Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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The Senior English class developed their speaking abilities by giving oral book reports. Here Ann Marolf is shown giving her book report. Language And Speech All English students made book reports, and each class had other projects. For the Seniors this meant MacBeth, the Canterbury Tales, and research papers. For Juniors it was studying Our Town, interpreting poetry, and using good English. The Sophomore English class studied Julius Caesar, Silas Marner, The King and I, and they wrote short stories. Step by step Mrs. Seifert drew her Spanish I II classes out of the English world into the thinking and speaking realm of Espanol. Her emphasis was on inflection, memory, and pronunciation. The work attempted to create in the student an understanding of a language and a culture totally foreign to our Class participation is an important part of learning. Mr. Seabold encouraged his 7th grade English class to give their answers orally. The speech and dramatics department under Mrs. Norma Gehring furnished excellent training in the different aspects of speech instruction, including reading, speech-making, and dramatics. This year the dramatics class presented the play Our Town. For the first time at Leo the play was given in the round. The first year Spanish class recalled their vocabulary words as they wrote sentences on the black board.

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Ruth Steininger questioning Sharon Litton during one of the Speech class ' s debates. Deeper Understanding Through Jean Bender hstened while Nanc) ' Oddou showed her abihty to read after one day of school in their character study. The Speech class members gave monologues and dialogues both humorous and serious. Here Lowena Gerig is giving her monologue. 14

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The Algebra II class studied the remarkable features of a conic surface. These facts helped them in solving quadratic equations. Many changes have been made in our math depart- ment. The 7th and 8th grade students have studied the new modern math. The Algebra I class have stud- ied several kinds of uniform motion problems along with the basic fundamentals. The Plane Geometry classes have learned how to make definitions and to use them in making proofs. The Advanced Sen- ior Math class studied courses they would be taking in college. As we studied history ' during the year we were pre- paring to make history as well as study it. The 7th grades started with Indiana history and the higher classes studied World History and United States Histor} ' . The Seniors had government and the so- cial science of economics. The students in the Science classes participated in the science fair and gained useful knowledge through their projects. In their classes the students learned the facts about the lives of plants and animals as well as the results of chemical experiments. Principles Of The Past Lay The senior Ecoonmics class took time out to study current events. This panel relayed their information to the class. This American History class discussed various aspects of American Life. 16