Nazareth Area High School - Comet Yearbook (Nazareth, PA)

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LEARNING TO Teaching students to converse correctly is the major role of the English department. Improving this ability to communicate must be done by en¬ larging the vocabulary with extensive reading, in¬ telligent listening, and logical thinking. The foreign languages offered are Latin and German. Upon completing two years of either, the student is well enough acquainted with the language so that he is able to understand its basic principles. Our instructors pictured to the left are: Robert A. Harding who teaches sophomore, junior, and senior English, directs the senior class play, and sponsors the chess club; he was educated at Syracuse University A.B. and Lehigh University M.A.--J. Frederick Knecht, a junior English teacher, was educated atUniversity of Pennsylvania, B.A. and A.M., and has as extra curricular activities Blue and White Advisor and Honor Society Advisor--Mrs. Ruth McGoigle, who instructs Latin H, German I and H, advises Honor Society and the Oratorical Contest and received her A.B. from Ursinus--Floyd Schlegel, an instructor in sophomore English, vocal music and the organ, received his B.S. and M.Ed. in music from Pennsylvania State University and did his graduate work at New York University. His extra curricular activities consist of Mixed Glee Club and Mixed Ensemble--Elizabeth Sloat teaches senior English, is in charge of school publicity and instructs the college board club. She received her A.B. from Lebanon Valley Col¬ lege and M.A. from Columbia University Seated: Elizabeth Sloat and Mrs. Ruth McGonigle. Standing: Floyd Schlegel, J. Frederick Knecht, and Robert Harding. Renee Koehler displays her Latin II project in Mrs. In German I class Sandra Jones and Albert Toth show McGonigles Latin II class. German proverbs to their classmates as Mrs. McGonigle looks on. 6

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CURRICULU aaUii ' „ ' Ip For a well-rounded education it is import¬ ant that the student be acquainted with the basic principles of English, mathematics, and social Studies, as well as such subjects as industrial arts, home economics, art, and arts and crafts. We ar£ indebted to Nazareth Area High School for presenting us with such a curriculum.

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CONVERSE Senior English students wait anxiously for MissSloat to play a re¬ cording of The Highway Man by Alfred Noyes. Mr. Knecht points out highlights of Pennsylvania literary map to Junior English students. Students in Mr. Schlegel ' s Sopho¬ more English class conjugate verbs.