Hagerstown High School - Epitome Yearbook (Hagerstown, IN)

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AIR CASTLES IN SPAIN Wonder in Dreams EGINNERS are thrilled, as are shorthand students, for now they have a new means of eomnninieation. Everyone who finds that personal letter cannot read and understand it. Then, too, the study of Spanish is in it- self interesting, for the lessons are beautiful descriptive stories and legends of old Spain. They remind one of that old refrain, Air Cas- tles in Spain. The plan to learn your Spanish which the second year students enjoyed most and derived the most benefit from was the three and five minute informal talks given by them to the class. These talks were unusual. Sub- jects which were chosen were the activities of farm, grocery, home, meat market, fruit and vegetable stands, library, and school. Con- versational discussion then took place about the talk just given by the student, all of which was, of course, in Spanish. As someone put it, You either get or you don't get Spanishwg therefore it takes time and study to be a tluent speaker of this lan- guage. Looks of doubt, smiles of uncertainty, and a satisfied HI know expression could be found during class recitation. Songs played a prominent part in the mas- tering of this subject. Some really beautiful old tunes and rhymes were among those taught. Favorites seemed to be 'tLa Palomaf' 'tLa Golandrina, and lVIarcl1ita. Good voices were found in the class and several harmonious combinations were worked out. Not only did the students sing them, but also studied them for their historical background. Always an enthusiastic group start Spanish I but Spanish II is more quiet until it is well started and then others wish that they, too, had taken the second year of that an- cient, yet widely used, dependable language of today. Principal Joe R. Craw was the instructor. Eleven

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THE. ANCIENT TOUR TO OUR LANGUAGE Pcrplexiiies a Pleasure ATIN-how varied are the thoughts which flash through our minds when that Word is mentioned! No doubt most of us who have never faniiliarized ourselves with this ancient language l1ave a mental vision of the diffi- culties of it as portrayed by the expression on t.he faces of those who have studied the language and experienced its perplexities. Such expressions of mental agony were absent from the faces of the Latin classes this year. because they gained a thorougli understanding of the language and thus enjoyed it very much. There were sixteen students enrolled in the Latin classes, eight in the lirst year class and eight in the second year class. The first. year class enjoyed its study to such a degree that inost of the students plan to enlarge their scope of the speech of ancient Rome by tak- JcPwI954 ing seeond year Latin. They discovered that niueh of the English language is derived from Latin and this faet made their work more interesting. To facilitate the learning of this language, the class inade posters on tl1e eonjugation of verhs, deelension of nouns, and use of prepo- sitions. These posters. aeeording to the 1ne1n- bers of the class, proved ve1'y instrumental in helping to keep previously learned Latin in mind. The second year students were fortunate in having for their use a new book written by Berry a11d Lee, in which they studied the mythology of the old countries. The story of the Argonauts, eontinuous story of the ad- ventures of Jason, was especially enjoyed. The opinio11 of the second year students concerning Latin was that it was lnuch inore difficult than lirst year work, but this is true of anything worth while. Miss Alida Morris was the Latin teacher. Ten

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INTRODUCING OUR FUTURE HOME-MAKERS Make Ourselves Attractive HE old adage, Experienee is the best teacher, very applicable to the Ilonie Eeononiies Class. The students who 6l1l'0ll in this elass have not o11ly the advantage of gaining knowledge from the authorities who have written their textbooks, but they have also the pleasure of putting this instruction to a praetieal use in the kitehen and sewing room. This was especially true of the four special advanced students. These four senior girls studied speeial problenis i11 ret'erenee to home eeononiies and as a result increased their abil- ity to the extent that they became capable in this work. These girls Carried out projeets in the following manner: They went to Indianapolis and purehased their eoniineneenlent elothingg they made health posters to eneourage better health habitsg they helped the advaneed elass i11 inan- fttueI954 aging the ealeteriag and thus learned how to prepare well-balanced lum-hes. They eondueted at health drive in the third and fourth grades ill order to see whether the girls and boys were the better observers of good health rules Elllil-l1C1'GiS a point i11 favor of the weaker sex-the girls won the drive by a few points. The Freslnnan Class was divided into two sections, whieh gave a elass party, November 18, at the high sehool. This class gave a play in ehapel, and if the examples given i11 this play were followed by the student body, every person's lnanners would be improved. The advaneed class took field trips to Cain- bridge City. Riehniond, a11d to a eanning fae- tory. These trips were of interest to all. The 34 students enrolled in these three see- tions under the leadership of Miss Gertrude Adams made rapid progress and gained thor- ough understundiiig of the following appro- priate quotation: The beauty of the hoine is order, the blessing of the honie is content- nient. and the glory of the home is hospital- itv. Twelve