St Marys High School - Lance Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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Francaise And German Out two foreign language classes are German and French, both offering a two year program. Mile. Fields teaches French and Sr. DePaul, German. Not many students enroll in these courses but the ones who participated really felt it was worth their time and effort. 1 2 3 4 1. Ms. Fields teaching French I a new word. 2. Another French 1 class baffled. 3. Patricia Cassidy and Theresa Kenney enjoying another German II class. 4. Sr. DePaul and Greg Kelly reviewing in German II. Another year has come and gone and more students will be venturing into taking French and German. 41

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Talking In Class Earns Rewards Speech and debate, a new program, consisted of a variety of public speaking activities. Many of the students attended speech and debate class, and other participated in touma - ments on an extracurricular ba- sis. The tenth and eleventh grade classes attended fourteen tour- naments and three community contests, hosted a student con- gress, and assisted with ele- mentary school contests. The accomplishments of the speech and debate class went further than the awards they earned, as best expressed by the students themselves: This program was big in participa - tion and talent. We all worked for each other ... 40 Several (students) have gone from timid people not wanting to stand up in front of the class to people who now are eager for the opportunity to speak, act, or tell jokes in front of any audience they can find.1' Special recognition must be awarded to Steve Williams who qualified for the state tourna- ment. Steve's oral interpreta- tion was Ambrose Bierce's short story, A Horseman in the sky.''

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Mind Over Matter In Psychology , Brain-picking and deciphering ink blots were only two of the activities psychology students participated in. Miss Stucka had the Seniors analyze themselves all year with different exercises such as making posters and keep week- ly journals. Thought sheets'' became an outlet for grievences and comments.