North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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, f , , b 3 .1-iiigu, L J Rf Q' in .gy r X an 'els , 1 6 -.r .H ff W P. Drama is also offered to students as an English course. Practicing for a play in Dramatics are, left to right: Peggy Smith, juniorg Kelly Davis, seniorg Doug Films on The Humanities for Secondary Scl English 1-6 are basic courses offered for the first three years of high school and are required of all students. In these courses em- phasis is placed on spelling, vocabulary, fundamentals of correct speech and written composition, and instruction in techniques of reading and interpretation. Seniors have a choice of literature, composition and vocabulary if they plan to attend college. English 7a and 8a are offered to those who do not plan to go to college. Vocabulary is open to juniors and seniors as an additional-credit course. In senior literature classes films distributed by the Council for a Television Course in the Humanities for Secondary Schools were viewed. These films, new this year, gave students a background knowledge of the humanities, showing excerpts from Our Town, from Oedipus the King, from Hamlet, and from the novel Great Expectations. The books were read along with the films. The scenes from the plays were performed by the Stratford Shakes- pearian Festival Foundation of Canada. From top to bottom: L Mabel S. McLaughlin, Department Head, Lois Neswick, Lorraine McNew, Margaret Nistad, ,V Sharon Nustad, Tammy Reid, Russell Meyer

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Bus ness Education Helps Build Career Foundation Courses in business education are helpful in laying a foundation for a business career, and they also provide useful information for personal life. There are many careers open to students of business education. Some require further training, others do not. ln preparation for careers in business, two-year courses in typing, shorthand and bookkeeping are offered. Of- fice practice and distributive education are one-year courses. Typing is open to all stu- dentsg bookkeeping to sophomores, juniors and seniorsg shorthand to juniors and seniors, and office practice and distributive education to seniors only. Commercial courses are among the most immediately useful subjects offered in high school. James Griggs Norman Erickson Mary York Department Head 'OV' A. A. Manfred Helen Stockdale Blair Glover Annette Mead and Sandra Deseve, seniors, work with the adding machines in office practice. James Griggs, shorthand teacher, points out the correct foim for shorthand characters.

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4 il 'l 3 Chrysler, senior: Diane Marchioro, senior: Bobbie - l 4- M A X Davis, Junior: Albert Mattus, drama instructor. G-fax L2-J fs.. VWLQYL, Are Viewed by Senior English Classes ee ' In the study of Our Town Clifton Fadiman, author and lec- ,gb , , tl.1l'Cl', was narrator. The titles of the four films in this set were The ,ski ill . Humanities: Wfhat They Are and XVhat They Dog The Theater: ' 'A 'A One of the Humanitiesg Our Town and Our Universe, and Our Town and Ourselves. Oedipus the King was narrated by Bernard M. VV. Knox, Pro- fessor of Classics, Yale University. The Age of Sophocles, The Char- acter of Oedipus, Man and God, and The Recovery of Oedipus were discussed in the set. Maynard Mack, Professor of English at Yale University, narrated the study of Hamlet. The films were The Age of Elizabeth, lfVhat Happens in Hamlet, The Poisoned Kingdom, and The Readiness Is All. The last set studied the novel, Great Expectations. Clifton Fad- iman was the narrator. This set was received the second semester and was shown in composition classes as well as literature. From top to bottom: Daniel Davis, Ronald Miller, Lyle J ewell, Katherine Krogue, John Malterner, Albert Mattus, Vivian Hager l5