Tenafly High School - Tenakin Yearbook (Tenafly, NJ)

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ENGLISH Intense Course Stimulates Intellectual Curiosity EDIBLE AFFECTION A friendly tyrant, Mr. Wirtz prepares to bite into a sign of esteem given by one of his uhackneyed little jargonitesv. From the adverbia of grammar to thethemes of T. S. Eliot, from Mad magazine to the Atlantic Monthly English students masticate in three years the literature of thousands. This year both Sopho- mores and juniors adventured in the same course, a study of American literature. Here, the grimness of Ethan Frome, the confusing innocence of Billy Budd, and the pathos of O,Neill,s creations all provoke invigorating, controversial discussion as well as assignments for lengthy, analytical papers. Transcendentalists, Imagists, and the lost genera- tion stimulate new thoughts beyond the everyday scope. For through an analysis and appreciation of literature one discovers for himself the values which make life worth living, or so the English teachers say. . . THAT oNE SMALLIHEAD . . An interesting short story is analyzed by Miss Whittaker. PRIDE IN HER WORK Adviser Miss Mitchell checks a copy of the Echo before approving it for schodl-wide distribution. WIT AND WISDOM Mrs. Bream's book lists make Tony Geisler cringe DEGREESA p HELEN MITCHELL B.S., New York University M.A., Columbia. ELIZABETH E. BREAM A.B., Radcliffe I Ed,M., Harvard HELEN D. WHIWAKER B.A,, Mt. Holyoke Horumo E, wmrz A.B., Hobart MA., Columbia

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LULL BEFORE THE STARVINC STORM Togethemess is the word for Mr. Courand and cafeteria staff. To satisfy the hungry lunchtime stampede, and to appease nutrition-minded dieticians, TenaHy's cafeteria staff headed by manager Charles Courand prepares each day a menu of tasty dishes from pizza pie to shrimp rolls. Flanked by the most modern kitchen equipment, Mr. Courand is always proud to demonstrate his walk-in freezer, gigantic turnip choppers, and that amazing grind-all garbage disposal. The nurse, too, beneHts from the modem gadgetry of the new Tenaily High. No longer is the nurse's room a dingy basement hole, but now a swank suite of adjoining rooms. Last, but not least, are the l DEGREE ,Mp ever-ready custodians, efii- SANDRAG. Q ciently and meticulously R-Nw UniVe'sity,ofMa'7hnd keeping the plant on the gil. CAFETERIA- NURSE-CUSTODIANS Behind the Scenes CALORIES, ANYONE? The chef prepares today's overweight. -ml C x-, , ' Q ,I ANTISEPTIC AND ADVICE Mrs. Davis repairs a damaged Pat Wells. i. l 71 THE MAN IN CHARGE .. S . it . C '---M 9 BEHIND THE SCENES V s Managing a 33,000,000 plant is Mr. Vanderhof. Four smiling custodians End our sticky secrets under chairs.

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lntense A WINNING WAY Mrs. Wellhausen gives more than literature to E. Shelton. . . . AND GLADLY TEACH . . . A smiling Miss Carlson points out pitfalls of grammar. DEGREES Lnmwmmw B.A., Manhattanville M.A., Columbia CAROLE E. CARLSON B.A., Vassar CRYSTAL WELLHAUSEN B.A., Hood ENGLBH Course Stimulates Intellectual Curiosity VISUAL AID Aiding Barbara Linsy, Mrs. McCarthy shows colorful posters. But, seemingly one has never really lived any- way until Senior English. Now, that tantalizing A I could have had, if only . . . becomes even more of a challenge as Seniors prepare themselves for, those midnight hours of college studying and poetry precis. Rogetis Thesaurus becomes an ever- necessary aide-de-camp, as the 3 Pfs of English IV unfold into rereading, rewriting, and rhetoric. Adventures in English Literature serves as the basic text and is supplemented by a thriving paper- back business. In late September Beowulf emerges from his fen to begin an extensive survey of English literature. His noble Anglo-Saxon scion Winston Churchill thrills and harasses Seniors with his history-making heroes of the multi-volumed A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Students next enchant themselves with the robust portraits of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Hamlet and Macbeth restalk the bare stage to embalm their author-genius. Somehow, supposedly to give a background to all drama, the course then deviates to an analytical dissection of the Greeks. Students spend days finding the inner meaning of the inner meaning of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, simultaneously reading the Iliad, of course. Both in and out of class, Seniors are never at rest. Becoming vul- tures for culture they eagerly delve into European literature, wade through Thackeray, Dostoevski, Zola, Sartre, and Camus, and troupe en masse to witness Van Gogh movies. May calls for the fin- ishing touches of a perfect term paper and an all-out effort to pass the final, a comprehensive exam covering three years of English.