Miami Norland High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Willison D. Stultz 1a Velaney .xx Capturing the attention ofa woolly Peruvian Guiding; their classes through drills in the Spanish language, Mr. Mills and llama, Paula Bucher sings Cielito Linda. Mrs. Bakerman continually stress careful enunciation by using the ALM method.

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Lourdes E. Arenas Oscar R. Fischer Rosie B. Ledford K. D. McMeans Mr. Stultz uses his musical talents in order to promote enthusiasm and appreciation for the Spanish language. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Dressed in an authentic pancho and sombrero, Jag Breslaw strums U565 AUJiO-L lngudl MethOd his guitar and leads the class in singing several Spanish folksongs. r a k s for Teaching Latin For the first time in the history of the Lan- guage Department, all of the foreign tongues are being taught through the techniques de- veloped by the Audio-Lingual Method. Even Latin, 21 language normally not spoken, will be learned by first year students in this manner. It is believed that speaking the language en- ables the students to better and more quickly comprehend the grammar and vocabulary. Not only are new sounds coming from the Latin scholars, but from the German tongues as well. Third year German has been added to the. curriculum this year, allowing German 11 pupils to increase their mastery of the skills they have been developing over the first two years. With a thorough knowledge of basic Ger- man, these students might be able to take col- lege German on a more advanced basis. Spanish and French students are using new books which the students find more imaginative and inter- esting than previously used books. All of the advances promoted this year have shaped a better Language Department and created more enthusiasm 0n the part of the students.

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As she adds to the overwhelming number of books housed in the viously realizes the necessity for the ample shelf room and spa- old libraryis already overflowing storeroom, jamie Karmette ob- cious processing o$ces the newly completed library will provide. LIBRARY Increases Number of Books and Adds New Facilities After many weeks of construction, the new Miami Norland Library has gone into oper- ation with many more books and the most mod- ern facilities available. The new building cur- rently houses seven books for every student, Using the unabridged dictionary, Vicki Iocmm'des looks up an un- and the librarians are aiming toward a gOal 0f familiar word in the title of a book needed for her assignment. ten bOOkS p61 pupil, the highest ratio in the ., ' PW state. To meet this increasing volume, the new - wing on our campus has been designed with more than adequate shelf space. A new concept of research is being employed inside the spacious air-conditioned reading rooms-the carrel. These individual study desks permit students to carry on research without being disturbed by others. This arrangement results in the accomplishment of more work than would be possible at a table of four. Addi- tional clerical help has been made available so that the librarians can spend more time help- ing pupils with reference work. In addition, there is a special record room where one may listen to his favorite recordings. Francis E. Kern