Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Language Enlarges Vocabulary In order that the vocabulary may be more easily learned and a feeling for the language acquired in Mrs. Marquerite Hoffman's classes, Spanish is spoken in class as much as possible. In Paul Peister's French classes the courses are devoted to a study of the fundamentals of the language through speech and reading. Latin, Miss Blanche Collins' two-year course, consists of the study of grammatical principles, Greek and Roman history, and Mythology, with Caesar and the Gallic Wars being stressed in the second-year course. Paul Peister talks with his students in French, to help them in their understanding of the language. Kathy Stewart and Dave Pulley, freshmen, start the next day's assignment during the study period in Latin. Bob Olmsted and Rodger Grimm, seniors, write the Spanish form of a sentence, given to them by Mrs. Hoffman. 12

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Good Grammar and Composition In speech, Jean Weber, junior, gives an informative speech with charts. The juniors in Miss Ruth Wagner's class choose their favorite authors. Jim Rees adds up the individual points. Miss Jean Brooks and Miss Faye Gordon teach freshman English, which highlights grammar. Miss Collins and Mrs. Anderson have Sophomores, where they emphasize composition. Miss Ruth Wagner and Bill Mongan teach junior American literature, the study of American writers and their writings. Bill Mongan also teaches business English, a course for seniors who don't plan to go to college. Richard Cross is the speech, dramatics, and debate teacher. All three courses are a study of original speech. Speech is a junior, one-semester course, as is dramatics, a junior and senior subject. Debate is a four-year subject using argumentative tactics to win a dispute, or contest. Bob Harmel senior works busily on hi8 English Miss Gayle Jenkins and Bill Mongan teach first assignment for the next day. semester Senior English literature, which goes into the history of the writers and their time. Miss Jenkins, also teaches second semester senior grammar.

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Social Studies Examines World Problems. Current events help geography students understand world affairs. Boy, am 1 ever confused, mutters Janice Awrich as she takes a unit test in problems. Gary Ewald and Melani Brooks, sophomores, concentrate on the next day's assignment while Arthur Johnson checks test papers. To provide the students with a basic for constructive political, economic, and social thinking is the aim of the Social Studies department. Francis Rohrich teaches basic freshman world geography. Sophomore world history, is taught Dy Arthur Johnson and Harley Rector, and junior American history by M.L. Jaixen and Ervin Wentling. Problems of democracy is taught by Burney Bouslough and M.L. Jaixen. The last three are required subjects for graduation. World geography stresses the use of maps and the geography of nations. World history presents a detailed study of early mankind to the present. The European background of America and its development is studied in American history. Problems is a study of American government, economically and politically. M.L. Jaixen helps one of his students understand the assignment in American history. 13