Norristown Area High School - Spice Yearbook (Norristown, PA)

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Rlehard Ahh rf: r Nlar arct l on Nlary lloyyllc I Damon Holton :ne f' r 5 elaarfmenf NPPECH Ill PfXRTNlhNT ln orccl to teach stucente Ion to expreee thenwelyew cleary coherently and logleally lll Qpeech the Speech TTCIJEIIIIIIPIII at l'IQen homer II If cetahhehed A pupll may Qtudy Speech for two XFHTQ Speer h l Includes an EXHHIIDEITIUII of all phaeee of oral connnunlca TIUIIQ 'lllfl 'I IINQFIIIBTIOII of the correct technlque uqed to plepare and t'lPllNfl a good Qpeech lhe Qccond year HIIIIS at a ljllllihlllg of the fundamcntala learned III Speech l ln addItIon Qtudenti are encouraged to llaltlflpatf? III yarIouQ i0lllpCtltl0I'l'R aIId dehatee held after school Speclal repolte on chfferent phaeee of Qpeec h completc the lUlIllUlUlll ART Ill PART VII- WT Hue at TIQCIITIOMCI there are four coursee dX3llHlll6 to thoee Qtudente who enjoy dabhhng lll art General All offere a general Qtudy of mater colormg flflgel pamtmg and other phaeee of art Alt l Includee a Qtudy of IIIore Qpeclahzed art technlques Ill Art II further atteIItIoII IQ pald to theee Gpeclaltles such ai artIstIc medla, aIId Qtudente are encouraged to work In pursult of oIIe The final yeal Art lll IQ generally elected hy thoee who plan to make art a tdlltl lhcrefore the lhlld year IS Inalnly devoted to the prepara hon of an art portfoho neceieary for entrance IHIO College XILSIC DI- PARTMI' INT lncludccl under the jLlI'lQfllCll0Il of the llllhlc department are the hand tlIe orchestra the XHFIUUQ chorueee and the general IIIUQIC claeeex ln the Band Room MI Damon Holton who dIrecle the llhtlllllllllldl lllllilt lllNlQl0Il of the depaItment caII genera ly DC found holchng forth on a yarlety of Nuhjecte lllllllfllllg a Study cf IllNtl'llll lilellfllllg phlaqlng and tone tIaIIIIng Under 'Vlr Holtone capahle 'NUIJCIXINIOII Qtudente ale Introduced to a general hlstory cf IIIUNII from Bach to nlmdeln Jazz Along ynth thle they earII to lIllf:'llJI'f'l the IHUSIK of the great maetere Lnder tlIe KTIICCUOH of Mre 'Vlary D Fluck the yocal lllllilC lnanc h ollels a 19116110116 of Qtandarcl choral Illalerlal haeed on all foun- and xtyle Choral lllllill IJFUXIIIFQ a rIch aeithetlc experlence lltll eat h pdlllflpdllll The General Mum claseee engage III a yarlety of PXPGIIGIIIFQ In addItIon to Qlllglllg The puplle enjoy llSl6Illllg to pIo I Im of good mu ll of the past and preeent TlIey ale also g.,lXCll a y.IIIety of theoretlcal Quhject materlal followed by CXPCFIPIILGQ lll a Ixldc Idllgt' of explolatory toplci dcalmg mlth IHUQIL IZ

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gnghsd meparfmen f Xlltll on Xllen Donald Sluafler F ther Bn ht Kdllltflllt l'i1nm'laub'Nlary X Dllvyorth Rxchard K1 tler label pm Harold Remnullrr Bertha Dutker F Ray Shank Rhoda Bower Nlary Balthaser There comes a tlme each year when most seniors are walklng down the halls dramatically shouting Out damned spot' out l say' Double double toll and trouble fire burn and cauldron bubble or To be or not to b that IS the questlon No doubt the buddlng thesplans haye just come from English class where such plays as Vlacbeth and Ham let are read and enjoyed by every one Besldes Shakespeare senlors study the history of Engllsh hterature from Beowulf to present tunes the art of composltlon and a revlew of grammar As an extra each pupll takes one subject to thlnlc about such as Rock N Roll He IS then dtrected to write down everythlng that comes into hls mlnd about that subject It IS an lnterestlng assignment and one that glves the student a good lnslght into a SPCCIHC subject by the end of the year The year of memory work, the ,lumor Year beglns wxth such thlngs as a study of dangling modlfiers and redundant phrases ln gram mar Besldes thls half year of grammar the de velopment of llterature ln the Lnlted States IQ studied and the connectlon between early Amen can Literature IS made clear Along wlth readlng QCTCLIIOUS of prose and poetry such as some of Poes works and Thanatopsts by Bryant each student prepares a project or report on a speclal lzed theme Passmg lnto a Sophomore Enghsh class one mlght hear a would be 'Vlarc Antony dCCl3llTllI'lg Frlends Romans country men lend me your ears for one of the mam readmg asslgnments durlng this year IS ,luhus Caesar Sophomores also read Sllas Marner and such famous short stories as The Ptt and The Pendulum The Red headed League and Dr Heldeggers Ex perlment The rest of the year IS devoted to elements of grammar By endeavorlng to develop ln each student a genulne appreclatlon of hterature and by help mg htm to express blmself freely and clearly the English department at N HS can truly be credlted with servtng the school and the com mumty alllce S- - ' ' - - s ,. ' .S ' s L ., - as , as M ' ' '. , , . , . or f at - , , . v s s - ' as cc - ' , 5 X 5 ' 1 as - as Y f - l fe 9 e,- . . . . , , Y sa vs as ' as ' v , Y , l 1 v . 1 . . . 4 . v H j , Y ' 7 7 7 I . .QQ n 1 I , c ' ' ' ' . . . 55 . ,, N . 5' N t ' as - 17 - - as s s 91 , M , ,, H ' 1 ' ' ' as as - 9 . . . . i - ,, I . so V vs - . . . 7 1 . . . H . , - 99 sc as - . . .

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Nlar uerrte Borlelh eva Kathryn I raharn Edwrn Kephart Robert Lon an usage elaarfmenf SPAINISH Along vylth the rrsrng rnduence of the Hrspamr rountrres of America the Spanrsh Department at Ersenhovyer has raprdly rn r rc ased rn popularrty Urrgrnatrng rn one of the most colorful rountrres of Europe the Spanrsh language rs novy spoken by rrrrllrons of people through out the yyorld Here at N H 5 a student may study Sparnsh for three years llurrng the first tyyo years students are tauvht hors to read and yyrrte tht language through grammar exerrrses and readrng assrgn ments By the thrrd ye'rr the Hrspanophrles begrn to rrnproyc then rrnyersrtronr r aon yyrtlr rea rn some o tu classics rn Npanrsh lrteraturc In thrs last year too tudents get to su Spfrnrsr rulture rn opcmtron out rde the classroom They tour museums yrsrt the I N and eat at Spanrsh restaurants arrrorrg other artryrtres FRENCH Parle vous rancals' Wars our rf you study French at N H Q Thrs language has long been consrdered the second language of edu cated people because of the prestrge of the French rratron and the nrdespread eltect of rts culture A student nray study the language and other phases of French culture for four years Frances hrstory art musre and phrlosophy are studred rs ysell LATIIN Thr Lfrtrn language has played a pronrrnerrt role rn the hrstory of mrnkrnd No longer spoken by any natron or 'rny people Latrn r srll fr lryrnff language yyhreh domrnates the screrrces of layy and medurne among others Not only does Latm strll breathe lustrly rn the scrences, but rn lrterature as yyell NIany of the great classrcs penned by such great phrtosophers as Grcero Vrrgrl and Ovrd can best be apprecrated rn therr orrgrnal form GERWIAIN German rs a yery rnrportant language rn the world today srnce rt rs spoken by oyer erghty mrllron people Gerrrrarr also has great cultural value srnce rrrany of our classrcs rn lrterature and musrc yyere wrrtten rn thrs tongue In the lNorrrstown schools four years of German are offered Ilurrng the Hrst two years students learn grammatrcal eonstruetrons A student begrrrs to apply the grammar rn German III yyben he reads selu trons from contemporary Gernran lrterature I:.lements of German culture rts musreal suentrfic and phrlosophrcal contrrbutrons are analyzed rn German IV 13 27 . T y V V . . V ' ' ' f ' ' : I ' 3. . . .q V V V . . X V 1 J X I f. f n anis. K I L I ki .L . x I , .xg . , .x , 1. xl A A4 I D y -A V V V V. V . . V . ,4 . . .. . . . , I . V V V x V V, ,, V . -4 'vtz ' rl sk'lls l g d' g , f lr : ' .' ' '. ' ': . . . s 3 :rf f . 'pl V V . VV! . S. V Q V V Q J W V.L. lv.. , . '- '- e , g ,' Y I, lf. Barbara Wexler H f , ,,, V . , , 7' ' I N I Q an s y '. 9 . Y . l , , D v s , . . . . , . L . V x . . . V ., , i . ' - u' J' ' . V' . ' .S J. C ,,.V.U,, V . V V. VL V V V . Q . 6, . V,. . . V T I 1 a 1 v a V . .V V VI . V . . V , . . v ' n u u ' ' lb D s ' l Q v :M W I 5 0 V . . E