American Literature VI, were two of the new additions. Students gained research experience by .writing 1 200 word term papers in comp classes. Sophomore classes broadened their knowledge of literature by reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Silas Marner by George Eliot and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. A project completed by some of Miss C. Quinn’s students was construction of a model of the Shakespearean Globe Theater. Reviewing grammar was a major part of the freshman course of study. A general introduction to literature was also included. Various plays, such as Pyramus and Thisbe” were also dra matized by some of these classes. Teachers attempted to develop eacl student’s abilities to their greates extent by scheduling pupils according to their past English record. Plu regular and minus classes were abl to advance at their own rates. Journ alism was also added to th English curriculum as an elective course Classes learned how to write variou 18

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Students Develop Artistic Interests During the past year high school students furthered their artistic pro- gress in Art Projects. In this course, students were able to work in a field of art which particularly interested them. These advanced students experi- mented with such mediums as water colors, oil paints and ink. Junior high art classes worked widi clay, planned and made toothpick de- signs, and learned the basic principles for cartooning and drawing. Working on a wood sculpture is Jim Werner