Springfield High School - Resume Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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,PW fx - Q-ms !,P TERSON MAY PATN b. D A A MCCOR MAUSEQJV ,tri W . 5 ,,.,,- .-xi .441 - EN ANNABOSBR I 'S Y BERRY Est Ml A B FRANK W . Ax B 1-' the present. There is one journalism class which edits the High Times, the school's semiweekly paper, Bible, closely related to English, is also offered, as is a course in debating. In all of these. but particularly in senior English, creative writing and extensive outside reading are emphasized. Under the guidance of Miss Ida Ausherman. head of the department, the Eng- lish classes have been active in work outside of class. The assembly which the de- partment gave was both entertaining and educational. The theme of the play given was that of a boy who, looking through a book, grew tired and fell asleep to dream of the characters in bookland. Lady Macbeth, juliet, Silas lvlarner, lvlacDuff, and Robert Burns-Asto name a few of theme-came on the stage out of a picture frame. Each character played a scene from his particular piece of literature. The English courses in Senior High School serve a double purpose, They teach the student to speak the language well and to appreciate its beauty and expressive qualities. One may speak English all his life yet not realize the treasure at his com- mand until he has studied it closely and been led along its intriguing paths by expert guides. 25 MlLl.ER ne I Mol A. B.

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ENGLISH sfxmw TOWNSEND Eng 'Sl' Owl BHK gr' R NELUE HOPE Although students flnd differences In our E I h rmgus today from that of Chaucer and even Shakespeare the meannng and Importance of our language stall remalns the same to us of the Englush speaking natnons lt ns our baslc and fundamental means of self expression and com munucatnon Through an untenslve study of English a person learns to wrute lntellugently speak fluently and thunk clearly l-le who reads well wntes well and speaks well really has a better chance of succeeding In lufe than he whose knowledge of Englnsh ns faulty or uncertain To be master of English un all of nts phases ns to be cultured ln order to avert the misfortune of havang young people grow up ignorant of the beauty and ruchness of theur own language Sennor l-lugh School offers a number of Englnsh courses The sophomore and gunlor courses are a comblnatnon of lnterature and grammar whale the sensor English as drvuded unto three types sensor composition an Intensive drlll of grammar rules business English which uncludes correct letter wrrtsng and other skulls essential an business and sensor Englnsh whuch as almost excluslvely a study of Englush luterature from nts begunnmg to 74 Dl YH MOORE

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-. Q, f , Q fv- Y A' -6. , Q- 5 tx I ' QQ isfiisri 5H , ' EP i W Nat: gi H HJ AAD, i, S f X i DL:v.irrml,,,r HX fx N X L Q 5 5 f L i ,LE 'ANNE SH s - XXX A, L D ii X 'Ol' X l I r iii. y.il,fxi,CMOkJ L.. an M it 'HSA R. A HA ' RRI A B SON MA BEL SDAvig RICH .' A' M' A' LOi5 1 CRESHAM A, B HISTORY History is a story-long, detailed, and often Complicated --- but nevertheless a story, and all of us like stories. It is just as interesting to follow the adventures of man through his five stages, stone, iron, hunting and fishing, agricultural, and manufacturing, as it is to read Frank Buck's latest book on wild game hunting in Africa. ln history vve not only study kings and queens, war and peace, Capital and labor to understand the contribution of the past to the present, but also to develop a feeling of responsibility tor improving and preserving our governmental and social heritage for the benefit of future gcnerafions. At the present time history is becoming less and less the mere studying of formal text books and more and more the reading ot significant books and magazines. A maiority of the Clagwg, hold frequent discussions of current events, usually based on a study of the American Observer , a nationally-known weekly publication for high schools. 26