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

Page 26 text:

English deparlmenl experiments with IN HER WORLD LIT CLASS, Mrs. Butter- worth explains the significance of the Cru sades and The Song of Roland. ff 7' few. K, I 3' if f .Emi ii ' . ,J K ,, I Q' 'W 1 - ' 'ggi ,iw I ' e',e ,gi ' is ff. f N - W I f I f- :V l I -,W fi, ,. wp... IN SPEECH CLASS, personality posters reveal the hidden secrets of Senior Jane May and Sophomore Dave Taylor. Each student was required to make his own poster. fli-

Page 25 text:

Courses join in educational pat-tern There are many pieces To Central's academic pattern. Lit classes learned to read Old English and to interpret the New. Science students decided that All matter is a pattern, of which The atom is only the beginning. History classes learned of our American heritage to better know How to uphold it. Nlath students learned to Find the value of X and Of solving complex equations. Centralites strove to do Our part in foreign relations By learning the native tongues Of our international friends. Such courses fit in each Centralite's Schedule as an integral Part of a pattern, The pattern of our lives.

Page 27 text:

new classes This year the English department expanded its program considerably. The administration experimented with several senior classes. Instead of the conventional individual s e m e s t e r courses of literature and composition, seniors had the alternative of partici- pating in combined literature and composition courses covering an en- tire year. ln addition, Humanities was offered to selected senior students. Junior English teachers attempted to modernize their department. Mrs. Kivett and Mrs. Rimstidt experimented with the idea of team teaching. Continuing in traditional manner, the reading lab provided students with the opportunity to improve their read- ing skills. Reading lab instructors introduced new workbooks to present vocabulary in an interesting manner. AS BEETHOVEN LOOKS ON, Mrs. Brothers conducts her Humanities class. Class is usually spent in informal type discussion, using a seminar-like format. PAUSING FROM THE HECTIC activities of the day, this student utilizes the shadow- scope to improve his speed of reading. INDIANA UNlVERSlTY PROFESSOR, Dr. Gottsman, discusses Faulkner's book, The Bear, with a junior English class.