Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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Thomas Kreitmeyer 45 I E 'j '? Helen Lapisch '--mx: Z K5 II A Elizabeth McDonald, department head it gi Q I A A' nf. gl -V I l , is 7 ' Rose McDonald 4 Y ' yr 7 I - Q fs t ,F ff, 5 -I , , W g Thomas Metzdorf ' V Gertrude Overton if V ,gg vt V -:ii V 5? . Stuart Packard fs . l o af' ,NN f Harry Wenzel I ' 4,271 Y , A Il 9 l Gretchen Hubacker, English instructor, and Linda by the English departmenteach semester.Theclasses Crawley discuss one of the many novels required provide a background of English literature. l I l l l 323 W 's if ,Q l i , l Q V, lxx ' , Practical English provides a student with the opportunity to learn useful and basic aspects of the language. Interest and enthusiasm erupt as lively discus- sion flows through Kurt Beyer's class.

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Elise Best Q' l '55 E- Q Vg all wi Kurt Beyer ' V ' I Kenneth Brown I A Harold Dearing B' L Q tai V: g Lewis Hayner VK' g V .5 . i ' S 'K' GretclhAenl Hilbaiker V. . 1 ara ac son ' '--X N Ai bl Y ' ,L Maxine Jackson lx f e l 5 'I J Gordon Johnston .Ill VA O O O O O 0 Curioslt , Criticism, Creation . . . For the college bound senior, English literature is the subiect and Elise Best the teacher who makes it live for Jim Keel. 20 No man is an island - in our society communication among people is essential Since in this area the primary form of com- munication is through the English language I one must be adept in reading, writing, lis- tening and speaking for effective and effi- cient understanding. Central has developed an English pro- gram which can fulfill this need for each student. American and English literature is taught with the aid of paperback novels and modern textbooks to give students the necessary backgrounds. After grammar has been reviewed, students learn to write - by writing. During their three years at Cen- tral, students touch on almost every kind of written communication, from exercises in poetics to biographical sketches and formal research themes. Since not all students will be going into the same type of vocation, English classes are divided into college, general, and busi- ness courses, each of which is designed to prepare each student more specifically for the future. I

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Communication Improves - Prospers in Sharing a background of experience in the field of English is ship. Wayne State University student teacher Gwen Yarger an essential characteristic of thisstudent teacher-critic relation-. works with Gertrude Overton to clarify her teaching methods Reading is a process of translating marks on paper into ideas, facts, and mental images. To read faster and with better understanding, Mary Jo Whitfield and Carolyn Davis work with the controlled reader. 22 An extremely valuable exercisewhich involves two often ignored skills-listening and speaking-is undertaken in Elise Best's English Vll class. To Sherry Drinkwater, Pete Wollaeger, and Jim Savage, verbal communication becomes an interesting crea- tive experience. , X X -1 F ,,mm11-'sei i-rm-Mun-.....,-.....l