Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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Language ancl Literature Classes No one could do without the study of English. Realizing this, the officials of M. C. H. S. have established a course that ranks very high with other schools. In the sophomore year, grammar is stressed. The students study also general selections from American and English literature. Junior English deals mainly with the great works of American writers. In addition to the regular text, such classics as Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography,', and Trving's Sketch Book are presented. The high school English course finishes with an interesting course in English literature, past and present. The seniors will always remem- ber the tragedies of I-lamlet and Macbeth. Also in the senior year students are given a general review of grammar. When the student begins to learn why the great English language has continued to flourish through the past centuries instead of dying out as have many others, he will have an interest and a desire to read more about the historic past and mystic future as he steps into his new world. I-Iave you ever wanted to go to Latin America? Bueno! The pouular Spanish department furnishes the zeal, language, pic- tures, relics, and even a little food. Study hard and obligingly, learn all Spanish tradi- tions, stories, and-who knows? You may ar- rive in South America soon. Latin is not a dead language, but a truly living one, for it is encountered every day in English, as well as other languages. There are few words that can't be traced to Latin. Sophomores study Caesar's famous campaigns, and the juniors and seniors alternate from year to year from the orations of Cicero to the exciting epic of Virgil,s Aeneid.,' English

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ORAL REPORTS occupy the interest of Mrs. Katherine Kassar's sophomore students. Janice seems to have the interest of all concerned. ORAL READING, lwcing performed by Joel I'Ianes, is enjoyed by all junior English students under the instruction Of Miss Kathryn Nlills. Page Z4 INCREASING THEIR INTELLIGENCE by read- ing the excellent literature offered in the English courses are Miss Arline Daum's sophomore students. DIAGRANIING is a very popular and intriguing activity with all the junor English students under the supervision of Mrs. Edith Naylor. ON THEIR WAY TO THE LIBRARY to study Shakespeare, Miss Elizabeth H, Graves' happy-hearted senior English students are dis- cussing the weather.