George Washington High School - Monument Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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i Jw i 'J Language Department U' i . 1 Q p . 251531 H A M3 Mr. Muller, Mr. Sewell, who is head of Audio Visual in Cedar Linda Delzell experiences using the new laboratory equipment as Rapids, and Mr. Diaz admire and discuss the new laboratory for Gingie Van de Roovaart and Susan Prastka watch. the Foreign Language department. Gingie Van de Roovaart and Linda Delzell practice the use of the laboratory microphones while Susan Prastka looks on. -5 It is a great challenge to do all that should be done in teaching foreign languages. A set of goals has been adopted teaching students to read, write, and speak the foreign language, teaching students to know the culture, beliefs, attitudes of the people in the lands whose language is studied, teaching students to seek more than practical use or material benefit from the study of languages, preparing students who intend to go on in lan- guages as scholars, and teaching students respect for the peoples of foreign lands, for their contri- butions to the world, and for their problems. The scholarly approach is the most whole- some approach to learning languages, but in an era when the practical applications of the lin- quists' abilities become more obvious, the public school is beginning to mechanize. The Federal Government is encouraging and partially subsidi- zing the teaching of languages to increase the numbers of those who can speak and use them in the practical sense. The addition of modern language laboratories this year will help more students to learn foreign languages. The Foreign Language department offers three and even four years of preparation in French, German, Latin and Spanish.

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English Department ,EJ,M. 0' Tenth-graders Susan Smith and Dick Hopkins examine a model guillotine while readi-ng Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES. ,yu- Seniors Ricard Feller and Kathy Phlegar scan Washington High's literary magazine for which Creative Writing class serves as an editorial board, while Harry Owens prepares a theme for class. Listening to actor Hal Holbrook's recorded impersonation of Mark Twain are Sarah Greenlee and Mike Collins. Heritage pu- pils have visited Twain's native Hannibal, Missouri, and have heard Holbrook in person in Cedar Rapids. English instructors like to believe that the subject they teach is useful twenty-four hours each day. Speaking, writing, thinking, and even dreaming require a working knowledge of English. The difference between illiteracy and liter- acy lies in accomplishment and skill in reading and writing. After reaching a level of reading competence, pupils find that books are a never- ending means of self-education. Likewise, pupils who master correctness of expression are eager to try their own creative powers. Besides a full program of learning, the Eng- lish curriculum at Washington High School in- cludes accent on speech in the tenth grade, ac- cent on American literature in the eleventh grade, and stress on English and World literature in grade twelve. Required outside reading lists have been re- vised so that pupils will be spending this time with books of quality and worth. Senior English courses teach the art of research, creative wri- ting, and a higher level of accomplishment. -4-

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ath Department Susan Jones and Gary Wolfsberg work a Non-Euclidian Geometry proof at the board in Geometry class. In the world today, mathematics is be- coming more important as an essential tool in everyday life. Income taxes, budgeting, in- stallment buying, banking, mortgages, insur- ance and general selling are some of the many fields for which a sound mathematics back- ground is valuable. We believe that an op- portunity to have a Working knowledge of the fundamentals of mathematics and an under- standing of how and Where these fundamen- tals are used in present day living should be provided for every student with regard to his individual interests, abilities, future needs, personality, experience, and study habits. We would provide the opportunity for every stu- dent, who has the ability, to become fami- liar with the essentials of all basic secondary school mathematics. We would provide, for those who are Willing and capable, as exten- sive a mathematics program as might be re- quired for future study. - A Binomial Formula shown on the board is being explained to an Jim Blinn, Naurine Dierks, and Bob Gates examine the uses of a Algebra class by Bob Block and Sara Greenlee. slide rule in Trigonometry. -5-