Scottsbluff High School - Bluff Yearbook (Scottsbluff, NE)

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rammar and Literature. I oung boy who falls in love with his English teach- r. She is engaged to marry the Chemistry teacher nd the young boy is heartbroken. r- I. A ENGLISH TEACHER MR. Jay Knepper instructs Sophomores. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Nebraska where he has also done refresher work. He has been in the school system for five years. Mr. Knepper has an active interest in writing, flying and building model aircraft. TEACHING SPEECH, DRAMATICS and Stagecraft is Mr. Fred Wheeler. He holds a B.A. degree and has attended the Universities of Wyoming, South Dakota and Hawaii. Mr. Wheeler has taught three years at the high school. His hobbies include the theatre and related activities. English is essential to the students' cur- riculum and is required for all three high school years. In the iunior year one semester is spent concentrating on Speech while the other is devoted to the study of American Literature. Works by Thoreau and Emerson are studied in Literature. Fundamentals in speaking are taught in Speech. In Sopho- more English much time is spent in learning the proper methods of writing themes. Se- nior English consists of a study ofthe great authors of the various ages in addition to the study of epics, tragedies, and ballads. Grammar is covered in all three English courses. l3

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.1 ,i .sr ,.y. sxuu vs ,.. English Courses Teac f, . 'Q lasik ,s -, .,V .. ,,., i Wgvf . ' I :Ag.f.-.M . W p..'1 f. 2 He . fm...1. J .76 . 1 'Sr if, M .. V., .gigs . . .. M- ' , ...ix Y nil' ' MR. RAY FRAKES teaches Senior English. He has been at Scottsbluff for eighteen years. Mr. Frakes holds both an A.B. and a M.A. degree and has done refresher work h u ' ' fW ' . ml E 'Ve'S Y 0 Vommg KARLA KNUTSON, JODENE Goff, Pom C and Vicki Weideman participate in the one play, She Walks in Beauty. This story portrays 5 S 2 TEACHING SENIOR ENGLISH is Mrs. Lois Olsson. She has taught in MRS. JEANNETTE SHEHEIN teaches both Junior English and Speechg each is the Scottsbluff system for seven years. She holds an A.B. degree and One semester course. Mrs. Shehein holds an A.B. degree and has taught in has attended Nebraska Wesleyan, Omaha and Nebraska Universities. School for twenty years. She has attended Hastings and Colorado Colleges. outside interests include reading and traveling. I2

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i gear an Foreign Language Foreign languages which are offered include Lptin, Spanish, French and German. One may take three years of Spanish and German and two years of Latin and French. Students planning to register in the College of Arts and Sciences of a university will be wise to take two or more years of a foreign language. Tape recordings and records sometimes are used to teach the fundamentals of the language. Foreign customs are taught in addition to the background of the country from which the language originates. Students learn how to read, write and speak the language SENIOR AND SOPHOMORE English is taught by Mrs. Deanna Berg. She has attended Colorado State College and the University of Colorado. She has also done refresher work at Colorado University. Mrs. Berg holds an A.B. degree. Her hobby is painting. LATIN TEACHER AT the Senior High is Mr. Lawrence Lemons. He has attended Chadron and Colorado State Colleges and Northwestern University. He holds a M.A. and B.S. degree. Mr. Lemons has done refresher work at a two week workshop at Columbia University. He has been in the school system for thirty years. l4 they study. '- QL! ,V nf 'S,'JA'3-N ?F1f 7. 6 fi i 'vftfi S F . . f - J ' 'R-Tr. . -f . . F? 34 P4 41 THIRD YEAR GERMAN students pay close attention to Mrs. tion to the German language. Giving oral reports from Recordings and tapes are used to supplement the regular class