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

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Newspaper, togas add interest to foreign language studies MISS THELMA PARKS lectures on Roman apparrel mod- eled by Robin Perkins and Bill Renner during a Latin class. 20 TOM FREIJE recites a conversation in French as F re n ch teacher Miss Sandra Gardner looks on. In an age in which international relations are growing more and more important, communications through language provides an important link toward ultimate understanding between Americans a n d their world neighbors. Washington foreign language pupils attempted to weaken the barriers of misun- derstanding this year. The art of translating several languages is a highly delicate task to an interpreter. Not only must he understand word meanings, he must also observe the rules of good grammar and composition at the same time. These were the problems faced by foreign lan- guage pupils. Their study began with basic dialogues and advanced to an intensive study of grammar and literature. Pupils spent a portion of class time re- peating taped drills in a modern language laboratory. Small newspapers written in a foreign language were often distributed to the pupils to add variety and in- terest to the classes. Three Latin V pupils studied for acceptance in the Honors Abroad Program. Roger Weaver, Tom Land, and Ken Cox, worked hard in hopes of spend- ing the summer overseas.

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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

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f W... X 4,7 If 7 r Q' . . 2 f 1. ROBERT Everhart, Louis Day, and Jackie Briant learn more about their state by giving reports in Indiana history class. SOCIOLOGY students learn about man and some of his prob- lems from a report given by Lindsay Shaw. International relations, sociology, psychology added to Curriculum xg HQ' AUJSLA , WHL fw 'Y Q ay I , ff W ,,. 1 . ZW' I' ig0U5f 5 'L may I KAREN Leach learns how a bill becomes law by tracing it through the House and Senate on a map in goyerinnent class. The complexity of the twentieth century world has spurred the need for a better understanding of man and his history. Three new courses were added to the social studies curriculum this year in an effort to increase man's understanding' of himself and his cultures. These courses-sociology. psychology, and international relations-delyed into many of the wo1'ld's problems. The sociology course was a study of man's cul- ture, history, and the reasons for group behavior in a society. In this class pupils had the opportunity to study the general behavior of the human race and learn some of the reasons people turn to drugs and crime. This class also helped the interested pupil to better understand how is city is operated. The major purpose of the international relat- ions Course was to deal with current eyents in depth. Some of the topics covered in the course included Americas role in foreign matters. the role of foreign nations in world policies. and current developments in the Near East. The third course added to the social studies curriculum this year was psychology. This class. taught by Mr. Ora Hight. studied the behavior of society and attempted to relate psychology to other social sciences. 21