South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Language Students Study Latin, French, German, Spanish fere ••■ ' Singing Christmas carols in another language presents an opportunity which French, Latin, and German students enjoy. Those students taking second year French presented a play entitled La Veille de Noel for the first-year French students. French students wrote short compositions in that lan- guage, which were then given to Spanish students who trans- lated them into Spanish. The writings were tape-recorded in both languages and then played back to both French and Spanish students. Spanish encyclopedias were used as references for stu- dents when they made written reports in the language, as short reports on various topics were often given- Second-year Latin students spent the first semester re- viewing old grammar and learning new constructions. Read- ing and translating the stories on the Argonauts and Caesar were done during the second semester. German students learned the language with the aid of recordings. After they became more familiar with German, they wrote letters to pen pals in Germany. In this way, they not only learned to use the language better but also learned about the customs and habits of the Germans. All students in the four courses received practice in the use of the languages by translating each respective language into English and English into each language. Since it is an irregular verb, its endings will differ from those of regular verbs, relates Mr. Fred Hellman to a Latin class. Dancing around Le Pere Noel, Greg Rozelle, during the French classes' presentation of La Veille de Noel, are three happy girls 22

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Literary Reports, Grammar Study, Themes, M.E. Tests Gerunds are used as nouns and participles are used as adjectives . . . thinks Jody Young while taking her first Minimum Essentials Test. By satis- factorily passing an M. E. Test each semester, the student shows that he has mastered the semester grammar study. 21

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Furthermore, these ads bring the major source of income, explains Miss Anne White to the journalism class during the weekly analyzation of The South Side Times. After thoroughly reading the paper, the journalism students presented their evaluations during their fourth period class. Journalists Apply Inverted Triangle To News Coverage At one time, the simplest, and the only way, of spreading news was by word-of-mouth. This method, however, was soon outdated as nations grew and industries expanded. Therefore, mass communication played an important role in the develop- ment of mass media. South Side's journalism class built its foundation around these modern media. After learning the rules for proper news coverage, the students covered their first beat. They interviewed faculty members as to outstanding work done in their respective classes. The inverted triangle method was studied as the jour- nalists learned the need for putting the important facts first- Editorial writing was studied next, as this type of story presented the prospective journalists with quite a challenge in the expression of personal views on interesting topics. In order to give the students a better understanding of publishing a newspaper, they were assigned to various jobs on The South Side Times. Highlighting the class was a field trip to Fort Wayne Newspapers, Incorporated, during National Newspaper Week. This trip was a valuable asset to the students, as they viewed two daily newspapers in the making. During the course of the year, the journalists improved their grammar and their writing style; but most important, they learned a great deal about the world and the people who live in it. Reading the Times from a critical viewpoint, journalism student Sue Klingerman makes suggestions for corrections during class. 23