Hamilton High School - Portrait Yearbook (Hamilton, MI)

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Communication in other lands Listen and repeat, please. Another dialogue? How do you say ' Hamilton High School ' in German? Communication. We have radio, television, and telephone, but our most personal, practical, and inexpensive means of communication is by speaking. And the only way we can truly communicate with people of other countries is to learn their language. And this is what the foreign language department does. Conjugating verbs, pronounciation of words, and knowing all the peculiarities of the foreign lan- guage are all a part of learning. Many times it seems worth- less. But when we can carry on an intelligent conversation in another language with someone, a sense of accomplishment is what we feel. The German club also had a project this year and they raised money and gave it to Mary Freebed Hospital. Both the Spanish and German clubs had various parties dur- ing the school year. Students coirect Spanish assignments as Mrs. DeVos reads the answers.

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Miss Veenhoven reads over the German textbook. Mr. VerSchure tests out the earphones in the language lab. The German Club earned nionev and had lots of fun on their vvalk-a-thon.

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Communication through music Sopranos, cup your mouths to get a better sound. When must we be at church to sing? Communication through music. Singing with voices that enjoy, but also work to sound better and fuller to others. Breath support, pitch, tone, enunciation, all play big parts in making a group of teenagers sound like a choir. It ' s not easy, students and teachers discover, but all the work is worth it at the choral concerts given several times during the year. The Sr. Chorus and the Choralaires sing all sorts of songs ranging from the popular hits of today to the songs of Handel ' s Messiah. The choirs are under the direction of Miss Ka- ren Wennell. Miss Wennell strives for perfection. Senior high choir waits patiently for one of their performances.