Linton High School - Lintonaire Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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Mr. Oldick ENCOURAGES meditation in his interested pupils. ENGLISH Members of Linton's English faculty diligently wrote a Documentary Essay Manual formulating rules for students to use in writing essays. In English classes, students saw famous plays and heard lectures on Linton's closed circuit television, one teacher originated an extra- curricular class to study the influence of the Bible on li- terature, buses carried eager students to Stratford, Con- necticut, in the spring to see Shakespeare,s Merchant of Veniceg students pervaded the library to do research for junior and senior essays. These are but a few of the many activities which went on in our English Department to meet the diverse needs of Lintonls students. Bill Parlapiano prepares to INTRODUCE a dissertation on 1984 in Miss Cleland's English class. 'pw xx - 11. 92 Ingrid Kiewik, our exchange student from the Netherlands, prepares RESEARCH for her senior Essay.

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Elliot Prager ADDRESSES THE CITY COUNCIL the day high school students take over the governmental chairs. History and English: link between youth and society Closed-circuit Television was INTRODUCED as a teaching device. HISTORY Yesterdayls future is today's past. From the prehistoric times to the 20th century, man,s struggle for world peace has been the most important aspect of his existence. His- tory classes at Linton have left no portion of this struggle unexplored. Two American history classes experimented this year with the State Education Departmentls tentative syllabus. This new approach proceeded topically rather than in the usual chronological order. Stress was placed upon concepts and critical thinking. The standard text was of little value in the program. Outside reading and careful attention to the development of ideas in class were of primary importance. Mr. Santore AWAITS A RESPONSE from his history students. -.figs Irv I S

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Miss Carpenter LEADS QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD for psychology students. Homemaking: discovery of domestic capacities Melanie, please, I'M GROWN UP now. HOMEMAKING While experiencing the joy and satisfaction of working with children, developing a sense of personal worth by cooking and sewing and discovering domestic capacities, Linton's homemaking courses have been able to prepare its students for purposeful living in the realm of social and personal existence. One of this yearls innovations has been the extension of the advanced clothing class to a full year, enabling the participants to create original patterns. This year,s cook- ing classes had the opportunity to bake bread for a bazaar and Hcookie swap with the faculty. Wel1wTHIS is a cow . ' 1 ,R l