Tolleston High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Returned, corrected compositions helped students develop proper grammatical usoge New labs aided students in mystery Anno Gross found thot librory research for junior English wos a must. With Mrs. Mortho Dilley's assistance, Normon Bikoff discovered thot diagraming sentences mode identifying ports of speech easier. to

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This yeor, more thon ever before, Tolleston put the stress on ocodemic achievement. In addi- tion to the required sub|ects--English, moth, sci- ence, history, and physical education-the school's curriculum offered a wide variety of elective sub- jects through which students were able to uncover and develop their abilities ond talents. From these courses, students derived knowledge and experi- ence which helped them develop the leadership qualities needed in today's fast moving world. Suc- cess in academics, the goal of eoch student, was the school's chief purpose Although academic learning come first, Tol- leston students never forgot the importance of participation in extra-curricular activities Stu- dents were given the opportunity to participate in sports. Band, Art Club, Latin Club, Science Club, Dromatics Club, and all the other clubs which were so much a port of Tolleston students' school life Besides being able to participate in these clubs, students could also join any of the four new clubs formed this year. Along with attending formal dances, partici- pating in sports and clubs, dreading finals ond exams, winning honors, receiving report cords, studying and more studying, a major part of the students' school life was the acquiring of scores of friendships, some of which will last for a lifetime. social activities

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ENGLISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE Through the study of English, students de- veloped skill m using their longuoge effec- tively ond occurotely Students conrvot mos- ter their own longuoge until they know its grommor thoroughly Once this bosic knowl- edge is ocquired, the study of foreign lon- guoge is mode cosier English students olso studied literoture, which includes the rcoding ond understood- mg of novels, short stones, ond ploys In or- der to understond their reading better, stu- dents were tought something about the ou- thors ond the types of stories each author generolly wrote Study of literoture helped them I corn to express themselves more cleor- ly Students soon reolixed that o funda- mental knowledge of English skills is neces- sary m order to ochieve success in ony field They olso were owore that a successful fu- ture depends upon being oble to communi- cate their ideas successfully to other people Foreign longuoge. like English, hos dif- ferent phoses grommor, which mokes up o large port of ony longuoge. ond, to take the ploce of literoture. conversation This year Tolleston students were aided much by the new longuoge lobs No matter what longuoge they studied- Lotin. Spanish. French, or Ger- man--students, of ter studying grommor ond vocabulary words for many wccks.found them- selves ready to use the new lobs These lobs were equipped with tope re- corders which enabled students to record their voices, ploy the recording, ond heor mistakes in their pronunciation This method, by helping students correct themselves, en Obled them to moster languages foster With the use of the new longuoge lobs, leornmg to speoK foreign longuoges wos easier foreign languages Mrs. A F. Thompson stressed to Lofm students thot the Lotin longuoge lives todoy 11