Horace Mann High School - Horace Manual Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Students choose from tour foreign languages Maria Sepulveda tacks up some Spanish travel posters, one of many activities her Spanish II class has done through the school year. Miss Jones listens on as members of her French class read from their books. Part of Mrs. DeLeurere’s class gathers around her to read one of their lessons. Dividing the students into different sections allows advanced students to progress faster. Miss Bopp, German teacher, checks some homework papers she has assigned her students that day. Modern foreign language classes, French, German and Spanish, with fewer students enrolled, operated on an individ¬ ualized instruction basis. First-year students exchanged dia¬ logues. During second year grammar was introduced; third- and fourth-year stu¬ dents read and translated books. Miss Georgia Bopp taught German and French; Mrs. Margaret DeLeurere taught Latin; Miss Sally Jones taught French; and Mrs. Connie Barnes, Mrs. Sara Nelson and Mrs. Melva Zabarte taught Spanish.

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Math department chops accelerated program Lacking one teacher, the math depart¬ ment shortened the accelerated program. Students from Math lx transferred to Al¬ gebra 1 or Algebra II; Math IIx students went into geometry classes; Math IIIx, Math IV and Math IVx were combined into a class of eighteen. (Left) Unit circles are essential to Miss The senior math class takes a break as Halpin in explaining trig functions to her the teacher leaves the room. class. Discussion, readings used in psychology Stressing learning by discussion and current readings, junior and senior stu¬ dents took a semester of psychology with Mr. David Werner. Class members experi¬ mented in extrasensory perception, trial and error responses, and selective for¬ getting. In lighter vein hypnosis and working of the Ouija board were observed. (Left) Mr. Werner weighs a student’s Paula Wilson and Alice Lopez take in question about extrasensory perception. everything being said about trial and error.

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Fine Arts students search out new methods to express ideas Mann’s fine arts classes, which in¬ cluded art, speech and music, provided students with valuable experiences in ex¬ pression. Students chose subjects with which they found they were most at ease. Enrolled in graphic arts, pupils em¬ ployed themselves drawing with pencil, ink or various types of color paints. Speech classes practiced expressing thoughts through dialog, debate or coping with controversy. Many class members fought the old enemy, stage fright; some conquered. Vocal students worked at breath control, voice production and reading scores. Working at an easel, Victor Lopez sketches a still life for later painting. Ann Bynum serves as live model for everyone in Art 1 to sketch. Marilyn Vantrece is aided in her Art 1 sketch by ideas from Mrs. Shirley Shaevel. Singing the finale of the memorial program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Drama Club members join hands during the number to sym¬ bolize the dream of Dr. King’s life for his people.