Maplewood Richmond Heights High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Maplewood, MO)

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fx-y-x Freshmen lntrodueed to Literature Post Mortem of a Critical Continent Duhry Drums llrill in Dramatics Spanish l Clances Through Life Magazine M. R. H. FROM English Program Offers Variety .-Xt M-HH the lfnglish department offers a variety of courses designed lu make the high school student pro- ficient in the meehanies of the language as well as giving the student a haekground in literature. Un the freshman and sophomore levels emphasis is placed on writing and grammar while English on the junior and senior levels heeomes a study whieh is designed to lead to appreciation of the great literature of the world in addition to further perfecting skills in using the written and spoken word. M-RH offers several speeialized courses in addition to the standard Fnglish eourses. Freshman students may avail themselves of the remedial reading program to improve their ahility to deal with the printed page. For college- hound seniors. Senior lfnglish lays a foundation which students will find helpful in the future years of study. Aside from the courses in Fnglish the student may hroaden ltls knowledge and increase his skill through the study of dramatics. speech. and journalism. Languages Enrich Students' Minds As part of M-Rllls curriculum. three languages are offered to the students. l.atin and Spanish. which have long heen a part of the curriculum. were joined last year hy a French course. All of the three classes are aimed at giving the student a supplement to their cultural back- ground in addition to giving them knowledge about the language. The first year is primarily eoneerned with laying a foundation in the grammar of the language. During the seeond year. the students are given an opportunity to put their skill to use hy reading works in the language which they are studying. The latin elass reads Julius Caesar. The French elass reads .'1f0lUIlI lhe World in 80 Days IN French and the Spanish elass reads Life magazines and various textbooks. French with the Southern Touch

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SPECIAL PER ONNEL MERIT THANKS I , f A'-Qs ,ff 1 s 4 , JOHN R. BRISCOE, MD. EDWARD JOY VIRGINIA CROFTS Doclor Business .Wanager Nurse Staff Friendly and Hard Working It would he impossible for a school to run effi- ciently without a staff of people who have the spe- cial talents which are required to run and main- tain IVl.R.H. We are fortunate to have a staff which not only works hard and well but is also pleasant and friendly. We would like to express our thanks to Dr. Briscoe and Miss Crofts for taking care of our health during the year. We appreciate the many fine meals served to us hy Miss Longstreth and her staff. We owe our gratitude to Mr. Stetzkamp and Mr. Italiano and their staff for keeping our building clean and seeing that we are warm in the Winter. Also we would like to thank the office personnel without whom the school could not function properly.

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825 U TIL 3:00 Social Studies Nleel Problems Every year the social sciences become more compli- cated due to the fact that our world is growing smaller and smaller as a result of the many technological advances which occur. Realizing this. the social studies department offers a wide variety of courses intended to enrich and polish the knowledge of Nl-RH students. lvnderstanding that the freshmen are unfamiliar with the organization of high school. the social studies department has created an orientation course for them to help them become familiar with the procedure at NI-RH. The freshmen also study the Missouri Constitution and the history of Missouri. The sophomores study the history of the world. and the juniors study the history of America and the .American Constitution. ln addition. courses are offered in consumer economics. world geography. and American problems. For the juniors and seniors. a course in psychology is offered. lts purpose is to acquaint the student with the reasons and motives for human behavior. Consumer economics teaches its students how to make the best use of their money when buying goods in Nmerica. World geography is a study of the geography and customs of the countries of the world. 'Xmerican problems is the study of current affairs and problems in America. Library A ids Research lVl-RH is fortunate to have a library which is as well stocked as ours is. for our library is adequately supplied both with the classics and with modern books. It is available for reference materials of all kinds--encyclo- pedias. dictionaries. and other reference worksAas well as books suitable for just reading for pleasure. The library is used as a reference room in the morning while the auditorium is used for a study hall. and in the after- noon. it is used as the study hall. Research in the Library Note Taking ln Freshman Social Class 2 Graphic Ald to American History Students neu n - 'sf .Va fl 1 . is Panel Discussion in American Problems