Long Beach High School - Echo Yearbook (Long Beach, NY)

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SPANISH Honoiz socisrv A AQ' X., -Rss! . .Q if 'Nh VX 72lii,.E. in i Xi . O l y' N Twas brillig and The sliThy Toves did gyre and gimble in The waloe. French, LaTin, English or Spanish? Now. of course, we know iT's French. lNoTice The irregular placing oT The adiecTive before The noun.l Images oT TruiTTul days oT learning The French language shall remain in our hearTs always . . . WhaT is The pasT parTiciple oT croire? Forever shall Long Beach High School French sTudenTs remember accenTs persisTenTly TiITing The wrong way, pronunciaTions which nobody could pronounce and verbs which nobody could coniugaTe. O Trabious day! Callooh! Callay! When hours oT sTudy were rewarded by a passing grade lsomeTimesl. Parlez- vous Francais? Huh? . . . And The mome- raThs ouTgrabe. spanish One oT The greaT barriers sTanding in The way of world peace is The lack of a common language. The day ThaT we arrive aT This common language is Tor The TuTure: buT some- Thing is being done now To bring counTries TogeTher. IT is The deciphering and un- scrambling oT Toreign languages in high school classes. The words ThaT looked like Greek To us are beginning To look more like Spanish, lTalian and oTher Toreign Tongues. The Spanish DeparTmenT is making greaT eTForTs To increase The scope of learning of cusToms, geography and language of These Spanish speaking counTries. A Spanish Honor SocieTy has been developed To give sTudenTs an added incenTive. I l'9llU FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY x Q Il ' iq.. Ve IX i ' X X Us . X 25 S

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:'f'tf'i LATIN HONOR SOCIETY latin A .Q X 1 .1 CH T 4 X l Ot ll lTalian-a comparaTively new subiecT in Long Beach. has come inTo iTs own This year. STudenTs, eager To learn oT The language and culTure of a TascinaTing race, have made lTalian a Top ranking elecTive. The lTalian Honor SocieTy has embarked on many a culTural and social exploiT during The pasT year. lTs adviser, Mr. John RiTaccio, a naTive of lTaly, has provided The SocieTy wiTh a wealTh oT TirsT hand inTormaTion regarding The cusToms and mannerisrns of The ITalian people. All who have Taken The language Teel iusT a liTTle biT closer To The spiriT ThaT was DanTe's and Da Vinci's-The SpiriT ThaT is lTaly. l LaTin-a language bofh colorful and complex: a language used by a people wiTh a way of life alien Trom ours. YeT, one Tinds ThaT greaT works by The immorTal liTerary masTers have bridged The cenTuries and are read even Today. This year saw The addiTion of a LaTin 4 course To The curriculum. Senior sTudenTs realized noT only The imporTance oT This, The moTher Tongue oT English, buT also The enioyrnenT which can be experienced only by TranslaTing The original composiTions of such men as Vergil and Ovid. ThroughouT our Tour years The LaTin Honor SocieTy has grown considerably in size. Numerous Teas, inTormal discussions, and Tield Trips have made The Sociefy an imporTanT school club. ITALIAN HONOR SOCIETY IZEZEQ Qj WWUOp 713' 'lf M1201 l ffl 7 ', A T f'ifTflfmf,. 4 f 1 lUf7f7f?fj,7 ydidqg M M fl X ' j . 7 77 mgx

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5,,, Russif-xii ciue german To an already wide academic curriculum, our school has added sTill anoTher language-German- a language serving as a basis Tor English: a language oT greaT value in The inTerpreTaTion oT Technical sciences. AlThough we have had buT a year To learn German and The cusToms oT German people, The sTudy has been worThwhile, We have been inTroduced To AuT Wiedersehenf' a phrase appropo To our graduaTion senTimenT. T-Tere, we have had a glimmer oT The paThway Through which The pasT World Wars may be TorgoT- Ten, The paThway oT songs and IiTeraTure by which The enTire world may be drawn TogeTher in neighborly lcindness. 26 wp rus ian In The midsT oT an hour oi cold war rivalry: when scienTiTic l-cnowleclge holds poTenTial world desTrucTion, we oT The Russian Club have Tried a new approach- a way ThaT enhances The greaTness oT America while iT seelcs To com- prehend The greaTness ThaT is Russia-This way is Through under- sTanding. Through The once a monTh nighTly meeTings we have come To love The soTT and Tender beauTy ThaT is The Russian Tollc song accompanied by The mourne Tul guiTar and we have come To believe ThaT such beauTy can only be The producT oT hearTs ThaT have Tenderness: Tenderness ThaT is The ediTice oT whaT humaniTy sTands Tor. i-.gg ,A :T Ny . . GERMAN CLASS