Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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of foreign language lab fill modern needs Latest addition to Howe ' s teaching facilities is the newly installed language lab. This modern teacher ' s aid is one of four in the city high schools. Equipped with twenty-eight soundproof booths, the unit is controlled by the teacher using a con- sole in the front of the lab. This permits language students to practice and to acquire improved pro- nunciation without interrupting class functions. To keep language study interesting, other de- vices such as films, slides, demonstrations, and re- ports are used. While studying courses in an active department, many language students enter con- tests testing their knowledge of Latin, Spanish, or French. Among other activities, a visitor from Cuba, Senor Rafael de Armas, talked with the Spanish classes about the Cuban Revolution and other timely topics. Late in the year, Latin Club members plan their annual activity. Last spring the group sponsored a Roman Banquet intended to create interest in Roman customs. Students, dress ed in togas, rep- resented famous Roman personalities and gods. Greeting his guests, Fred Shick, dressed as Apollo, ad- dresses Latin Club members attending Roman Banquet. While describing her recent trip to Mexico, Midge Austin displays some collected sou- venirs to classmates Stanley Keeler, Bob Briles, Carolyn Smith, and Marsha Crockett.

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Extensive English courses and addition Making good use of the newly installed language labo- ratory, Spanish students practice correct pronunciation. In three years of required English courses Howeites study grammar, composition, spelHng, and literature. Most pupils elect the final year of English: a study of English literature and an in- tensive grammar review. Reading lab, usually taken in the freshman year, strives to increase the student ' s reading comprehension and speed through use of special machines. Sophomores and juniors in English conduct research on vocations while senior students complete a more f ormal re- search theme. Each semester of English has a G class, which covers the same subject matter as regular courses and also provides time for deeper study and dis- cussion. During Book Week Howeites review fiction books and each class collects money to purchase new books of their choosing for the school library. Additional courses offered by the English De- partment, speech and library practice, are often elected. Each year many Howeites enrolled in English courses return with prizes and honor from com- petitions, given on both local and national levels, testing various English skills. Student librarian Phyllis Tisdale, at the desk, checks out a book from the school library for Phil Wilson. Doug Paul and Jim Warren display the Globe Theater model during their class unit of study on Shakespeare. 14

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mmmmmmmmm Using his award-winning flannel board, Mr. Merle Wimmer illustrates a factor of hered- ity for biology students Donna Loudermilk, Tom White, Dotty Lefiler, Joyce Kockritz. Math and science reveal that today ' s Studying technical equipment used in senior science, physics enthusiasts Lynda Bell, Terry Mueller, and Tom Mabel examine the oscilloscope ' s indication of current change.