Westside High School - Shield Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Top Row: VAN AMBURGH, EVERINE, MRS., A.B., English 10, VREELAND, PHILLIP, B.A., M.A., Compositiong Second Raw: WINDELS, VIRGIL, B.A., English l0, 115 WOODBURY, MARILYN, MRS., B.S., English Literature. Seminar Culminates The Program The English Department uses the '4Nebraska Curriculum for English as a foundation for the high school's program. This curriculum was written by Nebraska teachers, including four from the Westside staff. The literature of the sophomore year is concerned with the way man tends to conceive himself, the world about him, society, and also moral law. Language study and composition assignments grow out of the literature read. This year the senior and junior classes made use of modular scheduling for the first time. This was done within the frame of the regular schedule. Students participated in large-group lectures, class discussions, small-group discussions, and inde- pendent library research. In the junior year, students study one semester of English literature and one of American literature. Entire works such as Huckleberry Finn, The Faerie Queene, and Macbeth are read. Composition and modern literature culminate the high school program in the senior year. World literature is offered to those who qualify academically and show an interest in the study. A seminar in composition is offered for one semester to a select, competent group of about ten to twelve seniors. Mr. John Elswick contemplates the wording of a paragraph in one of his stu- dent's American Literature compositions. K . Q 1 , X, lit Only three more minutes Gayle Tweeton, says timekeeper Pete Whitted, and you better be finished with your speech!

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Modular Schedules Pave The Way Tap Row: KOLTERMAN, DONALD, B.S., English 10g LIMBAUGH ELAINE, MRS,, B.A., American Literatureg PAGE, CAROL, MISS, B.A., journalism 1, SHIELD, LANCE, sponsorg Second Row: PATZ, HAZEL, MRS., A.B., M.A,, English 10, sophomore sponsorg PALLESEN, PETER, B.S., English Literaturcg ROGERS, LORRAINE, MRS., B.A., M,A., Modern Literature. l i It's that way men, go get the rascals! commands Linda Gilmore to fellow drama class enthusiasts. Diane Brock, Chris Burgett, Peggy Wright and Betty Bauman intensely listen to an interpretation a panel member is presenting. ,,,fg:gt1.e llsss ev l -nn . ...

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Students Receive Credit For Eur0,19e,' f N ' 1 . ' iff v K A ' xx., A Miss Judith Schell turns on the television set to have her class watch an ETV 1 - -. ' fi presentation on Nebraska history. K 1 it Z Top Raw: ANDREAS, PAUL, A.B., M.A., Th.B,, Russian History, World History, BEST, RAYMOND, B.A., American History, DUNN, CLARA, MRS., M.E., Dean of Girls, Acting Head of the Department, Sociology, Second Row: HUSTON, RONALD, B.S., World History, JACOB, RO- GER, B.S., M.A,, Advanced American History, American History, JOICE, CHARLES, B.S., American Government, American History, MCCOR- MICK, WILLIAM, B.A., M.A., World History, Sociology. Brian Fanckboner points to a place where the British were defeated and reminds his class of their American heritage. 28