Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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GLADYS C. ALMY JAMES DONNELLY 'le v, ,S?Xv LEON W. A. JAIVEN CATHERINE BILLINGSLEY JANE W. 'UNGSTON J. EDWARD HUGHES 5? BERYL E. CRAM MA G . xv R UERITE E FAVRAO MLM MU- Jwfjfwgfjg . JQQJVAQ GLADYS M. coNsr LEONARD JOHN J. SPAHR MORRIS jg' 44, 'AJ-v '7- , -6104 14912 40 fo We 5 N ,,x0x GERTRUDE K. R. STUART MARGARET A. Nas' PEISEL PALMER QUINN

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Three years of EnglIsh ThIs IS the first requIrement specnfled for graduatIon from S H S The reason for thIs requIrement'P The absolute necessIty for each and every Amer Ican to speak read, and wrIte hIs own language Wlfh ease Stamford Hnghs way of meetIng thus SPBCITTCOTIOFIQ Offermg all students three years of EnglIsh under an expert staff of Instructors In classes geared to the student s abIlIty WIth the realIzatIon that an lndlVIdUGl Wllh a Wlde readIng background IS a more InterestIng person, and a better prospect for future success the EnglIsh Department under the supervusnon of Mr .I E Hughes trIed to InstIll a deeper apprecIatIon of lIterature In S H S students Whether the busIness or the college world was the student s future the department placed specIal emphasls on oral and wrItten expressIon Thus we were taught to Wflfe and to speak clearly and forcefully Grammar was stressed as a means to an end a tool that would aId us In masterung EnglIsh as a whole For those of us who possessed some specIal Interest or talent the department offered supplementary courses In specIalIzed sublects BuddIng stage stars were encouraged to try theIr wungs In Drama Those who yearned to wrIte elected JournalIsm where they obtaIned actual PTGCTICE by publIshIng the SIren The Speech class offered CI chance for amateur orators to Improve theIr speakmg abIlIty Extra currIcular CCTIVITISS were also under the guIdance of the EnglIsh department PreparatIon of all the lIterary materIal of Our Golden Years and The PIlot Wheel was supervIsed by one of ITS members whIle others of the departmental staff served as sponsors of the Players Club and SIren arranged school assemblIes or coached speakers to boost communIty campaIgns S H S EnglIsh teachers have performed a three fold task teachIng the fundamentals of EnglIsh InstructIng students In speclal Interest classes and SUPSYVISIHQ a multItude of extra currIcular UCTIVITIES Weekly oral report Sentence conslruchon I I, . ,, . . . . . , . . . . , , . . . , .. 1 1 .. . , . . , . .. . , - 1 - I 1 - 1 1 , . . 1 1 I ' 1 . ... '

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542.4 vw 'S JM ENDA H RIORDAN L LOUIS MARTINELLI Eiffel' -x BIBIANA STARK ANITA MURRAY .L RAOUL dESTE PRISCILLA BLANCHE E PALMIERI POWELL VAUDREUIL Q--. Wu' iii MIRIAM W ANDERSEN ?' MATHILDA A KOEHLER Buenos dlas' Bonlour' Such phrases as these In the halls of S H S are the dlrect result of one of the Language Departments alms to attempt to tram students to converse In a foreugn tongue This year the department once again endeavoured to make language study enloyable Rather than concentrating entirely on book learnlng the department offered students an opportunity to learn about the varlous national cultures of forengn countries Many a lesson was made more Interesting by the Introduction of Elms or records into the regular classroom work The needs of lndnvudual students were adequately met by the varied courses wlthln the department The varuous language clubs also led toward creating a lighter atmosphere for those who studied a foreign tongue Thus the Language Department under the able gundance of Mr Louls Martunellu and Dr Mathllda Koehler succeeded un maknng the study of language more than lust vocabulary clrnlls and grammar exams N'est ce pas, 'vista 'Q-:sb '. - ' V' si '-wt Jn! 5 f ' ' .A 'E 5 Y ,VL V ' -s . A- L a f . V 1 ' - , T - , .r L,-4 55 ' .V ' - S we fur? ' - N an -' 1 A H 1. 1 : .5 y ,f LJA I fr ff A x Q ? . , in ., ll, , T . ,, '- 1 , . .-WA., Q ' j A , -4-'W' V 1 1- - if I L4 1 .n I '52 1' A .ij-A 'K x ' , 5s 'M , X t ' a-'gf ' f : 5'7 l I , . . I I I ' ' I