Manheim Township High School - Neff Vue Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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I Deeper reading and clearer writing. This is one of the goals of the English department. In keeping with Dr. Conant's recommendation that one half of the time spent in English study should be spent on writing, students have done much writing of themes, original poetry, and research papers. Hardly a week has gone by without a display of students' creative writing efforts in the library showcase. To encourage depth and maturity in reading the library prepared for the English Department a ten-page mimeo- graphed booklet, entitled Significant Books, listing one hun- dred and ten great books with a brief digest of the contents of each. Copies were put into the hands of all students, grades nine through twelve, who wished to read and be- come familiar with the best books of fiction, science, biog- raphy, and poetry. The Engilsh department believes that as the store and com- plexity of knowledge increases, greater demands will be made upon modern man's ability to communicate with man, both in expressing new ideas in writing and in reading with greater comprehension. By these increased skills greater harmony may be achieved among the English speaking peoples of the world, and this harmony may, in turn, be a step toward world peace. af0wz Individual reports play a big part in classroom work. Here LARRY HAMMOND presents a book report to his class. MARY R. KEHI. 8th Grade English MARIA L. MURPHY 7th Grade English EMII.Y T. HESS English SHIRLEY M. HOFFECKER Reading JOSEPH M. ROBINSON Freshman English ROBERT E. MURPHY Sophomore English

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JANE N. KENNEDY Reading Wes ' JEAN M. FRANTZ ESTHER H. FRITZ Sophomore English Brh Grade English MR. ROBINSGN uses tape recorder to emphasize a part of the lesson. .li XX MABEL F. MURRAY Senior English FRANK B. BRADLEY Senior English CLAIRE L. EISENHART Junior English :de

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O REBECCA C. LEAMAN College Preparatory Mathematics JAMES A. KENNEDY Algebra-Geometry -ew-A-..z Preparation for formal classroom work E. ARLENE HAUCK Algebra STEPHEN J. PALKOVIC Geometry We Add two, carry three and divide by six and you'll get a correct answer. These processes con- stitute an extremely small segment of our three- track mathematics program. Our up-to-date course of study calls tor a division of pupils into three groups, academic, general, and commercial with some division and specialization within each group. All three groups learn the intricacies of numbers which have puzzled all generations from the ancient Chinaman who figured with his abacus to the man on Wall Street who presses buttons to do his math. The work for all groups, academic, general, and commercial, is geared to mastery of funda- mentals. However, the aim of the department is to treat mathematics as a living, growing subject. This calls for additions and deletions, new teach- ing technique, and new concepts, all of which are or are becoming parts of our mathematics pro- gram.