Punxsutawney Area High School - Mirror Yearbook (Punxsutawney, PA)

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The Englzsh Department The Engllsh department of Punxsutaw ney Hrgh School furnlshes an lmportant background for the student ln every pro fesston, the knowledge of the correct usage. of Engllsh ts needed ln our Enghsh classes, we learn to think clearly and to express our thoughts rn sentences that are well constructed Also, we are taught to flppre crate good llterature We learn to sympathl e wlth the charac ters ln the books we read We DITV Dr Manette ln Tale of Two Clues we under stand Gaspard s hunger for revenge When 'md terrlned We wlsh that he may get safely out of the dark, shadowy forest We want Brutus to know that h IS making '1 mrstake when he plots to krll Caesar The MARMRH CJABI-LL Bous 1 nglrxh C lllilllllfi 41 dt J,,' CLARF COLEMAN characters that we read about seem like real people to us, they are old frlends ln our Jumor year, we begrn to wrlte or ganl ed themes The mechanrcs of outlln mg become clear to us Many of us form debatlng teams to consrder important ques tlons of the tlme We learn to argue con structlvely The commercial students take a speclal course ln buslness correspondence They 'ure taught to wrxte clear, concise letters Our Enghsh teachers perform an lmpor tant duty for us They teach us the essen we look back to our hlgh school days, we shall remember them wrth deep gratltude for the task they performed so falthfullv and well DOROTHY NIFL Fruscrs N Romrssorsr Irs! lug L ln! Lrzglmlt X ,gf ' RUTH HAMILTON jhwrsmcs B BEAM 4.ss't Lnglzrh lss't Englzvh s1sv't Engltsh l -hit lluszc Fourteen 0 '. t. f K C , L. ' x . x ns I I ks l . K ' .5 . .1 c 4 r ' x- ' D , K, -Z, - -4 5 5 Q I . ' 4 ' N 4 l 4' Cn - 1 ,. T i, K L as n n n Q K nn n nn T we read Emperor Jones, we are frightened tials of good speech, When, in later years, K . Q 'Ll T . xx tl .lc .T .1 . tl T l 5 . e . ' . X . Q ' I L1 K gi A T xi 0 X 0 L Q, , a . f Iixl ' -s T -l -. 1 ' v L L . L. il f 1

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Social Sczence and Qeogmph DKWROTIIY S PRINJLJLI- xt 8011111 51141 xf I ng: 1 Commerclal geography 18 the Study of com merce and the COTTIHIUDICHIIODQ between countrles of the World Wh1l6 world geography IS the Qtudy of the polmcal and phymcal d1v1 nom of each country W1th a clearer understandmg of mans r pared to meet the future ROBFRT E Bl-ATTY x I Nnrz 11 S1111 ll X I uzrfnzfz SARA L PANT-KLL IW! bon 11 Mullin XY ork 1 wlmtllmb fun MARIAM Tnommox 501111 Siu: Ru R CAWLO 1111 Ntmln 11111111111 Thzrtcr ll C O 1 ,sr . ,-lx. .' .' lim A 1 50 -h N .1.v:' f ISI ll-Y' A f ' 1 . ' 1' - Q, A l Q Y S x . A K nv I I' f I W l ,- . . e - rors and successes, we should he better pre- ' 1 .lxs'I .1 'V .' lim .lx. .' 1 .' IV: I ' 1 ' X .V . x . N ,I ... ' A' -- ' I .'. I , Y.,

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English Lzlatar , Languages MARY J Fl-TNTON ORWTA MCCLFLLAND Rosa WARGVY IIIPVIVIHI 1'11J1i11 'UNI 11111111111 ll flnr 11111111115 ilurx ll x I PII J H 1 ,lhjnjl Our school offers courses in Latin, French, and Spanish The study of foreign languages has many read write, and speak other languages, it helps us to make an acquaintance with the history and literature of the people in other countries Many of our students would find the English language more interesting if they had studied the foreign languages Mas tery of grammar is another accomplishment gained through the study of language Latin is of special importance for it teaches us to grasp the gist of meaning and derivation of new words Since French and Spanish are modern languages and have been used for years in international relations, we can easily un derstand their value Closely associated with the Language De partment is the library, with its store house of rich material I-lE1.rx MANKOVICH MAY Srmcnsx Ms RA S Bnoxx 's french Spanish I 112111 last Englzxh lug 1 ngflth Fzftccn O 9 . 1 ' 1' 'Z I - 1' , . 1 .' 1 '1 f f P-' -'1 V' :' ' 1 1115 '1-.11 5 1 1. ns. 5 advantages. Besides giving us ability to u A K- i ' 1 f . . 1. , . f . .