Lanphier High School - Lan Hi Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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ENGLISH The Lnqhsh department nas made qredt ettort to adtust 11S proaram a d reau1remen1s to meet the students needs SINCE readma IQ recoqn1zed as one ot these needs as we1 as a pre11m1nary sk111 reauued for prot1tab1e study we have 1nC1uded 1n our curr1Cu1un1 a speC1a1 C1ass tn readma tor each ot the three years ot reau1red Enq11s1'1 These class enro11ments const1tute a sma11 aroup ot peo p1e who have ab111ty to do better schoo work but are hand1Capped and p nahzed by a read1nq dQ11C19HCY Books tor back around readtna are prov1ded and tne d Ve1oprnent ot sk111s 1n readtnq are stressed Var1at1ons 1U the know1edqe ot qramrnar are provrded tor 1n our attempt to seqreqat accordlnq to ach1eveme-nt Thls departments act1v1t1es are many and Var1ed VJIUI Mr 1era1d drarna 15 1den 1 hed Bes1des the 1 ys v 111C17 th1s qroup pre ents Mr Iera1c h s sup rv1sed the presenta t1on of a SQFIGS ot tw w rad1o p1ays over the 1oca1 statton T1 e Drama C1ass 1S Very proud ot tne1r co11eCt1on ot recordmqs These re cardtnqs are a va1uab1e means ot under standmq an art1sts mterpretatron and at tord tne pr1v11 e ot hearlnj areat actors To applf theory the praf't1ca1 Mr Fow1er s speecn c1a has pro1ects to complete One 1S tne marronette how Other Enqhsh c1asses are 1v1 d to nnoy the show when ready tor presentahon A Pup11 Hass to room 205 may mean any' number of thtnqs but many t1mes 11 IS to test a students th1nk1nq power and try to Correct any weakness they m1qht have A 1119 1S kept 1D the othce wh1ch has mtormatton reao d1na these tests 'V' F111 x . A V4 A T , , . A A I 5 . , 11 .u , . , -J 9 - 1 , . , , L at ve , . . , . w . - - k 1. . 1 ,V ' , 1 ,, , ' , , Y , , VX' . . b Vg - . . Y V V X . , . , I . Chi 1 3 , . . e ' s . . . . L .A . . - 11 9 G ., 9' Y, . . , , 1, . 1 H , . , , , KJ , . , , . A, Y , . . , .1 .- ., . uri f X If :1f.f:1 1'-. zzf I1 Tw .- I.II.1,'v-' 1.IIZ.- , It 1,1

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES Latrn that language Doctors use wrrtrng prescnptrons rs usetul to students too Many of the long Engltsh words whrch are d1tt1cult to pronounce and to comprehend usually are compounded of Latm words A student ot Latm usually has a larger vocao ulary and need not use the drctronary as much as one who has not nad the advantc ot thrs course Latm selectrons trom tamous Roman authors such as l..1VY and Plmy wrrtten about the early hrstory ot Rome are very mterestmg The deep patrrottsm to the country ways ot lrvmg and 1deas ot the Romans are strongly presented and make us appreclate our own country The legends the Romans were tn settmg out on dangerous and adventurous Journeys through forergn and strongly mhab1ted lands In the study mg ot mythology one trnds how the Romans worsh1pped therr gods and goddesses Au thors today reter to the old de1t1es ot the Romans rn therr lrterature I tmd that Latm 1nd1rectly helps one rn all of h1s subJects part1cularly rn Englrsh because ot the grarr mar vocabulary hrstory mythology and tra1nmg 1n preclsron whtch one 1S reaurred to learn The students are reaurr d to orrpose essays on sorre ot tne more famous leader ot ancrent trmes Thls helps them to gam a background tor tne1r study ot the tcrergn language chosen to study Each Lat1n stu dent has been requ1red to keep a d1ary and a b1ography ot the hte ot Caesar to tamlllar 1ze h1mself w1th the ways ot the Romans Many ot the students have voluntar1l,1 made protects such as wooden models ot a 1 rent war apparatus Roman archrtecture etc Th1s procedure has grown to be a ve y mterestmg excrtmg and a detrrnte part ot the Latrn classes The French classes have been putttng thetr knowledge ot French to pract1cal use by holdrng conversatron and rece1v1ng therr assrgnments 1n French To prov1de a back g ,md for therr work the students have adventures ot Napoleon the explorts f Roland La Comte de Monte Crrsto among others Furll K R t A, ,, ,, in l , - . I . V Y . , - . . C. A l l . ,Q-e . ' f Of the ROHHGH h9fQ9S SHOW hOW VGTY bfUV9 stuated tlnv ancient history ot France, the , . ' V O 1 I A I V I - t e c . o Y l ,- . A.X., . D

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ENGLISH Because the VVISC usp le sure t1me rs very lmportant and an acqu nntance Wllll many wr1ters IS des1red the Enqhsh depa t ment IS requlrmq a larqer amount ot llbrdrv readma A permanent record wrth the read ma ot each semester IS comptled through the three years ot Enqlrsn Thrs presents mor than a record of reqtt ed work rt IQ a con crete prcture of the type of hteratur a student has read The type ot stones he Joys the qual1t1es ot hrs heroes or hero1nes th t1on broqraphy or mus1c are olamly 1nd cated lt ne has no mtercst that IS 1n the prcture also lt IS proof ot hrs growth and development throuqh the three years lt 1n dl ates how well ne responded to the qurd ance ot teachers by the aareement wtth books recommended The Enqnsh class lcoks lorward to en f1Cli11'1Q the proqram To b a cr1t1cal lndf pendent thmker 1S IN ttselt an accomphsh ment each well tratned hlah school student rn a democracy should be able to do Th movre the rado th newspaper are all a part ot our culture blow qood they are or how bad on the followers these are some ot the problems the nqhsh department wrll attempt to co ordmate rn 1ts plans Our work as compared to what we should t1on ouaqestrons tor future plans may be made As a result of the extenswe testrna proaram a t1le ts kept IH the ott1ce whtch has 11 Drmatron reaardmq the type ot work each student rn Lanph1er snould be able to do Thrs 15 helpful to the deans and classroom 1nstru tors rn plannrnq future work n er Pt ss lFc 1 r Mane Freund . . A 5 1. ' 1 . '- w . , - ' . T ' . ' , 1 , Q V 1 . V O . A 1 I V , A '., f 7 . . 9 h E . . ' ' ' ' , e tn- terests he has whether it be science, invene be able to do may be brouaht to our atten- , . . . . L , C. . - ' ' ' C- Natha I ala U 9 v 15 ' f ' f'.-zenty-f:'.'e