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

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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.

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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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Good grammar is the key to SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATIONS Many of the world's problems today are caused by break downs in communication. If any of these problems are to be solved, good commu- nication is needed to get one's ideas across to others. The basis of good communication is needed to constructa language. Proper grammar is the key to good usage of a language. Once good grammar is learned, one can begin to use language to commu- nicate. Mrs. Mary Brummitt has been teaching for twenty-three years. She went to Indiana University at Bloomington, where she received her B.A. Degree. Her hobbies are knitting, playing the organ, and reading. Mrs. Chris Bromley is coach for the girls' volleyball, basketball, and track teams. She is presently working on her M.A. Degree. In her spare time, she likes to ride motorcycles. Mrs. Barbara Deer has been teaching English for ten years. She likes teaching young people, especially sophomores. She remembers that one time when she returned to her class, the students had all disappeared! The job of the language department is to communicate with students, to give them the tools of good grammar and usage of language It is our job to take these tools and use them to communicate, to share thoughts, and ideas with others, as a step to making this world a better place. Someone is camera shy! 14