Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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STudenTs learn drama and reporTing CreoTing TeGTUTe stories, writing copy, and planning layouTs are c: few of The obiIITies which Journalism I sTudenTs acquire CIT WalnuT Hills. As They Team To wriTe eye-ceTching headlines cmd place pTcTures OrTisTichlly, sTudehTs begin To COmprehend The wonders and inTrIF codes of The newspaper world. The highlighT of The year is The Trip Through one of CincianTiIS newspapers. The second-yeor journalism course has no class meeT- ings, buT iTs sTudenTs erTe for school publicaTions and Their efTorTs are graded by The insTrucTor. Speech courses, meeTihg Twice 0 week, cover such varied fields 05 enuncioTion, poise, deboTing, c:cTing, and use of The microphone. In oddiTion, our unique Tive-period Special speech course, open To qualified iuniors and seniors, Takes up The hTsTory of dromcL chorocTerizaTion, and The sToge orTs. -4??? ABOVE, ROW 1: Mrs. Katherine Loppcl, English; Miss Vivian Ross, English; Dr. Ed- win H. Souer, English; Miss Mabel Schwei- kerT, English; Miss Mary Louise Schroth, Journalism, PublicuTions. ROW 2: Mr. Wayne L. Gregory, Speech; Miss MorTho Keegon, Speech. BELOW: Gloria Cohen learns The art of applying muke-up as c: parT of her special speech course. 17

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a ABOVE, ROW 1: Miss Jane Acomb, Eng- lish; Miss Esther Cahiii, English; Dr. James F. Dunlap, English; Mr. Alexander M. Gle- sen, English; Miss Wilma Hu'rchison, Eng- lish. ROW 2: Mr. Harold E. lnskeep, Eng- lish. BELOW: Dr. Sewer and Steve Piker discuss one of STEVEIS Honors English com- posiTions. basis for educaTion MosTery of The English language is The ToundclTion Upon which 0 sTrong educeTion is built. The English deportmenT CIT WoanT Hills, wiTh This in mind, has been very ocTive This year in giving sTudenTs c1 well-rounded picTure of The iiTeroTure :1er value of The English ion- guoge. In oddiTion To The regular meTerioi in grammar and liTeroTure, English sTudenTs This year were given The OpporTuniTy TO keep abreosT 0T evenTs in The IiTerCiry world. STudenTs anended RoberT FrosTTs lecfures 0nd visiTed The Cox TheoTer To see G. B. Showrs ST. Joan. The English deporfmenT was also insTrumenTel in 0b Toining The film version of King Richard II for on upper school assembly. For seniors capable of advanced work in English, on honors course was infTioTed. The course was largely devoTed To The encouragemenT of com- prehensive reading and wriTing. 16

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Classics are key To many Tongues ABOVE: Latin Week proiects give Caroline Muster and Ann Fry 0 giimpse info The lives of The ancienT ROmans. BELOW: Mrs. Madge W. GalbreaTh, Latin; Miss Rosemary Hope, Lcnin; Mr. Joseph E. Knub, LaTin, Social STUdies; Miss Helen PelTon, Latin; Mrs. Laura Jane Renfrow, Latin. By The end of Their six-yeor LaTin course, WolnuT Hills LoTin sTudenTs have read The inTeresTing accounTs of Caesar's Gallic Wars, The colorful chorocier skeTches of Cornelius Nepos, and The mosTerful rheToric of Cic- ero. Our unique and beneficial LoTin course also offers The Timeless poems of Ovid and Virgil. Over The ThirTy- five years That Walnut Hills has offered This extended course, many changes have been made, boTh in The curriculum and in The manner of Teaching. This year was no excepTion; c: LoTin honors course was inTro- duced, enabling advanced pupils To obToin 0 college crediT upon passing an examination 0T The end of The second semester. The sTUdy of This cmcienT Tongue n01 only gives us on excellenT cuiTurol 0nd hisToricol back- ground, buT oiso provides us wiTh The key To The mod- ern Romance languages. 18