Park Falls High School - Torch Yearbook (Park Falls, WI)

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A PANORAMA OF ENGLISH (ABOVE LEFT:) Mr Harrington teaches Junior High Eng- lish and Social Studies (ABOVE RIGHT) Mrs Johnson instructs Junior High Eng- lish students (BELOW:) Junior High students learn the importance ot literature Much free time is devoted to leisure reading Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Harrington, together make up the Junior High English team. Through literature and grammar the young students are being prepared for future years. Literature is the big thing in Junior High. It is here that the Junior High students learn about the customs of other countries. People and government, once a very unknown subject, soon make the students realize the differences in our world. Grammar, which is important for people in our world to communicate with is taught and shown to them. It is shown to them through different ways such as plays, skits, and other things to make it fun but also educational. Without a good background in gram- mar and literature, the future learning pos- sibilities will be hampered. Therefore, Eng- lish is an important course in the Junior High.

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LITERATURE ANALYSIS (ABOVE) Mr. Collins. Senior English teacher, also advises the Kardnal and Torch Staffs. (BELOW LEFT) Senior English students meet second and fifth hours. Vicki Stacker finds that listening and taking notes helps when writing an essay or a test.

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A WAREHOUSE OF IDEAS Mrs. Patricia Neff, formerly an English teacher at LHS, has taken the position of head librarian this year. Mrs. Neff first started thinking of tak- ing this position in the spring of 1971. Since that time, she has studied library sci- ence for two years at summer school in Eau Claire. She has taken night courses in Ladysmith a.id plans to keep on. The general routine of the library is the same, but there are some changes. The overdue policy is different this year. Stu- dents are allowed to be in the library, even if their books are overdue. This will apply except in extreme cases where an individual has too many books out or if they are too long overdue. Junior High students are allowed to check out books from the Senior High sec- tion of the library but they areasked tocheck with Mrs. Neff. A lot of new books on psychology, astronomy, and astrology can be found in the library. There are reading lists on many subjects including art, economics, and politics. Mrs. Neff hopes students will look at these lists and welcomes any suggestions for new books they might have. Mrs. Neff said, I want the students to know how to use the library. They can always ask for help.'' (ABOVE) Mrs. Neff, a former English teacher at Lincoln High, has taken charge of the school library this year (RIGHT) Library aides are important in the efficient running of the library. Jackie Dane works busily filing cards at the desk. (BELOW RIGHT) Audio-visual aides are also an important part of the library Debbie Carden uses the record player and earphones to help her in her work. (BELOW) Bob Hoffman uses the card catalog to help him find the location of a book.