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

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English Students Analyze Literature, Study Drama, Hour-long book reports are an important part of senior English classes. Special English students Melinda Watson and Tim Byers help Diana Wicklifie report on Les Miserables by reading aloud certain passages to the class. 18

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We learn Only privately What each mind Can and will absorb. The classroom, A meeting place, But also A guide. What are classes? A barrage Of facts, Equal to: A brick wall That is rareiy held together By mortar. And so, We have our building blocks But how can we build with them? Y€ ►Y s Academic 17

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Give Hour-Long, Write Term Paper, Learn Grammar Striving to obtain a more concrete knowledge of the fundamentals of the English language, South Side students developed essays, themes, reports, and short stories. After many hours of grammatical drill, they hopefully formed acceptable papers. While the sophomores studied Our Town, Silas Marner, and Julius Caesar, the juniors conquered Beowulf and Macbeth. Seniors developed their skills by analyzing poetry, short stories, essays, and drama. The experience gained from these analogies helped students meet the challenge of their hour-long book reports. Many students had the opportunity to increase their rate of reading and comprehension through develop- mental reading courses. With the use of new equipment, the students increased their vocabulary and improved their reading techniques. Whether writing themes, research papers, or hour- longs, the main purpose of the student was to gain a better understanding of the English language and to properly use it to convey ideas and thoughts. A saying that might be worthwhile remembering was once said by Pericles: A man who has the knowledge but lacks the power clearly to express it, is no better off than if he never had any ideas at all. Barb Simmons looks puzzled as she studies The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales in Old English. Mrs. Evlyn Spray checks on the progress of Jeff Levy in a developmental reading class. You must know the difference between denotation and con- notation of words in poetry, lectures Mr. Ronald Gersmehl. 19