Grosse Pointe South High School - Viewpointe Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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Right Gaby Sack points out a place of interest in her native country at a German Club meeting. Below: The outcome of a German Club bagle sale looks good. Russian Club members gather around Mrs. Cardoza to get their picture taken 42.

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Speech promotes student interests The speech classes at Grosse Pointe South gave students practice in public speaking and helped them develop their views on subjects such as student campus uprisings, the estab- lishment, foreign affairs, and other subjects relevant to them. Mr. Nelson and Mrs. Kot- cher taught these semester courses this year. To expand the speech curriculum there was a BCL speech program which Mrs. Kotcher sponsored. The four schools in the BCL which participated were Grosse Pointe South, Mon- roe, Fordson, and Highland Park. These schools held monthly meetings to debate and speak on programmed materials. A final meet- ing was held at the end of each semester in Ann Arbor where the students brought reso- lutions from each school to end the discus- sions at the previous meetings. This meeting was set up like a congress and gave these 50 students from Grosse Pointe South practice in parliamentary procedure. Left: Jay Marrs gives a panto mime for speech class. Below Mrs. Kotcher teaches class. Z. 41

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Students practice foreign culture Students experienced international culture and relations through a variety of organiza- tions. German Club members went to the Inter- national Institute and a German restaurant to get a feeling for the country. Members also went Christmas caroling in German, at- tended the tree burning at the Farms Pier, had bagel sales for the A.F.S., and heard Gaby Sack, the German exchange student, speak about her country. Carolyn Westhofl, president, and Mrs. VanderSchaaf, adviser, helped the club enter a float in the homecom- ing parade. The Russian Club members spoke Russian during their meetings. In addition they did plays and folk dances, held Russian dinners, and saw films on Russia. Members went with the German Club to the International Insti- tute and created a Russian dance to stomp the Bears for the homecoming parade. The U.N. Club this year represented Burma, Jamaica, and Nepal in the model U. N. at U. of D. at the end of March. Through- out the year the students researched the countries so they could represent the foreign policies correctly. Curt Leibbrand, Richard McLaughlin, Bill Noren, and Richard Rubin, all juniors, represented Finland at the general assembly at Georgetown. Bill Noren, Richard Rubin, and Curt Leibbrand are three of the four who represented Finland in the model United Nations at Georgetown