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

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K3 Q Q56 M. Hall Q. Q 2 gr Q 5 Zig? hff E. Orme lh-h-h. This is one way to get an audience interested in bowling. ln his dual roll as oach and teacher, Mr. Winston Clarke describes some problems confronting citizens. S- Scheme, v M N on small scale-talk, talk. Too bad the energy of Miss Zeta Barker's pupils couldn't solve world problems. . f 'rs v ,zyavwk , .,., , . I Hixswgfv fi 41 17 . W: , . ,. . . .,,. Q, A.. Ewfiszf C. Pawley Q3 J. Turner social studies 59

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TI-II K wc- When you re in English class, think English: when you're in government class, think government. Now try to figure out which class you' Social Studies That's life. Then and now. Come and gone . . . If you wanted the facts, all you had to do was stick around in social studies classes. Ho hum. Eleventh grade history and psychology students hearkened to statistics. The fall's prime concentra- tion centered on LSD, marijuana, and liquor. CHic.J Guests from the South Miami Agency on Narcotics shocked the students with yarns of mental retarda- tion and drug convictions. Visions of dancing sugar plums, anyone? Hey, boy, why were you in school? To learn the truth, huh? Courses in U.S. History and Government, Americanism vs. Communism, Sociology, Psychology, and World History attempted to spark the conflagra- tion of knowledge. CLook that up in your Funk 81 Wagnall's.J Z. Barker W. DiMarko C. Ferry W. Freeman

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Foreign Language Snap . . . Crackle. . . Pop . . . Four foreign languages used tapes, earphones, and speakers to teach stu- dents the proper pronunciation. Hola, lsabel. Dialogs, structure drills, oral reports-all that jazz-part of modern courses in French, German, and Spanish. Who ever heard of basic sentences for Latin class? The dead language came alive with new books and audiolingual aids. How were things at the Forum? Felicitations pour etre sorti le premier. Junior linguists competed with others on the local and state levels. Extra-curricular activities, competitions, and free food stimulated students' interest in the study of foreign cultures. Happiness is a dish of fries, Wiener- schnitzel, tortillas .... C. Coverdale I. Davis Bundesrepublik! What kind of language is that printed on a school bulletin board? German is what they'd like you to believe! Notice the snickers. foreign language 1 Don't sweat itg just pronounce it again, chuckles Mr. Bob Edmondson, knowir 1nly practice-not electronic robots and brains-add flavor to French languag