Grossmont High School - El Recuerdo Yearbook (El Cajon, CA)

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Head of Remedial Department it 50 English Department Th P f rs of En lish at Grossmont, guided by the Solomon of the English Department, e ro esso g Mr Gross are diligently trying to instill into the unsuspecting heads of Grossmont students the capacity for speaking English fluently and appreciating great literature. Dedicated to d ' ses uid edalian speakers erudite thinkers and esoteric writers often proves try- pro ucing a p , , ina to Grossmont's learned and well-equipped staff. However, the loyal teachers will up- hold the King's English with the last drop of blood in any and every student's body. From h' t fortress of learning may be heard sounds of the imprisoned students struggling t is s rong in ascendant ranks who, by their courageous endeavor and undying persistence, finally, in the last battle, armed with a translation of Chaucer, knowledge of literary trends, a mastery f r and rhetoric have at last conquered Middle English, the influences of Bacon, o gramma , Shakespeare, and Milton, and the essence ol Keats, Dickens and Whitman, Within the . . . b d arched porticols of this imposing department remain the Olympian Arts yet to e conquere ' ears ruled by the Muse from whose mouth pours forth quotations from lusty in coming y , Chaucer, sublime Homer and profound Cervantes, with the greatest of gusto. T111-S lirzgv SflUlI8H7'I'II lit: Ur. Crossfs English IV LC