Madison Heights High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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language arts strengthen underclassmen’s fundamental english and ready seniors for college Bill Hobbs explains techniques of guitar playing as a demonstration speech, and Bob Morris and Greg Logan accompany him. Spanish students learn new vocabulary words as Mr. LaWall explains an assignment. Fluency in three foreign languages and in English could be obtained through courses offered to students in the English department. Two years of Spanish and three years of both French and Latin were offered to MHHS pupils. State re¬ quisites included four years of comprehensive English gram¬ mar and world literature. In speech class seniors delved into the world of mass communication. Future orators expounded on topics ranging from the history of last names to the training of animals. Pantomimes and class skits furthered students’ acting and lingual abilities. Publishing Madison Height’s bi-monthly newspaper, the Jolly Roger, gave journalism students the opportunity of reporting school news and expressing personal editorial opinion. Novice reports received training through class super¬ vision and accumulated knowledge by writing for eighteen deadlines. Senior Jim Rebhorn consults Webster’s Dictionary for spelling of a word to be used in a theme. 12

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the high tide of . . . ACADEMICS

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Struggling with the composition of a description theme, senior Curt Ruggles writes hi s ideas in his notebook. Mrs. Coramae Simmons explains to her students how to write expository compositions. Writing noun declensions and verb conjugations help Latin I students master the grammatical structure of the foreign language. 13