Romulus High School - Eagle Yearbook (Romulus, MI)

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T0 UNDERSMNDIN6 ...... Speech is not onlya course, it's an experience-or a series of experiences. Rather painful at first for some of the more shy and shrinking, Speech trains in enun- ciation, expression, careful and clear articulation, and poise be- fore an audience. Hard as it is at first for those who need it most, o one is ever sorry for iii W t M Should we have school for six days a week? ask speech students as they participate in a mock debate. Through plays, debates, skits, and s eeches, Mrs. Parker helps her students vercome shyness and, demonstrate their talents. Wt it students listen refully, Mrs. Collins explains some of the asic principles of correct pronunciation, so necessary in speaking and writing correctly. It may be old fashioned to learn to diagram sentences-the longer and more involved the r better! But Romulus teachers and many students think there is ' no better way to learn the word relationships and the various parts ofa good sentence. Some stu- dents find it as challenging an exercise as working cross word puzzles or playing a brain teasing game of scrabble. Of course, literature is by no means consi- dered to be unimportant. Stu- dents learn about Caesar, Shake- spheare, and King Arthur, and plays, poetry, short stories, es- says, and novels by both Ameri- can and foreign authors.

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MNGWIGEJ' ZEAD When translations become difficult, Mr. Tabler, a new member of the Language depart- ment, gives aid and encourage- ment to eager Spanish students. Yes, Latin was hard for Caesar and Cicero too. That's probably one of the reasons why it became a so-called dead lang- uage. But, here in Romulus the language of ancient Rome lives today, not only in daily assign- ments, but in proiects, drawings, and pictures. One of the new faculty mem- bers, Mrs. Mayes, helps a group of Latin l students through a dif- ficult passage as they translate an znferesfin Eyfh. gi , ,,.. ,, X ' X Q. l NX l lee. Buenas dias, close. With these words, begins an hour of instruction in the language of our Spanish-speaking neighbors. Man students desirin to learn the llanguage are enrolled in first year Spanish classes. Giving impromptu speeches in Spanish, carrying on conversations, ancl special projects add variety to te dailyf work. Students, not only study the vocabulary and grammar, but they also learn about the customs, traditions, costumes and history of the Span- ish peope. .

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WE IEARN 480117 Lectures play an important part in Mr. Gibb's instructing program. Here he explains the Freudian theory to the fascin- ated class. ui dent who wants to graduate from a Michigan high school. Seniors at in study of our government. They become more thoroughly familiar wit laration of Independence, and the Do you ever wonder why people do the things that they dog the way they do them? This and many other problems and questions dealing with people and their environment are thoroughly discussed in Sociology class. This course is valuable For anyone who will have dealings with people during their lives, and that in- cludes everyone. Miss Zulkey points out the highlights of a current news paper article to an attentive government class. A semester of civics is re- red by state law of every stu- our school become engrossed h the Constitution, The Dec- operation of our state and federal government. A part of the course is also devoted to the study of 3 current events throughout the world. ' awww Q his-as