Ridley Township High School - Archive Yearbook (Folsom, PA)

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Language is one of the most v.tlu.rlrlf ,mtl nwsr used of our heritages. Education lx-gms will rlrc study of language, and the process Olllllllllls its long as we live. The study of all Subjects tlt-pt-mls up-in an understanding of language. Tlrtr lwttsr wt- can understand others, and the mort- cltxlrly wg crm express ourselves, the more truly om ut- lw gallcd educated In Ridley Township training in the usp gmtl umlsr- standing of language is part of every srutlsrrrk prof gram. English is taught throughout :lic six yt-.lrs of the junior and senior high school. zmtl. lwgmniug with the ninth grade, students may clqqr Latin. and in the tenth grade, French, German. or Srmmislr, From the xsliudy of English granmmr. wqalvulary, and composition students become lwrrcr, more inter' esting conversationalists, and they lcxirn tw express themselves more fully and accurately, By giving lm- lk reviews and English reports orally, the students acquire the ability dial before 21 ur-arp with arise flu-t Y' LANGUAGE - X915 CiII'l'l'l' J. Derinit reads to class from Dickens' Christmas Carol. J. Russo explains pronunciation chart to Spanish Il class. I. Henry gives oral book report in Miss Hoffman's English class L

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W A 7, SJ , la. 3 i I a I 1 I1 'if'.f 1 Thrnugh work in nrt, Township students develnp ideas nl primpnrtiiiii .ind symmetry and ll sense wt' hgilllnee and perspeetive its well .is an zippreeiiitinn nf color effects and eiwlor sehemes. In wrder tim develnp iirtistie skills, the enurx this year has presented gi lzirge xxiriety nf interesting priyieets sueh :is the designing of pei'snng1li:ed nioiiiigranis, figure sketching, fashion designing, smtp earving. and the designing of figures nn wiwden plums and tmys. Althiiugh art is it required miniwr suhject fur junior high seliimnl students, it is :in eleetive fur senior high. The art cur' rieuluni is planned and administered hy Miss Cliesnut with the help nf hits, hlaeksoxi, who -inined our faculty this yeiir. 1. Art students make pen and ink drawing from model. N. Logan and J. Waddell observe the art work on calendar posters. S. Proctor puts finishing touches on wooden plate. if J. Harold and G. Knerr work out a cartoon for the Archive. B. Niedwiecki and B. Clark sketch a still life.

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.50 UI' and eonfidenee. A elose adherence to the correct meehanies of English is required in both oral and written work. In the foreign languages the students not only ref eeive hasie work in pronuneiation, voeahulary, and grammar, hut they also study the lives, the govern' ments. and the artistie. scientific, and cultural contrif hutions to civilization of the peoples of foreign lands. Through a study of the foreign peoples themselves Miss Stoner gives suggestion as B. Ulkoski, N. Robins, C. Viscidy, and E. Shriver read parts for an Assembly play. P. Guy, A. Vogel, Wells watch while R. Morrison puts a foreign language record on the linguaphone. .1 Cl LEARNED MAN as well as their languages, we develop a hetter knowlf edge of them and a eloser sympathy with their thoughts, feelings, and ideals. Through the literature of English and of German, French, Latin, and Spanish we see the hopes and aspirations of people in the past and present in all parts of the world, and the inost interesting experif ences of the worlds peoples as reeorded in their drama, poetry, and prose ean he ours for the reading. Mrs. Moore's English class looks on as Romberger, S. Busker, Grimes, R. Golec, D. Ledley diagram sentences. I.. Holmes and G. Reid lift the roof of a model Roman house to look into ancient home life.