North Central High School - Northerner Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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drama courses Although the basic English, litera- ture, and composition courses have re- mained primarily the same this year, the North Central English Department has noticed an increased interest in the fields of dramatics and stagecraft, More emphasis on the techniques of these courses was stressed and a new course was launched. Scene design provided the individu- als who had already taken stagecraft or worked on stage crews to make use of the skills which they had learned. They studied how to handle problems faced in the presentation of dramatic productions, lighting effects, and cos- tume and property plots. Dramatics classes began by teaching the fundamentals of correct walking and learning pantomime expressions. After developing the speaking voice, students acted out cuttings from plays. The editorial staff for Etchings in Thought was Fiona Wright, Georgia Cravey, Mike Goldberg, Jay Ham, and Andrea Ayer. Selections in this booklet included poems, stories, and essays written by North Central students and screened by the English Department. Preparing for the fall play, members of the stage crew construct the necessary scenery. l Z Flipping through the pages of a reference book, Junior Steve Hartman makes use of the vast facilities which the North Central Instructional Materials Center offers to the student.

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X1 Q! P For his demonstration speech, Steve Robertson shows his class the perils involved in shaving be- fore it is possible to master the arf. N, l English department includes After reading the story of Helen Keller's life, The Miracle Worker, students in Miss Climer's sophomore English class visit the Indiana State School for the Blind fo further understand one of her handicaps. we l f ir' 'B . , 1-SJ a Leu - 1 ,LVVLLV al 1 x-sf T421

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Forei n languages increase interest in world cultures ms' uni if ., L. sr' , ,..-f,..qw During a typical class day, members of the second year Russian class ask Mr. Wendling many ques- tions concerning the difficulties they encounter in their lessons, Designed for the individual, North Central's curriculum offered many for- eign languages. ln this department classes were conducted in French, Ger- man, Latin, Russian, and Spanish, each planned to give the student individual attention and assistance. The use of the language labs and the viewing of films in the foreign tongue provided the student the opportuity of listening to the language. Due to their fluency in their respec- tive languages, Paul Over, Jody Abel, Karen Wolf, and Allan Tharp traveled to Germany during the summer of 1967 with the indiana University Honors Pro- gram. In addition, John Duvall, Beth Burns, and Melinda Diehl went to France, while John Lindquist iourneyed to Mexico. Once again heading the foreign lan- guage department, Mr. John H. Brown returned after a sabbatical leave of one year. New members to the faculty included Mrs. Patricia Theobald in French, and Mr. John W. Tully and Miss Anne Pihlak in German. iir 1 +3-sV e'?Q1 . Learning correct pronunciation of foreign expres- sions, Bruce Kirschman discovers the advantage of listening to tapes in the language laboratory. Pointing out sentence structure to other members of his Spanish class, Tom McNamara helps them learn the importance of correct grammar.