St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Diversified Curriculum Creates Incentive . . . . . . for students To explore many new subiecTs. STudy often demands a Trip To The Minneapolis Public Library or To a University lecture in order To complete That English Term paper. STaying after school in The lunch room To figure ouT The algebra assignmenT or To speak To a Teacher abouT a missed poinT in class are common experiences. Studying is a personal Task. Though we may quiz each other on The phone before ThaT imporTanT French final, we are on our own when Those TesT questions are disTribuTed. Oftentimes we Tind ourselves studying while sitting in The hall, riding on The bus in The morning or lying in bed aT nighT. IT seems ThaT 24 hours in a day iusT aren'T enough for us To do all The Things we would like and sTill have plenTy of Time for study! -amebas or hydras, microscopic research as an aid for observing functions of lower animals. -storehouse of knowledge for a metropolis, The Minneapolis Public Library furnishing recorded material on topics, facilities for contemplative investigation, planetarium for astrological study. I4

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-master record, comparison, record off, review, all the terms familiar to students of Deutsch, Espanol, Latina, Ruskii and Francais, attempting the mastery of pronunciation. Cosmopolitan Influences Expand Outlook . . . of Parkites as well as the entire city. Park's language courses offer information regarding the traditions and ways of life of these foreign peoples. Language clubs plan holiday parties such as a Spanish pinata party or a Roman banquet which are in keeping with particular countries. Some of us enrich our knowledge of other countries by taking in a Russian circus, visiting the Swedish Institute or eating at a Japanese restaurant. We are also fortunate this year to have AFS students from India and Norway who tell of their native lands, their governments and their customs. -the Swedish Institute, exemplifying to Minnea- polis the culture of a Scandinavian country. I6