St Wendelin High School - Foslin Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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How about a guided tour of your castle? The details of a miniature castle like those tn Medieval Times are explained by the constructors of the scale model, Terry Mitchell, Stephen Kinn, and Joseph Walter- meyer. Do you suppose Charlemagne would recognize it? The purpose of a Civics course is to acquaint students with the rights, privileges, and duties of the American citizen. Charles Nye, Raymond Forristell, and Richard Rein hart compare opinions with Mr. Herman. Of course, Herman ' s always right. In modern history class, Stephen Haaser, Eliza- beth Gase, Edwin Lowery and Sandra Degan discuss world topics. Terry Miller and Barbara Droll show James Burkort that it ' s easy to get wrapped up in your work while learning ancient history from Mr. Sobon. In ancient Egypt, bodies were wrapped as mummies to prevent them from decaying because they were thought to be necessary for the soul after death. 18

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Languages are our stepping stones to knowledge The key-notes of language are knowl- edge, improvement, and appreciation. Emphasis is placed on the study and value of literature as v ell as the application of correct oral language and composition. English is a required four-year course. This year, Latin, the mother of the Romance languages, is offered as a two-year course. The last of the languages taught at St. Wendelin is French, a two-year course. Larry Peiffer, Pamela Williams, Eileen Bentz, Thomas Holman, David Hoover, Lynda Howard, and Mary Lou Huether study for their semester test in English III. Mr. Pocs stands by, ready to onsv er questions. Kothy Burke adds selections to our book store as Susie Marley watts on David Brlckner. Please note those interesting titles: Swiss Family Robinson, Ben Hur, and many, many others. These books are acceptable for book reports! ' Une et Inseparoble — is the spirit in which Leona Hohman and Sara Thomas decorate the French bulle- tin board.

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History brings to us the realization of our rich heritage The study of social science helps the student to appreciate himself as a citizen and to realize his responsibility, his rights, his privileges as a member of society. Through the perusal of history, economic geography, sociology and civics, the student of today is prepared to appreciate the past, evaluate the present and face i-he future in a complex era of automation and space-conquest. , . - — rm- - Sister Mary Giovanni keeps the members of her Economic Geogrophy doss on their toes by assigning indivicJual projects. This gives the students a more life lilce picture of the subject to be studied and increases interest in the class. Here, John Peiffer shows his project and tells of the many different woods native to the United States. Bill George locates the Mexican Cession Territory on the mop, as he explains to fellow American History students Doltie Miller, Mary Weber, and Paula Steyer how that territory was ceded to the U. S. in 1848 OS a result of the Mexicon Wor. Americon History gives on excellent bockground of American Government to the nation ' s future citizens. 19