Shelbyville High School - Squib Yearbook (Shelbyville, IN)

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Second-year Spanish students hear and repeat pattern drills to leam grammar, and dialogs to learn conversation. Use Ot Labs Develops The Language Arts I FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT The addition of a language laboratory at S.H.S. was a highlight of the year. The spoken language classes - Spanish and French - used the lab several days each week during the second semester. The lab contains 30 individual sound booths with earphones and volume controls, ten of which have recorder sets. Speaking the language separately soon provides the students with better pronuncia- tion ability, and it gives the teachers - Miss Nancy Cuskaden, Spanish, and Mr. Alan Coyner, French - a good idea of each student's efforts and talents. French students wrote term papers as a special project for the year. The theme could concern any subject having to do with French history, art, or science. For the first time at S.H.S. there was a third year Spanish class, which read Spanish editions of American magazines, short stories by famous Spanish authors, and practiced speaking and writing the language. Because Latin is principally a written language, these students did not use the lab but relied mainly on reading materials. Mrs. Dorothy Ply1nate's Romans studied the conquests of Caesar, his diary, and Roman mythology. On a few unusual days, third year Latin students could be seen in the halls of S.H.S. in various styles of Roman togas, preparing to present original plays. A few of the plays were Mr. District Attorney, Cicero VValks with WVashing- tonf, and Lincoln at Midnight. Students increase their reading rate by using the shadowscopes in the developmental reading lab. 20

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The cooks and custodians at Shelbyville High School deserve credit for the efficient jobs they did. Long before ,classes began, the cooks started preparing .lunch for approximately 740 students and 36 teachers. A warm meal or a snack lunch was offered each day under the supervision of Mrs. Avonelle Branson, the dietician. VVith only a half hour' for lunch and relaxation, students and teachers appreciated being served quickly by the cafeteria staff. The custodians under the supervision of the head custodian, Harry Tucker, who has held that position for 22 years, 'kept an around the clock watch over our school. They worked at repairing jammed lockers, heating the school, helping the cooks, and cleaning and maintaining the building. The job of the junior high school staff is much the same, and in addition they must take care of the Paul Cross Gym. I. H. S. CUSTODIANS Mearl Kohler and Clark James. ' Cn The Job Behind The Scenes S. H. S. CUSTODIANS Front Row: Melvin Russell, Custa Cassady, Loren Thurston. Back Row: Harry Tucker, Kenneth Burgess, Dennis Wicker. S. H. S. Cooks Front row: Lucille Hedman, Olena Carter, Helen Stillabower, Celia Wendling, Virginia VVicker. Row 2: Elizabeth Kohler, Evelyn-Baxter, Artie Patterson, Pauline LaBarbera. Back row: Helen Morris, Hesper Mohr, Virginia Pherigo, Frieda Ray. gg in , ,,., V 5' V - , ,ng ., . . If A . 'Vai 5: S S' L .1 - - .-f,,,' ,V 5 , 5:7 is if X F 3 , . 2 19

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The accounts of Sir Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table served as one of the outstanding works studied by the sophomore literature classes taught by Mr. Louis Kuhn, Mr. Jack Nieff, and Mrs. Dorothy Plymate. junior literature classes began their study of American literature with the founding of the Plymouth Colony, went on through New England's Golden Day, and concluded with the modern authors, such as, Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost. These classes were in- structed by Miss Marion Chenoweth, Mr. Alan Coyner, Mr. Daniel Kocher, and Mrs. Clarine NVebster. Fair is foul and foul is fair became a familiar phrase to the seniors who studied Macbeth in their English literature classes instructed by Mrs. Clarine VVebster. Several other plays written by Shakespeare were assigned as outside reading. Miss Chenoweth directed her senior grammar students in the art of writing grammatically correct themes with interesting content. Mr. Kocheris beginning speech class students learned the skills of convincing, informative, and often demon- strative speeches. Those in the advanced class also learned the fundamentals of dramatics. Under the direction of Mr. Nieff, the developmental Paul Ioseph is convincing the beginning speech class that he is right. reading students increased their rate of reading and also their comprehension through the use of films, workbooks, and shadowscopes in the reading lab. Gi Listening, Speaking, Reading And Writing Mrs. VVebster guides her seniors in studying English literature, Amer- ica's heritage from Eng- land. LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT Front row: Mrs. Dorothy Plymate, Latin, Englishg Miss Nancy Cuskaden, Spanishg Miss Marion Chenoweth, English, journalismg Mrs. Clarine Webster, English. Back row: Mr. Daniel Kocher, English, speechg Mr. Louis Kuhn, English, Mr. lack Nieff, English, developmental readingg Mr. Alan Coyner, French, English. 3 ! m s.. . .1 .uv - u , t- . 2... 3 H 1 5 I