North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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lude Russian, with French, German, Spanish, and Latin North Side has expanded its foreign languare cur- riculum to include five languages — French, Spanish, Latin, German, and the first Slavic language offered, Russian. Taught by Mr. David Mitchell, the Russian course consisted mainly of vocabularly-building and construction study. One of the first things Russian students undertook was the mastery of a new alpha- bet. French and Spanish novels, plays, newspapers, and magazines challenged readers in practical appli- cation of their knowledge. The conversational, as well as the grammatical aspect of the two languages, played a major role in the study, as beginners spent much time learning to pronounce correctly. The classroom emphasized culture and current events, and five Redskins, including two graduates of last year, studied in France with the American Institute for Foreign Study. Latin classes not only gained a knowledge of the language, but also the third and fourth year classes devoted much time translating the works of Cicero and Virgil. Extra reports contributed to the compre- hension of Latin and early Roman history. Rod Day. portraying the master, prepares to beat his slave, Tom Beaver, for stealing his gold. Mrs. Janet Weber ' s Latin class presented this play, A Pot of Gold. Here it is, explains Heather Butler to Cyndy Lorman and Mike Harper. Heather points to St. Malo, where they studied French last summer. 19

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Linguistic Horizons Stretch, Departmen t Expands to In- Earlene Dunbar scans a magazine to find information on the Spanish doll that Dwight Fraze holds. Suzie Poffenberger and Chris Craft refrain from offering what knowledge they have. With chalk in hand, Mr. David Mitchell is prepared to aid JoAnn Stonebreaker with any difficulty she may have, as she writes a Russian sentence on the board. Second year German students add to their knowledge as they explore material available to them in magazines. 18

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Mr. James Purkhiser ' s stage crew work diligently lo prepare the props for a future production. Acting, Speaking, Composing Speech and dramatics increased self-confidence and prepared the student to meet the public. Dramatics enabled him to gain practical experi- ence by performing before an audience at the various school productions, besides giving the student a gen- eral background of the theater. Beginning speech students developed informal skills, bodily action, speaker-audience relationships, diction, preparation and communication the first semester; and advanced to formal skills, parliament- ary procedure, discussions, debates, and argumenta- tion. Speech competition was available to advanced students. Theater arts furthered the pupil ' s knowledge of the fine arts by offering him an exploratory experi- ence in art, music, and drama appreciation. Do you think this length is O.K.? asks Marleen Engle of Cindy Gillespie, as Marty Murphy sews on a costume. Marilyn Williams lakes note of the time card that Dave Jessup holds as she presents her speech to the class. 20