Montclair High School - Amphitheatre Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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FRENCH CLUB LAL L ,ap -JY P 1 y SPANISH CLUB -3 . LATIN CLUB 4 X X Y 1 MJ I

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PHIL CLARK HOUSE COMMITTEE. Elaine Kupchrck, Wolf-DieTer Dehne, and PaT Ran- dolph lNoT picTuredl Mary Ann Rossow. Leslie Young and Judy Delbridge. I If FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT STanding: Mr. Orrin R. Ferry, drew S. Goldsbcrcugh, Mr. Eugene C. Mazzola. Seafed: Mrs. Florence Borden, Miss Persis M. Cope, Miss EdiTh R. Carlin. FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT In The rapidly shrinking world oT Today, iT's imperaTive ThaT we be able To undersTand and communicaTe wiTh our neighbors all over The globe. ln MonTclair High This need is Tilled by The Foreign Language DeparTmenT. LaTin, The rooT of mosT modern wesTern lan- guages, provides a basis Tor undersTanding many Tongues. LaTin can be sTudied aT M.H.S. up To and including The TourTh year wiTh Miss Cope and Mr. Mazzola. The LaTin Club provides sTudenTs wiTh knowledge oT The old Roman Empire, iTs people, iTs cusToms, and iTs heriTage To us. Spanish is a language spoken by The people oT halT oT The WesTern Hemisphere and parT oT Europe. AT MonTclair High, Spanish is TaughT by Mr. Ferry and Dr. Goldsborough. The laTTer is The adviser oT The Spanish Club. The club acquainTs iTs members wiTh The culTure of Spain Through movies, lecTures. and social evenTs. French is The world's inTernaTional diplomaTic language and is spoken in cenTers of learning ThroughouT The world. French words and phrases are parT of our everyday speech. M.H.S.'s French -l Teachers are Mrs. Borden, Miss Carlin, Mr. Mazzola, Dr. Goldsborough and Mr. CaTerson. Mrs. Borden and Miss Carlin are advisers of The French Club. This year The club had more members Than ever before, and iT carried ouT many ambiTious plans Tor inTorming iTs members abouT France and The French. The lnTernaTional Club, sponsored by The For- eign Language DeparTmenT in order To improve our relaTions wiTh naTions overseas, carries ouT as iTs major proiecT a sTudenT exchange wiTh France. This year MonTclair senT Judy Adams To MonTau- ban. To pay Tor her expenses, The lnTernaTional Club creaTed lasT year The TirsT MounTie Gras. which was a greaT success. The Tour clubs meeT in The Phil Clark House, which was named aTTer one of MonTclair High's mosT ouTsTanding sTudenTs. To consTrucT The policy Tor The use oT The House, The Phil Clark House CommiTTee is Tormed oT Two represenTaTives Trom each club. The CommiTTee sees ThaT The house is kepT in good shape, and ThaT necessary improve- menTs are made. To Tinance These improvmenTs, iT sells M.H.S. book covers ThroughouT The year. INTERNATIONAL CLUB Mr. RoberT CaTerson, Dr. An-

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if ,.....- 1' 1 AMPHITHEATRE WRITING STAFF The English DeparTmenT aT MonTclair l-ligh School endeavors To give all iTs classes good prepa- raTion in vocabulary, reading skills, and wriTing sTyle: for iT recognizes The need of modern ciTizens To express Themselves clearly. The classes are of Three differenT Types: The I and 2 secTions are for Those Taking college preparaTory course: and The 3 divisions are for The non-college going sTudenTs. The difference beTween The I and 2 secTions is ThaT The former consisTs of sTudenTs who are more advanced in Their Technical skills while The laTTer is made up of average sTudenTs. The English DeparTmenT also offers a few classes ThaT are ouT of The ordinary. Mr. Anderson's I2m class prepares The bi-weekly school newspaper, The MounTaineer. The Mounfaineer sTaff works as a Team, learning To accepf responsibiliTy while iT acquires Training in journalism. Working along wiTh The ediforial sfaff is The Mounfaineer Business STaff under The guidance of Mr. Wacker. The business sTaff is a iunior homeroom, selecTed from voluns Teers, which solicifs ads and collecTs subscripTions. Also, This year a special reading class has been insTiTuTed for seniors. Dr. Lefson Takes small groups of seniors Twice a week for six weeks To Teach Them beTTer sTudy and reading habiTs. Then, Mr. AlmquisT and Mr. McClaskey Teach The ArT-English class which gives The parTicipaTing sTudenTs a chance To experimenT and express Them- selves in These Two relafed mediums. This year ArT C., K .33 l English concenTraTed on The modern Theories of arT, liTeraTure, and music in relaTion To The Amer- ican scene. Besides The regular and special classes, The M.l-l.S. English program includes a varieTy of clubs and acTiviTies. Miss Holland guides The Amphi- TheaTre WriTing STaff in The wrifing of The per- sonaliTy skeTches, feaTure arTicles, and picfure cap- Tions for The yearbook. WiTh The aid of Mr. RoberTs, The Program Selling CommiTTee collecfs The informaTion and picTures for The fooTball pro- grams and sells Them aT The home games. The Library Council, under The supervision of Miss N. B. DeJarneTTe, helps wiTh The clerical work of The library. The Library Council also gave This year The Third annual ChrisTmas Tea for The faculTy and adminisTraTion and an assembly. Under The direcTion of Miss EiTze, The Dra- maTic Club chooses plays. This year iT presenTed Our l'learTs Were Young and Gay for The P.T.A. in December and Then Two one-acT plays for as- semblies in The spring. Miss FiTze headed The com- miTTee. To pick a represenTaTive from MonTclair I-Iigh School for The PoeTry Reading ConTesT. She also devofes her Time To The Assembly CommiTTee which plans The assembly programs and supervises The passing To and from The assemblies. This year The Assembly CommiTTee has inTroduced a plan in STudenT Eaculfy To have all seniors siT in The cenTer secTion of The orchesTra for all assemblies. file il W MOUNTAINEER WRITING STAFF