Rome Free Academy - De O Wain Sta Yearbook (Rome, NY)

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saa Te PIERIAN SPRING’”’ “I've decided to change four score and seven to eighty seven. ’ P. Bean. S. Williams enlightens his English class. Mr. Grapensteter’s informal af- ter-school gathering.

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Mr. G.’s English Lit. class takes a break for some Red Cross candy “December 12th, | better start my term Paper,” quoth J. Bright. ENGLISH The foundation of any culture is its language; our society, with its emphasis on clear, articu- late communication, makes the English pro- gram doubly important. In RFA the curriculum “hath enough for any man, with its range of non-regents, regents, and scholarship courses, each graded for a certain year. Every year builds upon the year before it: to the basic sophomore curriculum of short sto- ries, poetry, and plays is added the more ad- vanced junior work. Also, the ‘“‘in-between class ’ has the dubious joy of facing the regents at the end of their year. Then, as seniors, they crown their work with the study of literature, speech or writing. English is not all dull toil; the department's tape recorders, record players, projectors, mov- ies, lectures, and special programs help make the study of our language an interestingly excit- ing opportunity. In mastering English, the stu- dents of RFA learn the effective communication that uniquely equips them for adulthood.

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M. Andrews’ Russian sentence seems tq PASSPORT TO Students are encouraged to use French for practical read- OTH ER ings, such as this French magazine S. Jeroszko is getting. Language lab — where stu- dents learn the accent and inflection of the natives.