St Johns High School - Crest Yearbook (Delphos, OH)

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ABOVE: David Alt and Karl Plumpe wait for help with Spanish II in Mrs. Strayer ' s class at Jefferson. TOP RIGHT: Sister M. St. Catherine ' s French II students, intently working on translation, are not distracted by a committee specially assigned to decorate the bulletin board. RIGHT: Lenore Shumaker and Walter Rem- linger learn to think of everything before answering in Latin I for Sister M. Victor. 24

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Communication arts offer new experiences Because almost every occupation requires the abil- ity to read, write, and speak English this subject is high on the school ' s curriculum. In order to make it appeal to students different devices and techniques are used. Drama, paperbacks, and movies help make the experience of literature enjoyable, as well as educational. This year some juniors and seniors had the op- portunity to take a special literature course. These students worked mainly with classics and modern novels, English, American, and Russian. Journalism is closely related to English because it uses that medium, but it employs a different style. Clear, concise, and simple newswriting is emphasized. The Shield, a monthly publication which appears in the Delphos Herald, is a product of the journalism class ' time, effort, and skill. In speech class another aspect of English — good delivery is brought out. Its students learn how to express their ideas effectively. Vocabulary, speed, and comprehension are tools of learning acquired in developmental reading. SPIRITUS Rita Klaus, editor of The Shield, shows the November deadline to Sister Mary Victor ' s journalism class. Dressed in judge ' s robe Rosemary Sever presents an oration before the second-period speech class of Mr. John Gunder. 23

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Foreign language skill needed for worldwide understanding Because language, by which people communicate ideas, is the basis of all knowledge, it is beneficial to understand languages besides one ' s own. Knowledge of a foreign tongue opens a whole new field of study, making the people, customs, viewpoints, and literature of other countries more alive, and is important for world cooperation and peace. It is through speaking that friendships are made and differences worked out. Of the three foreign languages offered this year Latin, the father of the modern Romance languages, is the basic tongue. Students who take four years of Latin become acquainted with early classical literature, like that of Cicero and of Vergil. Spanish, now offered to St. John students on a shared-time basis at Jefferson, profits a student intending to travel, because it is the native tongue of so many countries. Through the works of great French writers, French has become familiar to well-educated people, and is often used as the common language at international gatherings. A relatively new subject at St. John, the course uses records stressing idiomatic conversation. 25