New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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MARCH VISUAL AIDS — Many teachers tried to get away from using diagrams on boards and began using original visual aids. journalism, debate LIBRARY RESEARCH— Junior debate student Bob Kortenber found that preparing for debate meant many long hours spent in the library. PAPER DAY— Juniors Donna Vin- son, Marty Silverman, Tom Mathis, and Bart BirchefT prepare to dis- tribute The Herald, the result of two weeks of concentrated effort. NEW EQUIPMENT — Many students voluntarily gave up their study halls four days a week to use the new electronically controlled reading equipment to develop further their reading skills.

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STUDENTS PAY ATTENTION— The American literature students paid rapt attention to Mr. Gordon Harter whenever he lectured about the history of American writers. When studying drama, the class read a play about a witch hunt, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. English curriculum increased by reading. GESTURES ARE IMPORTANT— Speaking characteristics of good posture, poise, fluency, and eye contact are all exhibited by sophomore Leah Ann Beuscher in Mr. Francis May ' s speech class. Three new classes were added to the curriculum of the English Department this year. They were debate, journalism, and reading improvement. Debate, a one semester class, was taught by Mrs. Gloria Borger. The class of seniors, juniors, and sophomores learned not only the technique and fine points of debate, but also became aware of current events. The first school newspaper in 20 years was published by the junior journalism class taught by Miss Linda Gregory. The first semester lab gave experience and the second semes- ter was class work. The Journalism I class learned the his- tory of mass media. After reading achievement tests were given to all the stu- dents, classes were chosen to work with the electronically controlled reading improvement laboratory. At New Haven, grammar was taught for one semester; and the alternate one consisted of either speech, drama, junior literature, American literature, English literature, or composition, a senior writing course. STAB HIM, SUZI! — Bev Quandt is broken up with laughter watching Suzi Winans harpoon Steve Towsley. The drama class had much work to do, but they had the most fun doing it.

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Three foreign languages teach students The three languages which open new doors for New Haven High School students are German, French, and Latin. Through these language studies, students not only increase their English vocabulary, but also gain a deeper insight into foreign cultures and ways of life. Students who study French are given French names in class. First-year French emphasizes vocabulary. Second- year French focuses on spoken French and pronunciation; while in the third and fourth years, study is concentrated on conversation and communication. German scholars study vocabulary the first year in addi- tion to learning to count in German. During the third and STUDY IMPROVES TRANSLATION— (Above) Mrs. Ruth Ibrahim leads the first-year German class in an oral reading lesson. (Right) In group study and translation, Latin students read one paragraph at a time and then translate it into English. FRENCH VOCABULARY DRILL— A French class watches as the stu- dents at the board work on language drills.