Linton High School - Lintonaire Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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Confemporary evenis are explained Io hidory sfudenis by Mrs. Iversen AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS To develop a clearer underslanding of our presenl way oi Iiving, seniors in Ilrie American Iiisiory class invesligale Ilrie developmenl oi our coun+ry's social, economic, cuIIuraI and poIiIicaI cusloms. INTEGRATED ENGLISH I2 AND AMERICAN HISTORY An enllwusiasfic group of seniors combine +I'1eir in'reres+s in Ilwe Ianguage and Iiislory of Ilweir counlry by elecling Io Ialce a course in Inlegraled Englislw I2 and American Iwislory. They find inleresl in sludying oulslanding Iilerary, polilical, and economic movemenls, reading conlremporary American plays, and discussing and reporling on currenl problems. greaf boolcs, and irnporlanf evenls in Irie American scene. .:..Z N I

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lviwipriewig llw g80A0+IA-l'lU1lHblb l-l JOURNALISM CLASS Journalism combines The regular English cur- riculum wiTh The sTudy oT journalism pracTices. The juniors in The class worlc wiTh The senior sTaTT on one issue oT The schools newspaper, and Then in March They Talce over The publicaTion of The paper and serve in This capaciTy unTil The Tollowing January. Nancy Karas delivers a speech fo The oTl1er members of her class. A-i l A 'WV Mau, 1 Mr. Solomon encourages a sfudeni To perfeci' his wrifing. 5 SPEECH CLASS lvlrs. JeweTT, in Teaching her Tour classes oT speech, sTresses iTs use in everyday liTe. Training in This subiecT provides The sTudenT wiTh greaTer sell:- assurance, organizaTion, and abiliTy Tor criTical Thinlcing in spealqing. A soundprooT l:aooTh Tor individual work and The use oT records and Tapes make speech class an enioyable and rewarding experience aT LinTon.

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'Pnepwiing lofi llw llama will lvuiiuilmi Boys learn 'techniques of slcilled woodworking in Mr. Hol- broolc's class. WOODSHOP Facilifies of Linfon's woodshop are very exfensive. They include equipmenf fo complefe advanced proiecfs as well as fhe less complicafed ones. The boys begin by learning many professional devices and shorfcufs, and Then fhey pul' fo use fhis lcnowledge by worlcing on comparafively easy proiecfs. As fheir slcills' develop, originalify is greafly encouraged, and fhe boys are perrniffed fo affempf any proiecfs fhey choose. This course is exfremely beneficial fo fhe boys upon enfering various fields of occupafion. D I .F Mr. Bar'l'lel'+ slresses accuracy fo fhese sfudenfs. - ,.lg-i-- LJ- A all Q M, .4 1 il' . 1 U' L5 5154 X V1 ,qfl L- IJ O I F7 K - A2415 V 4 rl! 1.4141 X-,ia A MECHANICAL DRAWING Mechanical drawing is called fhe language of indusfryf' Pupils af Linfon find fhis course fo be an exfension of fhe blueprinf reading course which is broadened To include a review of mulfi-view proiecfion, fhe use and care of drawing insfrumenfs. fhe basic Theory of mechanical drawing, and pracfical drawing proiecls. Drawings are made of acfual obiecfs which fhe boys have before fhem. Classes in fhis course are growing in popularify because of fheir value fo fhe sfudenfs who expecf fo learn a frade or fo go info engineering or archifecfure.