Laurel High School - Rambler Yearbook (Laurel, MD)

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FOREHEW ANGUAGES Knowing a foreign language is certainly a worthwhile and beneficial asset. Our department is filled with up-to-date equipment, making the language courses, which consist of Spanish and French, a pleasure to pursue. Spanish II students recite comprehensive dialogues. HIGH. The newest electronic devices assist the i fourth vear French students. French ll class benefits from tapes ' F l of recorded voices of native French- PEECH The ability to express oneself clearly and without difficulty is .becoming more and more impor- tant in todayis world. This skill is cultivated through the extensive study of the techniques of effective speaking offered by the speech class. Ted Stiles has the drop on Lloyd Comstock as the speech class rehearses for their play, lt's Cold in Them Thar Hillsf' I1

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JOU The journalism class eviden- ces interest in learning the fundamentals of newspaper work. Miss Bobbitt discusses the Wflllllg of an article to mem bers of her Journalism class -CLI H The famous works of Shakespeare, Shelley, and Keats, the intricacies of ad- verbial objectives, diagramming, and ver- bal usageg and the techniques of poetic, critical, and descriptive writing are all studied in English. The working knowl- edge of this subject benefits all students. Members of Mrs. Stantonls English class are busy at work writing themes. NALISM Members of our journalism classes, who assist the school newspaper staff, study the methods of proper writing, current events, and the history of jour- nalism. Many of these students could possibly become tomorrow's leading re- porters, columnists, and editors.

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SOCIAL STUDIES World history, problems of democracy, American history, and world geography comprise the social studies subjects. These courses are intended to famil- iarize students with the customs, economy, laws, and historical heritage of our countryg how they affect usg and how they operate in today's world. George Wills and Linda Fitzgerald point out the successive events of world history. ican history, juniors become bet- Through the study of past Amer' ter citizens of tomorrow. Members of the world geography class locate the satellite countries of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I2 Problems of democracy students utilize the many reference ma- terials concerning government.