Tenafly High School - Tenakin Yearbook (Tenafly, NJ)

Page 15 text:

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.

Page 14 text:

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

Page 16 text:

SOCIAL STUDIES Citizenship Prep AN ENLICHTENING EARFUL Elevated by a gift stool from her thoughtful students, Miss Hargreaves no onger needs to stretch to use the telephone. With a Magruder as their Bible and The New York Times in hand, Senior historians vie to cope with tricky map quizzes, term papers and collateral readings. With much detail students become experts on economics, foreign policy, maps, the United Nations, and especially newspapers. To supplement the course are multiple pamphlets, magazines, almanacs, and the inevitable Our Times. Seniors are always responsible for the current events, election results, budget proposals, summit talks, and a general who's who in politics. A prerequisite for U. S. History II is logically U. S. History I. Here Iuniors follow the story of man and nation from 1492 right up to 1959. Beginning with Columbus and his fellow explorers, students check out term after term until Lincoln, Clay, and even Hanna become as familiar as brothers. Fulton's Folly, tl1e Missouri Compromise, Dumbarton Oaks, and scalawags all seem as clear as yesterday. F DR's alphabet soup of WPA, AAA, N RA, and CCC unscrambles to take its place in the nationls development. Thus, by making its two Social Studies courses as complete as possible, Tenafly High hopes to insure that every graduate will be able to assume his role as an informed voter, and make the most for himself and country of the give and take of democracy. ffg pt vincireni. . .tlt i A A A .e.' AMW' 9001182511 i A A SIDELIGHTS OF HISTORY History student K. Rombout peers as perched Porter perseveres in pedagogy.