Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

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Chip Jackson connot seem to halt these caroling French damsels long enough to snatch his beret and make a hasty exit. WORLD OF WORDS Parlez-vous francais? Habla usted espanol? Legisne Latine? The correct reply to one of these questions could have been pronounced oui! isi! or certe! by a majority of nearly fluent language students. The members of the three tongued trio, French, Spanish, and Latin, were constantly engaged in one activity or another, but the most prevalent and mandatory of the items on the agenda were the lessons themselves. This included an involved study of grammar, translations of ancient classics, and conversational drills. Also on the calendar for the linguists was a Parisian banquet, a fiesta-like picnic, and dinner in an ancient Roman atmosphere. Provincial French costumes evolved from block skirts, peasant blouses, and paper doilies in order to clothe the French carolers, while the advanced Latin students, in robed procession, enlightened the Christ- masy Shownee-Mission catacombs with a sere- nade. These tri-linguol groups took part in a constant flow of activities, representing le meilleure, el mejor, and magnissime of the language department at Shawnee-Mission East. Alan Parker gets Becky Johnson In the mood for decorating OS he serenades her with French carols hamnonico style. 25

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MATTERS OF FACT AND FICTION What! No books? was a frequent exclamation during the first six weeks of the year as stu- dents passed a barren library. New books were arriving daily, but were being tempor- arily shelved and catalogued in a backroom, while librarians and their students assist- ants patiently awaited furniture for the new space. When the new furniture did arrive, the library was immediately in business. A myriad of reference books was a welcome sight to last-minute report-makers. The newest nov- els as well as the older classics could be found on fiction shelves; browsers could read of o spaceman ' s interplanetary journeys or a knight ' s brave quest. They could pick up a book on a non-fiction shelf and learn about headhunting in the South Seas, strange life in the oceans ' depths, or a day on a New York newspaper. Because a shortage of books existed, special arrangements were necessary, such as restrictions on the number of study hall periods students could spend in the li- brary. Nevertheless, the rustling of pages, ond the ordered shelves testified that the core of a good library had been established. ' Feeling rundown? A joke works foster to relieve poin of study for Bob Haase, Steve Adamson, ond Gene Wosson 24

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i) Hugh Cohill A.B., MA. Robert Cartwright B.S. CA Marguerite Croin A.B., MJ . Marjorie Gage A.B. Mexico is yours, Richard Schwartz if you habia esponol. LINGUA, LENGUA, AND LANGUE Great Caesar ' s ghost! Mr. Cohill looks as if he ' s seen it after hearing o student ' s version of the Latin assignment. Jeff Tanner learns to speak his Spanish with on ulterior nnotive: he wants to try to cotch the Spanish senoritas. 26