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

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The opaque projector is used to show the composi- tions on the screen. Marvin Wojciechowski and Hill Walden explain the difference between the simple and complete subject. lit., and speech A bull’s-eye begins with one large circle and smaller circles inside it.” explains Tony liessegato.

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Mr. Glenn l.inneman’s Senior composition class work diligently on their assignment. End of rotating English comp., This year will be the last of the three-part or rotating English course in which composition, literature, and speech are each taken for six weeks in a semester. This schedule, required un- til the senior year, gives an automatic major in English. The senior year offers semester courses in composition, English literature, and modern literature. According to Mr. Linnemann, head of the English department, the new high school will have no rotating English. Journalism courses and a chance for a position on the Hi-Times staff, the school newspaper, are offered. Mrs. Dorothy Vargas is the faculty advisor. The El Pe staff, headed by Mr. Shannon Ref- fett, offers students a chance to display their journalistic talents on the LPHS year book. Mrs. Isobel Parker instructs her speed read- ing classes, not only in reading with speed, but also for understanding. The school, library, which is headed by Mrs. Alice Deputy and Mrs. Harriet Garrison, offers a limitless supply of information, not only for English, but for all classes. Mrs. Mildred Goelze watches as Bill Retschlag uses arrows in his demonstration speech. 26

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“This is how you divide a line into equal parts,” explains Lester Kamp to his geometry class. In the course of four years at LPHS a student is offered many different mathematic courses, most of which are electives. In the freshman year, a student learns that he must choose which mathematics course to take. He may take general mathematics or algebra. In the first year of algebra, all of the basic funda- mentals are taught. An accelerated freshman algebra is offered to those especially gifted in algebra. Dennis McConnell finds it is hard to take a test in the hall. Plane geometry is a course that is usually taken during the sophomore year. It deals mostly with flat surfaces. Advanced algebra is offered in the junior year. More complicated equations are found in the advanced algebra course; how- ever, there is another choice of mathematics in the junior year. The alternative is solid geometry, which deals with three dimensional objects. This will be the last year solid geometry is offered. In the new school, enough solid geometry will Mr. Jack Hyde gives a hint to Judy Jasinowski for an extra credit problem in trigonometry class. 28