Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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UNCOVERING NEW DIMENSIONS With her version of The Sound of Music, Mrs. Oliver Googe, chairman of the English Department, participates in Faculty Fallout. All English students must read certain papers. novels and write creative and expository Straight, horizontal, vertical, rounded, elongated, and short describe the dimensions, not of the latest architectural wonder but of English classes at Val- dosta High School. Every day teachers help students realize familiar dimensions and uncover new depths of understanding and expression. Teachers play the main part in presenting the first, or elementary, dimension. They explain grammar, give notes, and present outlines to help students grasp ideas and correlate experiences. Students take a more active role in exploring the second dimension. While reading short stories; hori- zontal, vertical, convergent novels; and poetry and plays, they perceive universal values and begin to think straight. Together students and teachers realize a maximum potential in the more challenging third dimension. Here they discover new dimensions of learning by exchanging knowledge in classroom discussion and by writing creative papers. • 25

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strai gh t THINK I N E 15 THE KEY TO ALL GOOD writing MRS. JACKIE CREWS MR. LOUIS McHARGUE MRS. HARRY WOLINSKI MRS. GLENN SHEPPARD 24 MRS. OLIVER GOOGE

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. . . STRESSING PROPER ENUNCIATION MRS. EARL CUNNINGHAM Puckered lips . . . stretched jaws ... open mouths .. . and quivering vocal cords—characterized VHS language and chorus students as they struggled for proper enunciation. While classes in French, Spanish, and Latin strove to pro- nounce the tonal intricacies of les cerises flambes, los eerieq tortillas, and ab ova ad malum, chorus students concerned themselves with correctly articulating vowel and consonant sounds in singing. Employing two tape recorders in her French I and II classes, Mrs. Clyde Connell assisted students in the pronunciation of words in French fables, Bible verses, and magazine articles. Although modern Latin is more of a written language than a spoken language, pupils of Mrs. A. C. Wisenbaker matched the efforts in oral exercises of Spanish students under Mrs. Darryl Bloodworth. Choral students, directed by Mrs. Earl Cunningham, spent many hours practicing the words of songs so that they could be understood by the audience. Learning to mispronounce” such words as again and heaven for the sake of rhyme, the singers perfected their intonation for chapel programs. “Do Ra Me Fa ..., sing Ann Weeks, Kay Stone, Debbie Rogers, Wanda O’Quinn, and Starr Runyan.