West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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In Dramatics, Speech, And Language Skills Janet Pickett shows a newspaper from the time of Silas Marner. It is no news to Tom Butz that until is a conjunction. The students' accumulation of knowledge of communication is the goal of our English depart- ment. Freshman English, the start of a four year requirement, was taught by Miss Sandra Johnson and Mr. Richard Trent. Students were taught the fundamentals of English the first semester. Great Expectations and Shakespeare were studied in the second semester course. Concentration was placed on themes during the sophomore and junior years by Mrs. Carolyn McClintock, Mrs. Elizabeth Leer, and Mr. Richard Trent. Mrs. Leer organized a new course teach- ing Plato as well as other philosophers to an ac- celerated group this year. Miss Ruth Sinks taught senior English lit- erature and composition. The seniors read all the way from Beowulf to modern English literature the first semester. More advanced forms of Eng- lish composition were presented the second se- mester. Although four years of English are required, students may also earn credit in journalism, speech, and dramatics. Mrs. Carolyn McClintock taught journalism, a favorite for those who like to write. Mrs. Mary Helen Kahn, the speech teacher, stressed research, organization, and out- lining as well as building the student's confidence. The importance of proper English is agreed upon by Miss Ruth Sinks, Miss Sandra Johnson. Mrs. Carolyn McClintock, Mr Rich ard Trent, Mrs. Elizabeth Leer, and Mrs. Mary Helen Kahn. 15-

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The English Department Stimulates Interest Stella Lam demonstrates chopsticks, a familiar object to her, That certainly is a good cutline, remarks a student in jour- as diversified knowledge is helpful in speech class. nalism class. Freshman English students quickly learn that the spoken word is just as important as the written word. -14-

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Five Years Gf Math Offered, Giving Pupils The Math Department--Mrs. Katheran Brady, Mrs. Marian Paradiso, Mr. Donald Fites, Mr. John DeYoung, and Mr. Ken- neth Tatlock. George Revington bisects an angle for the benefit of his plane geometry class. Wrong sign, again, and another math stu- dent starts to solve his problem for the fourth time in one day. West Lafayette added another math teacher, Mrs. Marian Paradiso, to the department this year. Mrs. Paradiso instructed two freshman al- gebra classes in addition to an experimental ad- vanced algebra class. Also teaching freshman al- gebra was Mr. John DeYoung. An experimental geometry course was directed by Mr. DeYoung. Mr. Kenneth Tatlock is continuing his job as pilot of the plane geometry course, and is teach- ing advanced algebra for the first time here at West Side. Mrs. Katheran Brady instructs geo- metry classes which cover the material in three semesters. Mr. Donald Fites completes the math de- partment by teaching three advanced algebra courses as well as the two senior courses, Founda- tions of Advanced Mathematics and Fundamen- tals of Freshman Mathematics. With this staff of five teachers, a student at West Lafayette has many opportunities to tailor his education in order to specialize in any one of the mathematical fields. Freshman algebra students plot graphs on pegboards to reach a better understanding of equations. -15-