Midview High School - Log Yearbook (Grafton, OH)

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iveness Joseph Peltier Drama and speech may differ widely in the actual practice, but basically they are the same. Standing in front of people, making them laugh or cry, making them believe in you and in what you are telling them, and actually being at ease with what you are doing, are the goals we are striving to obtain. As drama students we acted out panto- mimes, monologues, and play cuttings. We studied the history of drama and were required to participate in two of the productions as members of the cast or as stage hands. While as speech students, we learned through new, effective teaching about the power of the word, how it is used to prevent or prompt wars. Through these two related electives, students learn to sell themselves and their ideas with the power of speech and the expressions of drama. Dave Plas

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Dramatists and speech students strive for effe

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Grammar, conjugation, and vocabulary are only a portion of the curriculum for the Latin, French, or Spanish student. History, customs, and a better under- standing of the individual nationalities are all considered necessary to the mastering of a foreign language. Guitar music staccatoed by the sound of dancing feet and joyous oles is as common a sound in the language lab as is the oral reading of French contem- porary novels or the translation of CAESAR and VIRGIL'S AENID. By studying foreign languages the student is given the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of other nations. Then it is not so difficult to discover a reason for the fall of Rome, the seem- ingly indifferent personalities of Mex- ico, or perhaps even for DeGaulle. Kathy Wesemeyer Latin, French, Spanish classes study ling