Scottsbluff High School - Bluff Yearbook (Scottsbluff, NE)

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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

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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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re Taught at S.S. . . MISS ALLICE ROGERS teaches both French and English. She holds a B.A. nd M.A. degree and has attended Middlebury College, Syracuse and McGill niversities. Miss Rogers has been with the Scottsbluff system for two years. XL. Wi- r'fil5?ai55A'54ih2fK.'i?13f19i'Dl?'r I 5.1. 'S ' .' , , qs, l A -n ,- 5-1 -,4 V ., .,a'a,'Q., , -na? GERMAN INSTRUCTOR IS Mrs. Marcella Hayen. She holds o B.A. degree and has taught at the Senior High for eight years. Mrs. Hoyen spent a summer in Germany sponsored by the Stanford Univer- sity Advanced German Institute. Her hobbies include reading and sewing. Al .N . she points out maior cities in Germany, German cultural traditions are studied in addi- agozines and making native food are two proiects in which the students participate. Dr' TEACHING SPANISH IS Mrs, Carmen Garcia. She holds both a B.S. and M,A. degree. She has attended Chadron State College and Stanford University ond has been at the Senior High for three years. I5