North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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JUDITH HESS Drake, B.A. LILLIAN HOURIGAN Parsons College, B.A. Graduate Study: Univ. of Chicago, S.U.I., Univ. of Minn. Drake WILLIAM HUTCHISON Univ. of North Carolina, B.A. RUTH LAWS State College of Iowa, B.A. MAX PALMER Drake Univ., B.A. ILONA PERENCEVICH Western Reserve, A.B. FRANCES SWETT Tufts University, A.B. Columbia, M.A. JAMES WICKHAM Drake, B.A. Graduate Study: I.S.U. AP, ASP English Added What is the difference between the terms logical and rational? What are the relationships of three of the characters in Joseph Andrews to Fielding ' s Theory of the Ridiculous? Define loneliness. These are a few of the theme assignments given to the new Advanced Placement Program English students. Other studies this year in English classes included American and English literature and Greek mythology combined with the studies of grammar and rhetoric. Among the topics chosen for semester projects were Man ' s Search for Certainty in a World of Doubt, The Qualities Which Make a Hero, and Fifteenth through Eighteenth Century English Church Music. ELLSWORTH LORY Cornell College, B.A. Graduate Study: Northwestern, Drake —15—

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WALTER BARNETT Persons College, B.A. State University of lowo, M.A. Graduate Study: Drake, I.S.U. Journalism Writing Oracle stories, selling advertising, cropping senior glossies, identifying pictures, and having paste fights are among the many memo- ries of North journalism students. After spending their first semester in class studying journalistic techniques and writing Oracle stories, these juniors and seniors spend the second semester in a lab situation as mem- bers of the Polar Bear or Oracle staffs. Polar Bear co-editors, Linda Dengle and Carol Scocn- over busily working on the yearbook. Speech and Drama Although only amateurs, many North speech and drama students have developed so much talent that they received 1 ratings in the state contest. Pantomimes of voting registration, emotional pantomimes, and one-act plays such as Lady from Aunt were acted out or written by the students. This year the Thespian Club was also formed. Dave Worden, Vicki Stark, and Linda Leslie (loins: a pantomime in drama class. — 14 — JOHN THOMPSON Grinnell College, B.A. Western Reserve, M.A.

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WILLIAM MASON Drake, B.A. Columbia, M.A. Graduate Study: Univ. of Wis. JOHN BERTSCHI Carleton College, B.A. m KAREN TE RONDE Central College, B.A. Kathy Hummer and Alan Lindsey writing their French exercises on the board. Languages Promote World Understanding Many Northites will never forget the year that they returned to fundamentals of language — a foreign language — and once again had to learn to pronounce, read, and form simple sen- tences. They will also remember, of course, the feeling of satisfaction that they experienced when they realized that they had actually learned the basics of another language and, perhaps, had the chance to read entire books, see movies, have telephone conversations, or put on plays in that language. The American Field Service and International Christian Youth Exchange foreign student programs also gave the students a better opportunity to understand foreign cultures, languages, and people. —16—