Norwalk High School - Signal Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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CONDUCTING a discussion on Thomas Gray's Elegy in a Country Church Yard is Mrs. Martha Mc- Conaha in her senior English class. I3 MI M MRS. LaVERNE STORER, seventh grade English teacher, explains that a complex sentence consists of one main clause and one or more subor- dinate clauses. nl ' V 'fF! 'f I VA! r ' . , A if V ' Nj . I, ' 'tif , 5, lvfllg ' t 1 Q . 'W , .SWR-we fm PREPARATION of a French test oc- cupies Mr. James Vernoy, teacher of modern languages. - 1 WHAT DOES Caesar think to be his duty to Rome? asks Miss Martha Jeffries of sophomore English stu- dents studying Shakespeafs Julius Caesar. 2.4! IN HIS junior English class Mr. El- mer Smith discusses the life of Edgar Allan Poe. SETTING a headline for the news- , -111 'Q et' mmm . Q v i L1 it 5 HK W. IQHIWQ ' W an 44 H 'Y wg mul mnlllll .E A POSTER announcing a bull light attracts the attention of Spanish teacher James Vernoy and Nancy Osborn. f. 3 ' PREPARING bibliographies for senior term paper is journalism instructor Kendall papers are Elaine Kohlmyer and Lois Wilkin- Falke. son. I5

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M . K .J VV is f X els . . X- 'ff' fix ent ? . Ks, ,sa 2 W I iz t,iM:E1v.www,,,Qw, . .s vi .55 Q-nv If ,.....-ff HER PAPIER-MACHE rabbit, Harvey, Jr., is displayed by art student Doris Kanwischer. ART TEACHER Patricia Hammond shows Debbie Fink how to use char- coal during a junior high class. DIRECTING mixed chorus in prepa- ration for the spring musical, Babes in Toyland, is choral director Ray- mond Zuercher. Cultural Arts Emphasized Advancement of culture has long been the aim of the art, music, and language departments. Mrs. LaVerne Storer introduced seventh graders to the many rules of English grammar and their exceptions. Seniors in Mrs. Mar- tha McConaha's classes also labored over this subject in preparation for the challenge of college. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, began a semester's task of translating Caesar's Commentaries Concerning the Gallic Warl' for second-year Latin students of Mrs. Lucille Lucal, a new-comer to this year's faculty. Starting teaching careers last September were Miss Martha Jef- fries, English, Mr. James Vernoy, French and Spanishg and Mrs. Patricia Hammond, art. Mr. Elmer Smith, who joined the English de- partment this year, taught both freshman and junior English. Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland was produced by vocal mu- sic director Raymond Zuercher. Student musicians prepared public concerts aided by instrumental music instructor R. P. Laycock. t A I . 4 5 all TSM X ii . mmm H CONDUCTING the orchestra in an MRS. LUCILLE LUCAL is pleased arrangement of 'The Russian Sailors by the recitation of Caesar's Gallic Dance is instrumental music instruc- Wars by a second-year Latin stu- tor R. P. Laycock. dent.

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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT students Dale Trautman, Sara Martin, and Alice Bowlin listen to the actual voice of Eleven Presidents Speak. Social Studies, P ys Ed. Two fields with which students must be very famil- iar before graduation are social studies and physical education. At least one social studies course is required of every pupil in five out of the six years. Physical education is required every year from the seventh through twelfth grades. Mr. Grant Walls believes that learning how to mem- orize is an important phase of history. This year his American history classes had to recite eight literary works. Seniors under the direction of American govern- ment instructor C. N. Stevenson broadened their knowledge of world affairs by a weekly discussion of -Required, But Fun current events. Economics students discovered from sociology and economics teacher Jerry Wood why the price of a commodity changes according to supply and demand. Through the instruction of Mr. Anthony Zuppe, Mr. Howard Wheeler, and Mr. Samuel Nan, junior high pupils began to understand why the study of his- tory is important. Miss Bernadette Bell, in her first year of teaching, showed girl athletes basic skills. Junior high boys learned similar techniques from Mr. Harry Shadle. Commando basketball was popular with Mr. Howard Hershey's classes. 1 iff ...AA SEVENTH GRADERS' knowledge MR. SAMUEL NAN shows Melvin MR. ANTHONY ZUPPE explains of geography is the problem of Mr. Blackburn an important fact in the the background of the mound diggers Howard Wheeler. eighth grade American history book. to his eighth-grade Ohio history stu dents.