John H Francis Polytechnic High School - Student Yearbook (Sun Valley, CA)

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lournalism is interesting, says Miss Hov, while looking over the Optimist dummy .... lvfir. Stell, formerly a college speech teacher, explains English difficulties to Bonnie and Salvatore ..,. Mrs. Klawitter, formerly P,-T.A. chairman and past annual sponsor, answers a question. Her summers are spent on a New England farm ,... An ardent bowler, Phi Beta Kappa, and receiver of several scholastic honors is Mr. Porter .... Smilingly Mrs, lolmson discusses a student problem. . . . Miss Edwards, Poly alumna and new drama teacher, reads the script lor the S342 class play. Mrs. Heath, pictured with the language department, also teaches some classes in English. Englxsh Three Publtcatlons Glve Splendld Opportunltles rn Iournahsm The chtet work of the English department teachtng readtng wr1t1ng and speaking went bus11y on as usual th1s year The drama and public speaking classes were unusually well filled and new talent was dtscovered at every turn Th1s 1nterest 1n speech was reflected 1n two hne sentor plays and tn a number American Leg1on and Pan Amencan contests Our publ1cat1ons The Opt1m1st The Poly H1gh and The Polytechnlc Student seemed to excel in every way The Opt1m1st aga1n claimed its usual share of lournaltstlc honors being chosen medahst for several consecutive years The annual class was thnlled at the All American award for the 1941 Polytechn1c Student and the whole school was proud of this achlevernent 27 l of speaking contests. Our students won zone awards in the Herald-Express,

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Diagramminrg is a graphic way of teaching grammar in Mrs. l-leath's opinion. She also teaches Spanish .... Mrs. Dasso, Spanish teacher, acquired a fluent use of this language when she lived in Peru .... The faces of Miss Hindson's class sffow that Spanish is fun .... French Club officers read a newspaper in the court language .... Our library is conducted efficiently by Mrs. Loclclin. . . . Latin is as easy as anything else, says Miss Adams. Pan Amerlcan Day Celebrated ln Spanlsh Style Language study at Polytechnic means far more than learning some grammar and making a few translat1ons Each teacher presents some of the hrstory folk songs hero stones flags costumes and literature of the nationality studied Color fllms help co stimulate the interest of the students Thus with the knowl edge of the language each student acqulres some 1dea of the culture that belongs to the language and thereby understands both to a greater degree Thts year Pan American Day sponsored by this department was great fun for the whole school Students and teachers wore gay costumes of Latin Amerlca all day faculty members Wore lit le rtbbons s1gn1fy1ng the languages strange names Singing waiters and flower girls added to the festive atmos phere The glass case 1n the main hall often exhibrts many foreign articles b1lS of art miniature costumes fl gs and furmture Modern language study 1S more tmportant than ever before and Poly apprecrates the f1ne work of Mlss Hmdson and her tea hers of Span sh French Latm and German 26 Language they had studied,' an-d the cafeteria served several foreign foods labeled with

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Drama Students Present Plays and SkllS to Marntaln Morale At Chr1stmas t1me an unexpected change occurred 1n the personnel of the department Two teachers M1ss Magee head of the department for many years and M1ss McDonald annual sponsor were marrred and d1d not return to school lmmedxately Mrs Fennessy took over the d1rect1on ot the department and Mrs Cage assumed the work as annual sponsor Then M1ss Edwards came for the drama classes formerly d1rected by Mrs Fennessy The Englrsh department does 1lS full share ln help1ng to make the wheels go round at Poly Besldes superv1s1ng pubhcatrons ard dramatlcs Enghsh teachers sponsor the contests lM1SS Armstrong? the otfrcers tra1n1ng class tMrs Iohnsonl and the lon1an Socrety tMrs Stelll All ln all the Enghsh department has had a very successful year the answers rn grammar Her hobby IS lrstemng to symphonres Mrs Fennessy now depart ment charrman last term dzrected Ever Smce Eve Checkrng pages Wzth the edrtorxal stall rs Mrs Cage annual sponsor At home she lrkes to project her colored strlls Mrss Crarg author ol Speech Arts drscusses plans tor a panel drscussron Mrss Magee now on leave ot absence shows her books to an mterested student Mrss Armstrong teaches an A10 class For several years she has held the women s western champronshrp rn archery' Engllsh 28 , , - . - - ll . -I Il - . . . . A . I . . . , . . . , . f . - . . . . , Several students lrsten to M1ss Dryers Cxplanatron ot Englrsh lrterature, . . . Miss Carter knows