Miami Palmetto High School - Palm Echo Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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J. Batchellor E. Hayes Library-A.V. Adds Teaching Devices to Complex Three librarians. clerks and assistants gave the library a face-lifting. Students iound that necessary data re-grouped in the subject-matter areas helped increase depth of classroom teach; ing. By adding the Audio-Visual Department to its services. the library. as the research center for the school. provided an atmosphere can- ducive to academic work. Enlargement of the college catalog room assisted and stimulated students as the library continued to provide further ef'ficient aid. HEAD LIBRARIAN MRS. J. BATCHELLOR LEADS somomoa: SEMINAR N. Swinney 3 ; J J J I DAVID KLEIN MUD GEORGE HOOVER SHILE hPPROVINGLY AT AUDiO-VISUAL DEPERTMENT RECORDER.

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L Sundersheirnar J. Lane T. Mania K. Overstreet H. Feaplas L Scherdian D. Osman .I. Shubelln J. Simmons L. Tyslnger 3. Walters H. Warren As part of the snphomure honor program, Cal. E. G. Piper teaches vocabulary. He also stresses reading of poetry and ShakespeareYs comedies and tragedies. L Wells J. Williams English Department Separates Students in Four Phases Taking giant strides with its instructional pro- gram, the English Department utilized the tech- nique of team teaching to achieve its academic Excellence. Transformational grammar devel- oped an awareness of language in students' compositions. and literature equipped pupifs with tools to handle problems eventually faced in adult life. New Fc-ur-phase programs impressad upon students that the study of our English language is of both practical and cultural importance. Increased enrollments in honors classes in- volved more students and placed a new empha- sis on the maturing individual. In addition to four years of required Eng- lish, elective classes in world literature. vow cabulary, mythoiogy, speech. drama, iourna1- ism. and humanities offered students the op- portunity to excel in English.

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Creative Arts Courses Develop Students' Talents Courses in the creative arts strived to add new dimensions to communication. Students who padicipated in these classes learned the importance of expression through speech. mu- sic, art. and publications. Pupils taking dramatics experienced the enjoyment of acting and performing in front oi audiences as did students participating in Concert Chorus, Girls' Chorus. Singing Men. Doubie Quartet. and Band. The feeling of ac- complishment after meeiing final publication deadlines excited studemg on newspaper and yearbook staffs. Experiencing a desire to create. art and speech students stressed originality in ideas. DRAMA INCLUDES MOVEMENTS AS WELL AS SPEECH. A5 MR. CHARLES DANIELS DEMONSTRATES TD JED MILES AND IUELL FALKEY.