Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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Znglisli pwvibes flue common denominafofz Composing a sentence to fit the diagram confuses Jay Thompson, who can't even think of a subject for the principal clause. Literature students Vicky Henson and Tom Obenchain visit merry old England via Miss Hochhalter's travel brochures. In three years of high school, pupils cov- ered tour aspects of English: grammar, literature, speech, and dramatics. Silas Marner, Voluntaries Ill, and Pygma- lion forced many literature students to burn the midnight oil, ln grammar classes diagrams, book reports, and short stories were the order ot the day. English X, an ad- vanced composition course, helped students develop style. A ten-minute final speech climoxed Speech I, while Speech II ended with contests in debate and extemporan- eous speaking. Dramatics classes, after studying the history ot the stage and the principles ot acting, spent part ot the se- mester preparing tor the senior class play.

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ofzeign anguage c asses o en new ofzizons alan Susan and Roland demonstrate their knowledge of Latin prefixes by enactina the meaning of the verb ab ducere. Latin related the past's glories to today's. The lite ot Caesar, the invasion ot Gaul, the writings at Ovid, Cicero, Homer, and Pliny the Elder, and the characteristics at Roman people were investigated in the classroom ot Miss Johnson, who made the ruins ot ltaly's capital city come to lite. Miss Ewing, who taught Spanish, spent the past summer in South America and was able to share her experiences and discov- eries with her language classes. First-year students were taught the fundamentals, while those enrolled in a second-year course had the opportunity to learn the history, culture, ancl customs ot southern countries. French pupils were able to take advantage of the new tape recorder and the tapes which supplemented the text. Through group discussions and outside reading materials, classes were made to realize the numerous contributions which the French have made, through the arts, to the American people. team if 7 X t M, ,l 2' 0 5 r iw i i X 'M , , Q L 1 Students enrolled in French find Miss Plotner's long-awaited tape recorder and record player invaluable for pronunciation drills.

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