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

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foreign languages Spanish teacher Miss Laura Federspiel reports to her students on some pamphlets she received from Puerto Rico. Latin classes test their skill in comprehension by first reading the material in a foreign magazine and then discussing it. Mr. Frederick Veidt watches over his German class as rney practice their verbal skills in the language laboratory. Glayol Vahid, the foreign exchange student from Iran, in- forms her fellovv French students of her native country. Languages 29

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Students learned to write and speak Four third-year Latin students are shown hanging the paper mache masks they have constructed as an extra project for their class. They ore, from right to left; Eddie Lou Meisner, Mike Sievers, Marsha Whiteleather, and Betsy Hein. Courses In French, German, Spanish, Latin, and Rus- sian were offered to Redskins. An experimental class in French was also taught for the Encyclopedia Britannica Education, Inc. Mrs. Ramona Ronsburg, who directed this course, presented revised and up- dated material to her students. Through oral drills and written exercises, students learned to understand and speak these languages as well as read and write them. They also gained a better knowledge of the country and Its people from which their particular language originates. New to the department was the language laboratory. By use of Individual earphones, each student received special help in pronunciation and comprehension. Miss Frances Plumanns, who was head of the depart- ment, died In October. She had been a member of the faculty for twenty three-years and was replaced as department head by Mr. Paul Lemke. Steve Aiken and Mary Choppuis mark their progress in speak- ing Latin by recording their lessons on the tape recorder. 7WtT in Mr. Lemke ' s fourth year Spanish class, Marty Duncan is being questioned on different readings by the teacher and her classmates. 28 Languages

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In Mr, Young ' s Government class a student reports on current events, o vital port of our search for knowledge. Students in Miss Ruth Eudaley ' s seventh period United States History class take advantage of the study period. Five courses present man ' s progress College-preparatory students were required to enroll in four of the five social studies courses that were offered to all Redskins. World history, which is usually taken by sophomores, covered the wide range of history from the time when man first began to record the things that hap- pened around him to present day. All juniors were required to complete the United States history course. In this class students were Mr. Malott is teaching his class important things about social behavior in his sociol- ogy class. familiarized with the history of their own nation. Seniors divided their year of social studies into two semesters. One was devoted to government, which involved the study of local, state, and federal op- erations. For the other, students could enroll either in sociology or economics,- however, because of a shortage of teachers, a balance of students between the two courses had to be retained. Because of this it was not always possible for a student to get his choice. 30 Social Studies