La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Sharon Oran dramatizes her speech for Miss Sowder's freshman Joyce Gocltzenlcuchtcr and Germaine Tabis study production speech class. of the Hi-Times in journalism class. Appreciation of our language Every student graduating from LaPorte High has an automatic major in English. These English courses are taken during the freshman, sophomore, and jun- ior years. Each semester consists of 3 six week courses: composition, literature, and speech. Seniors may take English literature, which deals with writ- ings in England from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present; modern literature, in which American lit- erature is studied; and composition, which gives sen- iors advanced work in grammar and writing. Jour- nalism courses are offered for students interested in writing and newspaper production. Beginning jour- nalism classes learn writing techniques, and advanced classes produce our school paper, the Hi-Times. Miss Walk heads the English department. Martha Fitch, senior cadet teaching student, conducts a science experiment with the members of her fifth grade class at Lincoln School.

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Her formal schooling began in Southern Indiana in a school known as Oakwood College. She gradu- ated from the eighth grade in 1907, but was unable to enter high school until four years later. After graduating as valedictorian of her Corydon High School class in 1915, she entered Indiana State Nor- mal. The next ten years were spent teaching and attending Oberlin College and Indiana University. Her A.B. degree was taken at Indiana University in 1925 and her M.A. at Columbia in 1931. As a first grader. Miss Walk posed with her younger sister, Anna. Miss Walk came to LaPorte in 1927, after two interesting years of teaching at Berea College. At Berea she became very interested in the problems of the Kentucky mountain students. One of the highlights of her life was her trip to Europe in 1935. Besides teaching, Miss Walk has been inter- ested in a number of community activities. Her life has taught us what the historian Henry Adams meant when he said, A teacher affects eter- nity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Table ok Contents STUDENT LIFE...........Page G ACTIVITIES.............Page 44 SPOUTS.................Page 72 PEOPLE.................Page 101 ADVEIITISINC...........Page 154 Page five

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Lynn Goldenstcrn, Ruth Hacker, and Don Greenlee increase their reading speed and compre- hension on the reading accelerators. Ik aeliieved l y various» media