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

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Insight Begins with Better Use of Our Language To reach their goals the English department fried to provide the students with a good command of the English language and a knowledge of what the best minds of all times have thought. Each student should be equipped with the communication skills necessary for success in personal, social, and occupational life. For this reason the main objectives were based on four major areas of communication: speaking, writing, reading, and listening. In grades seven, eight, nine, and fen some of the basic principles of grammar, and an increasing skill in spelling were stressed. In grades seven, eight, and nine, an idea of how short stories work was shown. The tenth grade studied American literature. The junior English classes studied the styles of American literature. Mrs. Walmsley emphasized the importance of vocabulary. A special point was made of studying the humanities as a whole instead of only the one phase, literature. The literature of the English was the area covered in the work with the written word. To further their appreciation of the arts the junior and senior classes went to see two plays at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater. Among other things, the sophomores learned how to give interesting speeches in Mr. Eieslond's English class. It's read-along-with-Mr.-Seitcr time in the eighth grade English closs. 20

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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

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 Be specific! Give examples in your writing. , was on often heard phrase in Mrs. Walmsley's senior classes. The interesting world of literature was opened to her students by Mrs. O'Connor. Fame was goincd by these seniors with the presentation of o force for humanities class. Beginning fundamentals of high school English ore taught skillfully by Mrs. Mitchell. 21