North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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English sfudenls snr.-sy round-fable discussion Class discussion is important in English Some aufhorlfles have called English as spoken by Americans a magnuficenf mongrel wifh as many dlfferenf colorful facefs as a kaleidoscope lndeed a brief breakdown of nahvrly for fhe everyday vocabulary of an average American brings a specfroscope of nafionallfles fo rival fhe UN flag display All agree fhal' our language is a splendid fhmg fluid and vifal Todays sfu denf of fhe language arfs sfudles nof only fhe greaf masferoleces of fhe ages buf works ou'l his own word phrase senfence synfheses for poems leffers essays sfornes hisfones and research papers On an lmmlnenl' fomorrow he will produce has own masferpleces for fhe greaf language edifice of fhe English speaking world pf' Mrs Anne W Browder Mrs Irma B Wilson English E glush

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l The old fried and fr e ay fo learn ord relahonsh ps grammar presents its difficulties When you sand your frrsf word your parenfs were proud as punch and you were rafher pleased yourself Affer fhaf frrsf word ofhers came easrly and soon you had qurfe a vocabulary and were qurfe successful rn malung your washes lrnown and geffrng people fo do your brddmg fhrough fhrs form of commumcaflon Then you wenf fo school There ,ou found ouf fhe feachers drdn f fhrnlc you were so special They even rnsrsfed 'fhal' you drclnf lcnow HOW fo fall: correcfly fhaf rs So for fhe resf of your school days you have a sublecf called Engllsh whrch feaches you fhe correcf use of your nafrve language rn all fhe varred medrums of modern communlcafron Mrs Veda CUWGU Mrs Bernice Smrfh Mrs B F Allbnghf E 9l'5l English English ' u w w ' i I . I I . I . . . 1 xl . . . . , . . T I . ' ll ' ll J I I , .r s. '17 I . ,f J N . ' 0 D 0

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f lf Mrs Marnan C Phllllps Mrs Januce Cllf+on Eng' sh EhgllSl1 sf,4,woo-1007-wwf so are book reports ang7llguresOo?4speef27H Buf +he road IS long and iedlous Somehmes 'lhe weary pupll really can+ see ihe foresl' for lhe frees Subleds and verbs mnsplaced modufuers and clanglung parhclples bool: reporls and lerm fhemes slmlles mefaphors BllI+6l'6+IOhS and ihe e+ernal nag gmg of duagrammmg and umf +es+s wear +l1e harduesf lo near frusfrahon Yef fhe pollslwed phrasing dellghfful duchon and versahle vocabulary of +he graduaie sel hum aparl ln recognlzable beau'l'y from 'lhe crass and prhful uglnness of fhe lllrferale How miserable Indeed IS flme crealure who has never learned 'l'l1e greaf sfrengih and glory of language masfery BCHY eV'9W5 0 50 5 for her class Wull you explam Ohms poem fo us, please? MW l ,VM M X ,K of r lf r M '4 l rx .' ' K ' ' 7