Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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T in QP -? Z' if , Miss MargareT Walsh Mrs. Elaine HeidensTrom Mr. Theodore KoTTlce Chairman 20 ff Mrs. KaTherine Early 'Nw ,-' Mrs. Lenore Farrell PATHWAY TO EXPRESSION English EducaTion is considered To be The mosT inTluenTial and im- porTanT subiecr TaughT in our secondary school. Why? The answer is ap- parenT. WiThouT iT we would noT be able To communicaTe. To express our innermosT Teelings or creaTe Tor personal saTisTacTion. This deparTmenT has one oT The mosT widely diversiTied programs aT MonT PleasanT. In addiTion To creaTive wriTing, speech and dramaTic classes, we have numerous co-curricular acTiviTies. This pasT Tall MonT PleasanT sTudenTs aTTended an American Shakespeare FesTival which per- Tormed Shalcespeare's renowned MacbeTh. Each year, an annual produc- Tion is presenTed by members oT The sTudenT body who possess dramaTic abiliTy. This year, King Midas and The Golden Touch was selecTed To be played To The grade schools. OTher creaTive worlcby MonT PleasanT sTu- denTs include Ebenwyclc, a collecTion oT sTories and poems Trom MonT PleasanT sTudenTs, and conTribuTions To naTional poeTry and essay anThol- ogies. One oT The mosT imporTanT Tools oT The English DeparTmenT is our library. The over nine Thousand well-arranged books ThaT are available To everyone malce iT easier and more enjoyable Tor a person To Tind The boolc he is loolcing Tor. By subscribing To sevenTy magazines, The library Turnishes iTs users wiTh inTormaTion on varied subiecTs. Since The library has Two very capable librarians and many library assisTanTs, a person has no Trouble Tinding The inTormaTion he desires.

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E1 X - .ff Mr. Fred Dufcher Mr. Anfhony Parisi Mr. Wal'l'er Suprunowicz Chairman IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION . . The primary aim of rhe Social Srudies Deparrmenr is +o help 'rhe sludenr become belfer acquainlecl wilh his own counrry and lhe nalions of lhe world. Eiforls are being made io induce sludenrs lo enroll in The Jrwo-year American hislory course. ll is fell lhal lhis +wo-year course gives rhe sludenl a beller opporlunily lo gain enlrance lo college and succeed lhere, and prepares him belrer lor slandard Jresls and College Boards. l-lislory isn'+ all work al lvlonl Pleasant This year. for example, inler- esred sludenls were given an opporlunily To parlicipaie in a model Uniled Narions along wilh sludenls from olher schools in 'rhe area. On special days. sludenrs may be lrealed +o a special acliviiy such as a Jrrip ro lhe counly courlhouse on Conslirulion Day. Our hislory classes are made more inleresling by lhe frequenl addilions of new lexrs and malerials as well as by movies shown ro illuslrare some specific Jropic. We af lvlonl Pleasanl are being prepared ro meer lhe qualiiicalions ol a good cilizen rhrough 'rhe eiiorls of our Social Sluclies Deparrmenl. F nces Fonda. James Quick, and Norman Buechner look on as Carol Passamonre locales a remoie l d T1 . Mr. Richard Grinnell Mr. Jack Hickey

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fu, SQ? ,gfukdaf li C rw ? Mrs. Agnes Pufnam Mrs. BeH'e Russell Mr. William Eigabroacli' Roberl Fowler seems lo find someflwing very amusing during Mrs. McCarroll's second period English Mr. William Corey class. , s,, ,W , V' JW, 'X of Mrs. Sandra McCarroll Mr. Roberl' Burns ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE