Western High School - Westerner Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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. Q. . 4 ' .-'Vg . lin Qi .1 QL. VX -L. , K., v I 'Q' Mrs. Clara Duncan Mrs. Marie l'rim:ls Ciccru's Ornxions. . 5 gf ' J' J I' Miss Cannell .lndujar Rcpondez Ln lxnncms sul ions plaid is xi wull known express- ion in French clwss L:uin students enjoy reading Miss ll:-:ly discusses problems in jnurnnlism with her dass. l-Zscriba cn lispauol cn la pill zurm, pow l'1n'nr. Miss Andujar instructs her students.

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UNDERSTANDING INDUCES FRIENDSHIP A t , an .L f' A, Q 'ff t V 'i A A I Mis. Agnes Beckwith What student of Western will forget his first exposure to Caesar, d'Artagnan, Pahlito or Mac- beth? These famous characters are met and stutlied in WVestern's language department. We find color and excitement in stories in our French, Spanish, Latin, and English courses, and we become involved in unraveling the com- plexities ol grammar. Understanding sentence structure in English, remembering where to place accent marks in Spanish, learning the many cases and tenses in Latin, and conquering the conjugations in French, are all part of the process of mastering grammar. What exactly is at language? It is the way in which a man expresses his thoughts and emcr tions. Words are necessary to our life, for with- out them we coultl not hope to understand the ideas others try to convey. ln the study of lang- uage we are in contact with the wisdom of many ages and races of men. Miss Myrtle Bray Miss Margaret Dorsey Miss Maria Neuflcr Miss Elizabeth L, Shields Douglas Barclay, Margery MacLeod, Kirke Bent, and Becky Root pore over the results of their tenn papers. -1 Mt-I A' if

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We wcnt down to the courts today, anti it was really interesting. The trip to thc Disl trict Court, coupled with an intriguing as- sembly on jury trials, highlighted the courses in government and law. For the first time in their lives many of NVcstern's young people saw the 'dry facts, which they had studied. translorined into living drama. While this was going on in the senior clas- ses, many more students were occupied in other branches of the school's social studies department. in the sociology classes the worlds major religions were reviewed. The pupils also examined the desires and motiva- tions of themselves and of others. Many underclassmen were seeing the events of our era through new eyes as they saw these happenings anticipated or paralleled in the early days of our country. These students in the United States history classes were build- ing up the fund oi information about Amer- ica which is vital in the political conflicts oi today. Many other students avail themselves of the driver training course to learn sportsmanlike driving. What do you think makes a good citizen? is asked ol the government class. Mr. Patterino teaches civ- ic dttty through driver training. Mrs. Mary B. Bish Mrs. Cecelia Jewell Mr. Charles Pattcrinu Jill ff Jfff 1 . fluff f