Orono High School - Spartan / Orion Yearbook (Long Lake, MN)

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We Learned About the World Around Us Come on, Troopsl Mr. Collins urges his history students on In their seorch for knowledge. Average total cost wos just one of the many terms which seniors had to decipher in Mr. Aldrich's social classes. 18

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 Le gusto el esponol, Roberto? , wos one of the mony questions asked by Mr. Seiter during Spanish. We Became More Fluent As We Acquired an Additional Language Communication is the core of our favorable relationships with foreign nations. The language department helped lay a foundation in better communications through a study of Spanish and German. Persistant repetition and memorization gave the students comprehension and skill in dialogue and composition. Supplementary books, tapes, and films were employed to enrich knowledge of the language. In the language labs, students were able to hear their mistakes and had the opportunity to correct them. Grammer and sentence structure were scrutinized in the classroom. Thus, through these compounded efforts, the true goal of language study was reached—to help students understand and appreciate a foreign language and culture, and thereby make our own important, though perhaps small, contribution to international harmony. Spending one hour each day with the seventh graders, Mrs. Chmieiarz wos able to intensify their study of German. After o hectic day, Mr. Neumann relaxed while he entored the results of o recent test in his grade book. 17 7

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With the inipirotlon of on Intriguing alignment, student! delved into their work with no interruptions. History is not just a list of dates, names, and wars! The instructors for our social studies program try to impress this on the students by including many activities in the program such as current events, reports, displays, and projects. In seventh grade the geography of North and South America was stressed. Maps of the United States, a report on fruit growing in Californio, and a study of South American crops made the class more interesting. The lakes, rivers, countries, and cities of the old world were explored by eighth graders. This course covered the ways and customs of Europe and Asia hoping to impress upon the students the importance of understanding the relationships between different cultures. An understanding of international relationships is bosed on the history of the American people. This foundation was thoroughly exploited in the ninth and tenth grades. The juniors studied China and Russia, essential to current events, and a new unit—anthropology, a study of the development of civilization featuring Mesopotamia and Peru as examples. Our capitalistic economic system was the subject of the first half of our senior year. Sociology and psychology were fascinating challenges. The year ended on a high note with a study of American politics. Aniworing a que tk n about an owignmonf, Mr. 8org«rt roplioi with o well-thought oniwcr. 19