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

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Improved English Skills Make It Easier To Communicate Ideas This year the English department has continued to emphasize the importance of writing quality compositions and of reading both classical and contemporary novels at all three grade levels. Students in sophomore language arts classes read Julius Caesar, and Silas Marner, and had a unit on speech making. Juniors in advanced English read the Scarlet Letter, wrote a research paper on a topic of their own choice and studied American authors and poets. Senior literature students read Macbeth, studied the Canter- bury Tales and learned about life and literature in England. Advanced placement students at the individual grade levels generally studied the same basic topics but went into them in much greater detail and depth. Students use library facilities for research. FRANCES SWETT Tufts Univ., A.B. Columbia, M.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. (NOT PICTURED) EDWARD HANSON Drake, B.A. BILL NOLAN I.S.U., B.S. JAMES WICKHAM Drake, B.A. Graduate Study: Drake, I.S.U. RUTH LAWS State College of Iowa, B.A. -12— MAX PALMER Drake, B.A. ELIZABETH KENT Drake, B.F.A.

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MARY JANE BLEE Simpson College, B.S. Graduate Study: Drake BETTY JACKSON N.W. Missouri State, B.S. Univ. of Missouri, M.S. Graduate Study: Univ. of Kansas, Colo. State College, Drake WILLIAM FUNTE State College of Iowa, B.A. Univ. of Denver, M A. Graduate Study: Drake JOANNE McKAY Drake, B.S. Business Education Provides Opportunities For Learning Future Job Skills BILL McCOLLAUGH State College of Iowa, B.A. MARY KAY FRANCE State College of Iowa, B.A. ELAINE PETERSON Peru State College, B.S. PHYLLIS PHOENIX Univ. of Iowa N.W. Missouri, B.A. Drake To qualify students for careers in the field of business and to introduce them to the business world are the chief goals of the Business Education department at North. To achieve these goals, modern teaching devices and actual practice of business techniques and skills are key factors in the everyday procedure of the classes. Drills in typing, taking dictation in shorthand and notehand, keeping records of transactions and accounts for bookkeeping, and receiving training in salesmanship, are a few of the activities of the individual classes. Other business courses such as commercial math, law and geography provide the student with a broader back- ground in economics and industry. —11 — Mrs. McKay keeps time as Sue Waggoner and Lynn Par- rish type.

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Joyce Hata and Patrice Kalleen show the bulletin board that they decorated. Are Key To Future World Peace Bonjour! Buenos dias! Guten Tag! Valete! The translation — Hello in French, Spanish, German, and Latin, the four foreign languages offered at North. German was just added this year. Students of a foreign language must start at the very beginning and learn the basics — vocabulary, gram- mar, new sounds, and spelling. Next, work is begun on writing and speaking. The language lab helps a student with his speaking by letting the student hear the correct pronounciation and then listen to his own voice, through the earphones, as he mimics the tape into the microphone. Languages are becoming more and more important in this time of youth as communi- cations and transportation constantly improve, making the world seem smaller and smaller. This age of nuclear power makes it necessary for nations to understand each other in order to maintain peace. One of the best ways for youth to have understanding is to study lan- guages and customs of other countries. French students use the language lab. — 13—