George Washington High School - Post Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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English electives meet broad interest BOB STRICKER compares his debate file cards with partner Winifred Semenick. CHECKING a page layout is one of the many jobs done in the SURVEYOR class by editor John Schmitt and Ken Cox. 18 SHOWING her ability in speaking, Geraldine Wallace delivers a speech to a seemingly interested speech class.

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4' X u ,fm fe , a at 96, ' nga Q if W 'www--r--Q-n4n......ka. 2. J ,Wf yi ' . 1 ' f f ' N AX. of fi 'K FRESHMEN Tom Robinson, Ron Barnett, and Gary Bryant record themes that they have written as part of the OAV program. nglish program enhanced by UAV project One of the techniques used in meeting the challenge of a changing world is experimentation. The English Department experi- mented with a project called the Oral- Aural-Visual program based on the idea of writing by ear. In the OAV program, Mrs. Sheila Reynolds and Mr. Richard Sharp con- ducted fo u r experimental English classes. Two were control classes giv- en the customary course of study, and two were experimental classes given a modified course of study with the emphasis on composition writing. The pupils in the experimental classes wrote themes, read them as they had written them, and recorded them on tape. Then they played the tapes back, listened for errors, and finally revised the themes. The two groups were tested and their scores compared at the beginning and the end of the year in an effort to deter- mine the success of the experimental project. Biggest news in the library was the acquisition of more than 1000 new books this year. In addition to per- forming their regular library tasks, pupils enrolled in library science had the job of categorizing and shelving all these books. THE PACER in the reading lab is used to show how L1 pupil progresses in increasing his reading speed. 17

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of pupils Twentieth century schools h a V e been forced to meet the demands of society by broadening the curriculum to include subject matter of interest to all of its pupils . Elective courses in the English Department have gone far towards meeting the individual interests of its pupils. Special courses were of- fered during the school year in de- bate and discussion, speech, drama- tics, journalism, and Greek and La- tin derivatives. Debaters traveled all over the state c o m p e t i n g in tournaments from September to March. The topic of debate concerned the rising U.S. crime rate and ways of halting it. An advanced productions c la s s, the backbone of all school produc- tions, was added for pupils with past experience and credit in dramatics. Derivatives provided the p u p i l with a background of the Greek and Latin heritage of the English lan- gauge. Two classes of journalism were provided for pupils interested in writing and mass communications. . ,. ,V M ,, if ff ff! .- 4' ' - 1.4 iv f , . -1 ...W Z2 1 ,c A -is - fn M ,f, . 3 gwj iii A , f 31 37 ,W 2 ,, 1' ffwsjigwffzaf A, asfma-Mar: :agar ...- .,a,-- - 1 -- ' ' ' 1 MA 1, f 1 'V vaffaggfv M DRAMATICS pupils carefully observe a classroom demonstration of one of the many techniques used in staging a play. cs xx. SUMMING UP the yearbook sales are POST staff members DEBBIE PUGH and Brenda Farmer demonstrate to the dra- Jeanne Clevenger, Kathy McElfresli. Charlene Blevins. Patsy matics class the procedure used in applying make-up. Reid, and J udy Spear. 19 'X '33 at 'Wi