Southern High School - Southerner Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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The Toreign secTion of The Language DeparTmenT includes l.aTin, French, and Spanish. French l and Spanish l were offered To sophomores so ThaT They mighT have Three years by graduaTion. STudenTs drill on vocabulary, declensions, and coniugaTions To TaciliTaTe Their basic undersTanding of grammar. Especially inTeresTing was The sTudy of The hisTory and geography of These counTries, and The cusToms and home life oT iTs people. Films, slides, and magazines bring These naTions closer To The sTu- denT. The Tour years of English required Tor gradua- Tion are divided beTween grammar and liTeraTure. New in our program is The composiTion and liTera- Ture course Tor college-bound Seniors. For Those who need help in improving Their basic grammar, There are special secTions. Pictured at the right is Mrs. Trowell's senior English composition class struggling through another Theme. allgllage epaftnlenf Speech classes are devoTed To The improvemenT of organizaTion and presenTaTion of ThoughTs orally. This is an elecTive open To sopho- mores, iuniors, and seniors. DramaTics is an inTeresT course open To a limiTed number oT sTu- denTs who enioy learning abouT TheaTer arTs. The class wroTe and produced iTs own version of-a hobo musical. AT leTT, Mr. Gerald Pierce, Teacher, makes up NlarieTTa STeven- son Tor a play while oTher Thes- pians waTch.

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As an experiment in cultural living, the Latin classes had a Roman banquet. Dressedin authentic costumes, the students ate a seven- course meal. Another class proiect was a Latin Play at Christmas time. Pat Ellis aids Linda Edmondson in her transla- tion ofthe Spanish novel LA NELA. Lester Ward, Joyce Garrett, Gaynette Price, and Ollen Lane pantomime to Sur le Pond in French I. 4- vin V 5 Q 1 A , v ' 153,