New Prairie High School - Prairie Life Yearbook (New Carlisle, IN)

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k Besides teaching German, Law- rence Strick coaches freshman football and basketball, and spon- sors the German Club. His last summer at college was spent at the University of Vienna, where he studied German. Dimitri Louis Gloss is the French teacher and sponsor of French Club. Mr. Gloss enjoys teaching and likes N.P.H.S. students, but thinks they are getting worse! Gerardo Gonzalez, Speedy , is the sponsor of the Chess Club and he won the 1974 N.P.H.S. teach- ers' chess tournament. The fun- niest thing that happened to him was he caught his necktie in a tape recorder. Jim MacDonald is in his first year of teaching at N.P.H.S. He is the sponsor of the Spanish Club and he helps with the freshman football team. Mr. MacDonald is originally from New York City. He went to Notre Dame Univer- sity and now lives in South Bend. 12 Avon calling?

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LEARNING Learning is not just the acquiring of knowledge. It is also the ability to apply that knowledge successfully. An instructor can enlighten the minds of his students; however, an outstanding teacher shows his students how to use what he is learning, so that it becomes practical. A teacher is not just a machine reeling in- formation to be learned by rote. A teacher is inventive in exploring the skills of his sub- ject and their practical applications to life. 11

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La cosa mas dificil en aprender el Espanol es Der schwerste teil des Deutsch lernen ist .. . La chose la plus difficile a appreudre eu Fran cais est . . . Foreign language students learn much more than fundamentals of Spanish, French, or German . They learn about the culture and customs of the European countries. Listen ing to taped conversations, watching movies, and reciting in class make learning fun and en- joyable. The climax of the year for a foreign language student is a trip to his country. Some students sleep. A smile is the same in any language.