Niles Township High School West - Spectrum Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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By reading current German magazines, the study of languages is enlivened for Allan Silverstein, Henry Thiemann, and James Yardley. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Pax, Paix, Paz -- peace can be said in many ways. Students, through the study of foreign languages, have the opportunity to become the future leaders in our struggle towards peace. The foreign language program includes instruction In French, Spanish, Latin, Russian, and German. These classes, combining language comprehension with a study of the country ' s culture and customs, thus present the student with a realistic approach. To aid the foreign language student in verbal comprehension, there is a modern language laboratory, complete with individual tape recorders, soundproof booths, and earphones. This system, a revolution in the teaching of foreign languages, has proved more efficient than the traditional textbook method. Through these means the student learns and masters such important words as peace. Egredere aUquando ex urba! Ted Forsberg, as Cicero, demands of Marc Lane, the traitorous Cati- line, as Roman senators. Merrily Herman and Judy DeLove, watch.

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I Useful both in a future career and in future educa- tion, essential typing skilb are developed by Diane Wasserman. Secretarial, clerical, and commercial -- careers in these fields of business will be sought by many Niles West graduates. The Niles West Business Education Department offers- many courses designed to prepare students for this future. Exploration in both the basic and the more specialized aspects of business education is available. Students may select such fields of study as advertising, business mathema- tics, clerical practices, bookkeeping, and salesmanship. Instruction in typing and short- hand, so valuable to all students, is also offered. 26