Manhattan High School - Blue M Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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SURVEYING HER ENGLISH CLASS, Mrs. Florence Jackson helps students through answering numerous questions. W. E R I Xkglgg LABORATORY INSTRUCTION is given to Mary Jane McAdow and Dennis Underbjerg by Mrs. Floy Koon. English, Debate, Language Understanding and interpreting ideas written by others, and learning to speak and write with correctness and clarity were the aims of the MHS English department. Available were three years of Englishg each year was divided into a semester of literature and one of grammar. Realizing the importance of the ability to communicate, eighty- one per cent of the senior class took optional sen- ior English. There they learned newest writing techniques and the oldest English literature. A popular branch of the English department was debate, a contest of verbal skill in an intellec- tual exchange of ideas and supporting evidence. Many students, armed with a mastery of the Eng- lish language, a good understanding of the year's topic, and their trusty quote boxes, represented MHS at many tournaments throughout the state. The foreign language department extended the student's communication to foreign nations, past and present. Latin students learned grammar, then studied the writings of Julius Caesar and other Romans. Instruction of French and Spanish was aided by the new language lab which proved invaluable by enabling teachers to more accurately advise students, and letting students check more frequently on themselves. Foreign language stu- dents extended their study to the cultures and customs of the people from those lands.

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Journalism, Printing Spread News PROOF READING COPY is one of many routine duties of the Manhattan High newspaper staff. The journalism department provided many in- teresting areas of study for MHSers. A beginning journalism class for juniors was offeredg later these students were able to assist with work on the Mentor, school newspaper, and the Blue M, year- book. Mentor and Blue M deadlines were met by each staffg through their efforts they hoped to create better student publications. New to the journalism curriculum was a photography class. Materials for Manhattan High as well as for the entire city school system were printed by a three- hour class of vocational printing. Included in the printing program were two single hour beginning classes which prepared students for vocational printing. Activity tickets, football and basketball schedules, assembly and production programs, Student Council materials, and the Mentor were a few items printed for Manhattan High School. VOCATIONAL PRINTING students await results of their hard work as first cop- ies are run off the press. 30