Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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John Adam English M” Dolores Beckmann James S. Bradley Speech English Dramatics Doris Briley Opal Carson Kathleen Curry English English Librarian Library Club Jennie Ellison English Judith Funk English Barbara Garst English Imp” Harold Griffith English Counselor Gary Hobbs Dorothy Larkin Speech English Forensics English Department Tests Team Teaching Method, “It’s this way, don’t you see?” comments Miss Barbara Garst as she explains the eighteenth century to her English class. 14

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Miss Ruth Spencer, head of the science department, during the Christmas faculty tea sponsored by the serves Mr. Gene Shipley and Mrs. Shirley Rieke science department. Promote Lively, Interesting Classroom Discussions Members of the orchestra, under the direction of Merle Wegener and music literature and theory. Students enjoy performing for practice to improve their musical talents. MUS students are very the public, and students and teachers alike spend many extra fortunate to find such a variety of musical courses offered. Courses hours perfecting their talents, include acappella and concert choir, mixed chorus, band, orchestra. 13

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English courses at MHS enabled the students to ex- press themselves more fluently, in both spoken and written language. During the sophomore year, students had to take a course of general English which combined grammar as well as composition. Tenth graders studied the classics, A Tale of Two Cities, Jane Eyre, Greek Mythology, and two works by Shakespeare, As You Like It and Julius Caesar. Although a second year of English was mandatory, juniors had the privilege to choose, with the recommenda- tion of their sophomore English teacher, the course they preferred: American Literature, Honors English, Journal- ism, or Communications. They also gave individual speeches and reports during the required Oral English period each week for one semester. Moby Dick and The Scarlet Letter gave juniors a better picture of American literature. English was an elective in the senior year. One semester of composition and two semesters of English Literature were available. For the third year, students could take a combined course, covering one semester of composition and two of English literature in a year. In these classes the studies included The Return of the Native and Of Human Bondage. Vocabulary study was an important part of all English classes. Words learned by students helped to increase their speaking and writing ability. A new development in the department was the experi- ment in team teaching. Senior combination English classes heard lectures on additional subject matter given by Miss Garst and Mr. Adam. These talks increased their knowl- edge considerably and gave new interest to the subject. “Always use the same tense,” Miss Karen Ziegler explains to sopho- more Paulette Frazelle as she reviews her theme. Concentrates on Sound Language Development, Usage Irene McGaughy Librarian FTA Ralph McMinn English Counselor Shilrey Riecke Virginia Moffitt Barbara Neumann English Betty Roseberg English English French Club English DeWayne Roush Lucy Shawgo Phylita Shinneman Mary Youngdahl Speech English English Journalism Karen Ziegler Dramatics Debate Fine Arts Line O’Type English 15