Imperial Schools - Diplomat Yearbook (Gladewater, TX)

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NANCY A. EHLERT Library Aide. MARY JOAN WENDZEL Bookkeeper. 0. Q J---- ,1 it so wav. i ,UTI ji E fr up-wh K3 1 Fllt ' Q girly' ...,.. ! Q l qlcfa Fl , ..... LUN N N ,Qi f 'it '- L' f- ,Q Z fy ' lit T V. .fi www- . WILLA K. SHARP Assistant Librarian .., , E V. K gg Q MIQUE J. TAUTFEST Faculty Aide. SPEECH AND ORAL EXPRESSION Commencing with the first year of school and continuing until graduation Imperial students are constantly provided with speak- ing situations which help to develop poise, confidence, with a good degree of language mastery. Memory work covering over three hundred biblical passages is an integral part of the elementary Bible classes. Analysis of words in phonetics gives each student ex- perience in explaining before a group. Oral reports are introduced early through book reports, research assignments, and laboratory demonstrations. In senior high school the more formal func- tions of public speaking are introduced to the boys through the Imperial Clubs and to the girls through the Imperial Girls' Clubs. These clubs are extra-curricular activities which re- ceive almost 100'7b participation by the stud- ent body. Officers are appointed by the facul- ty sponsors, and Weekly club assignments are assigned by the officers on a rotation basis. Impromptu comments are elicited from mem- bers in business and table-topics sessions. Pre- pared speeches of approximately six minutes duration follow. After each speech a terse evaluation is given by an assigned evaluator. The meetings conclude after the club advisor has given an over-all evaluation of the meet- ing and the speakers trophies have been awarded. The net result of the years of consistent training is a person who can uthink on his feet, communicate intelligently with others, and represent himself, his school, his way of life as a true Di lomat. SPEECH PRODUCTION lf you were asked the question, What parts of the body are used for speech production? you would probably reply, The vocal chords, of course! Surprising as it may seem the lungs, windpipe, larynx, pharynx, nose and mouth are also used in speech production. You may ask, The lungs? How are they used in speech production? Without the lungs you wouldn't be able to speak at all, not to mention the fact of life it- self. The source of speech production is the steady stream of air that comes from the lungs as you exhale. As you exhale the vocal chords open and close rapidly letting through puffs of air. You hear the puffs as a steady buzz. The tone of the buzz depends upon the acoustic properties of the vocal tract. By changing the shape of the vocal tract you I I-ff . 1 I . - . . turn, produce words. These changes are made by moving the lips, tongue, or the soft palate in the back of your mouth. This process is called articulation. These articulatory movements are used for producing most speech sounds. There are two other ways, A second way is used in producing s and sh sounds. This is done by con- stricting some part of the vocal tract, The result is a hissing noise or fricative noise which produces sh. The third way is used in pronouncing p's and g's. This is done by block- ing the vocal tract with the lips or tongue. By blocking the tract with the lips p is produced. By using the tongue g is formed. Generally you produce speech through exhaling. Although, in some foreign lan- .I .I I I ' I I'

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' MAlCHlNG BRATNSW How would you like to match yourself against one of today's lightning-fast transistorized electronic brains ? A Uni- vac 490 computer, one of the most sophis- ticated electronic brains manufactured to- day, has more'than 7,700 printed circuits, requiring more than 370,000 feet of wir- ing to hook up its two million memory cells. It is able to receive, process, and compute a deluge of material in a fraction of a second, store the information in its electronic memory cells, and be able to feed-back the information at the touch of a button. Now how does your brain com- pare with that? Altogether the brain has about ten BILLION interconnected nerve cells capable of processing innumerable facts in equal- ly impressive time! The human brain has more than 5,000 times more storage capa- city than the best computer so far made. lt stores indefinately more material from a wide variety of input sources lall the sensesl. As far as can be discovered, the human brain permanently records every sensation ever experienced in life lwhether by sight, sound, feel, taste, or smelll. Its main prob- lem is recall. There is no apparent but- ton which can be triggered to release at a touch all of the billions of facts and sensations and ideas stored within the brain. The computer, unlike the human brain, is not subiect to the many distrac- tions or forgetfulness which clouds thinking and remembrance. The computer's advantage lies in its ability to process and feed back answers lpreviously fed into the machinel in an instant. It is not distracted by extraneous inputs while it is in the process of feed- back. The brain, however, while attempt- ing to solve a problem ifeed-backl is simultaneously receiving distracting and often irrelevant input through the senses of sight, hearing, touch, etc. This is. one reason for the brain's limitations. ' Continuing research into the learning process is opening new doors in the field of education which promise unprecedent- ed use of the fantastic latent potential of the human brain. , , COMMUNICATIONS . . . Perhaps the one most significant develop- ment of the past twenty-five years has been not the atomic or hydrogen bombs, super- sonic flight, space exploration, or atomic sub- marines-but the one factor which led up to the development of all of these-communicw tions. The last quarter century has witnessed the most phenomenal explosion of knowl- edgeTewH'l5efore experiEil by man.TBEall of this knowledge would have been of little value if it were not communicated to the minds of other men who were able to take this science and technology and turn it into industry. Writers, translators, artists and illustrators are in high demand in almost every field be- cause of the recognized need for capable men to make even the most complex and technical information simple to understand. Research into advanced reading techniques has reached a new peak in order to make it possible for the reader to keep up with the avalanche of written material. Computerization has made space travel a reality. Without the computers ability to re- ceive, assimilate, and feed-back knowledge with lightning speed, soft-landing a rocket on the moon would be about as easy as you throwing a stone across the Grand Canyon and landing it in a cocktail glass without making a splash. Communications is also what makes a so- ciety, nation, industry, organization, or fam- ily run smoothly. When communications break down, chaos is the result. Being in- formed and informing others is the key to unity. CQEEQZEAQEEQBXQD

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