Savannah Country Day School - Country Data Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT MR. ALBION GRUBER, M.A. F rench The Department of Foreign Languages offers courses of study in four languages - Latin, Greek, French, and Spanish -with varying methods and objectives. In the teaching of Latin, the immediate objectives are to train the mind to think analytically and logically and to make more meaningful the study of English and the Romance languages. In the more advanced courses, the objectives are to develop an understanding and appre- ciation of Latin literature and of Roman history and culture. The immediate purpose of the study of Greek is to give students a direct insight into the culture of the first great Western civilization through a reading of some of its great authors in the original. Secondly, the study of Greek helps to create an awareness of a highly balanced and compact reading style. MR. R. W. CONKLING, M.A. MR. RAY Sci-nvnnr MR. JOHN DUNN Latin, French Spanish Greek 16

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The English Department is, so far, the only one which oflfers an Honors Course. Composed of selected Juniors and Seniors, it requires not only the major research paper, standard for the senior class, but also a more demanding, diversi- fied, and free-wheeling series of college-level literary study and composition practice. One, two, three, four . . . YR Mks. ELIZABETH P. STANTON MRS- HENRY GARLINGTUN English, Librarian E11gliS1l 15

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Reading, speaking, and writing- in this order- con- stitute the three-fold objective of the student's study of French. After developing these skills in an intensive course, the student will be free to proflt from the varied contacts open to him in advanced college French, travel, and the interchange of ideas through language. Spanish is offered to tenth and eleventh graders who may need recent experience in a language for college entrance requirements or examinations. Two years' study aims to give training in aural-oral skills, reading, writing, and grammar. Because of Savannah's close proximity to a major portion of the Spanish-speaking world, the study of Spanish here is of major practical value. V lilly 9 Mks. NONA D1-:s ISLETS French PessimistP 17 Mns. GRACE CAMPBELL Spanish, Latin