Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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Vi i .1 ei 1. 4 Q23 - if ' f aa 5'-J. at 3 it Slm1n'ing.' Miss Scott, Miss Lonek, Mrs. Law. Seated' Mrs. Shutts, Miss Taylor. Miss Grant, Miss Emge, A. E. Judd, Miss Fancher. GLI SINCE FACILITY in the use of English is fundamental to effective work in most phases of life in and out of school, the English department, the largest in the school, touches the life of every student in Proviso. Today, especially, intelli- gent citizenship in a democracy requires greater proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening than it has ever before. To provide the student with an understanding of his literary heritage and to aid him in acquiring the skills of communication, the department offers a wide range of sub- jects. Courses in literature increase the students understand- .flliipr Reizliugtz .i111ile.r lfldfjlfllffj al llve L!1:ff1:0lli'II'j' qllL'l'iL'.l' of .1 ferr' .mf2l'w1110fc'.f. .S'mmfi11g.' Mrs. Hess, Miss Goodwin. Sealcrfx Miss Otis, Miss Trigg, Miss Harman. - ing of the problems and beliefs of his own and other coun- tries, and helps him to shape his own ideas. Creative and newswriting courses give training of value for work on publications, secretarial English emphasizes the skills of writing necessary in the business world. Classroom libraries of books for study and leisure read- ing, current magazines, and dictionaries broaden the scope of knowedge in all classes. Through the use of the radio. phonograph, motion picture, and newspapers, the classroom becomes a laboratory, not only for speech and composition, but also for an interpretation of personal and social prob- lems of today. Page 25

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PEECH DO YOU have mike fright? Worild you like to become a Barrymore? If you answer yes to either of the fore- going questions, you should enrol in one of Proviso's speech courses. These courses include dramatics, public speaking, argumentation, and radio speech. Dramatics is the study of the theater, the history of drama, and the principles of act- ing. Part of the course is a play tournament in which all students take part in the production of one-act plays. The argumentation and public speaking courses include the study of parliamentary procedure, the principles of debating, and public discussion. Radio speech is the study of the vocational possibilities of radio, radio production, scripts, and the public Speech finder get logetloer to di.s'm.r.r 14'0rla' ajffairf. Quiet, e1fe1'yb0cly,' 11,'e're 071 line air! address system. During the course each student writes, pro- duces, and acts in an original radio script. Miss Emily C. Reid teaches public speaking and radio speech and has charge of the junior Class Play, Miss Cecil Stark, who has charge of the Senior Class Play, teaches dramatics. The speech clinic, which has recently been set up in Proviso under the supervision of the Illinois Department of Handicapped Children, is for the correction of speech defects. C. E. A. Moore, who is in charge of this clinic, has handled several hundred major and minor cases this year. Since poise and clear speech are so necessary, this de- partment, under the direction of M. W. Immel, fills an important need in education. Puffin the jifzger 011 em, 110 dank!! M. W. Immel, Min Reid, C . E. A. Moore, and Milf Smrk dirczfifr Jpeefb de,Im1'f191e17f lflroblemf. Page 24

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Page 26 LATI LATIN has been called the basic lan- guage of all time. A rather startling fact is that approximately 60 per cent of the English language is of direct or indirect Latin derivation. The Romance languages, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian, are derived almost entirely from Latin, receiving the name Romance from that of the city, Rome. A knowledge of Latin, however, con- sists of more than learning the uses and meanings of words, it also includes a study of ancient Rome and of Caesars cam- paigns. The lives and works of Virgil and Cicero are the advanced courses, offered whenever a sufficient demand is indicated by enrolment. Latin is of great importance to those who wish to enter medicine, theology, sci- ence, or a specialized study of Roman his- tory. For some courses in institutions of higher learning, it is the only accepted lan- guage. Many Proviso students who take Latin in their freshman and sophomore years and then branch out into modern languages find their Latin background a definite asset. Outstanding features of the Latin classes are student projects, usually replicas of buildings and other features of ancient Rome, or reports on interesting people and events of Roman times. Top. Cozzrefzirafezl vogimfiofz ir Ike key Ibefe .ffIlLIC'lZfJ' me to open the door to rom- ,Dfete Jzfrrerr in Lario ffl Jays herej. Seromi. Room' ffm! help ez ldflglldgl' lo grow are lbe Jzzbjeff wider difrizrrion. Third, This ir clejizzilely one good way io learn Lalin. 1171391 dozft we spend more rlazrr lime Marr may? l7'k7Z0IL', flair finden! leade1'rlJip of rlarfer i.v1z't cl had idea nl all!