Northwestern High School - Compass Yearbook (Hyattsville, MD)

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I' Speech and Dramatlcs Achieving That Posse Speech and dramatrcs add posse and self contndence to the student as he travels through NHS tollowrng the course he has set for hum se Speech students study claruty of expression Posture vorce control publrc speakrng debatrng conversatnon and an elementary course In dra matics help the students development as an Individual Dramatrcs students master the art of rnter pretatron and performance Stagnng actlng producrng make up and costumung are neces sary phases of the dramatrcs class rnstructuon Each year the dramatrcs classes present a three act play Thrs year s production was The Wal low and l Also growing from thus class rs e Lrttle Theater which gave performances of an orrglnal play Wee Wrllre Whrstler to sur rouncllng elementary schools Now heres my pomt' Mrs Dawson and R Shnne lnsten J Clagetts explanatuon un speech class The Wlllow and I L Bryan H Wollman and P Morgan acted an the dramatncs classs annual productran More wrmkles and more black' S Jackson and D Jett apply makeup to actresses M Schumpff and E Reynolds gps 'har

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QNX 1?--f Route of the pilgrims! R. Menzer, in a senior English class traces the il rima e described in The Canterbury Tales, as C U Q Q Johnson, P, Young, and J, Glassman watch. ' 1 English Wending Our Way English guides the student just as surely as the compass guides the sailor, Elements ot grammar and punctuation are the fundamentals of the three year course. Students study weekly spelling and vocabulary lists. Writing becomes a skill through practicing letters, themes, and term papers. Saphomores dis- cuss world literature, juniors master American lit- erature, and seniors survey English literature Silas Marner, Giants in the Earth, Macbeth and Hamlet become part of the student's cultural knowledge. English helps the student to see beyond the im- mediate horizon and to set his course as a citizen in a democracy. Picking up speed' Reading accelerators encourage students to develop skill in reading comprehension Mrs. Payne super- vises os students learn to use aids.

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Journalism Tasting Printer's Ink As the compass is the guide tor the navi- gator, crop rules, dummy sheets as well as the symbols tor copy and proof reading guide the journalist. Fundamentals ot writing are mastered by the first year students. As the year pro- gresses essentials of copy reading, page proof checking and picture cropping become clear to the student journalists. Journalism classes publish the school news- paper, THE NOR'WESTER, the yearbook, THE COMPASS, and handle publicity for the school through a NEWS BUREAU, One term quickly learned is thirty, The News Bureau The Compass The Nor'wester Big news this week! NHS News Bureau sends stories to local and metropolitan papers. Standing, Miss Balsley checks a release with J. Gordon and K. Townsend, heads ct the bureau. M. Gentile, S. Humphries, F. Hill, M, Wil- feng, S. Jackson, and S. McCrossin are repOrterS. 1'-Il ya.nna -'I shin, E iff i Y -F' SWNQ ru 1 CIAIQ i l KYVYU NOV li D0 10014 t -fi 75- Ig --IQPQJ' ' XT 5 F K f - 7 4. 1- 1 ie N .LA Gcing to press today! Members of The Nor'wester staff beat that deadline Seated, left to right 4 J. Benson, J. Glossmon leditarl, J. Partella leditorl, N, Grauel. Standing - A. Mc- Neil lpoge editorg C Hiscox feditorl. We'Il use this shot! B. Babcock ieditorrin-chietl, discusses vCOVbOOk Dlans with P Tatspough iexecutive editarl, D, Rucker lbusiness rnonagerl, J McQueen and D. Seidenspinner istoff rnembersl. 'V -1' ,ark 'Exif ff,