Wilkinsburg High School - Annual Yearbook (Wilkinsburg, PA)

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'qi Miss ELLA HOCKENBERRY Latin O O 0 7otez?n Every language is a temple in which those who speak it are enshrined. E sometimes wonder whether our parents are annoyed or not to hear their sweet children practicing on them with, Ich weiss nicht, or Donnezfmoi le sucre, s'il vous plait, and especially when Yo no comprendo, Senorita' is given as a reply when mother suggests that the dishes need to be washed. However, we are only trying by this method to gain a little practice in fluent foreign speech. For the student who wishes to learn the fundamenf tals of all language study a two, three, and four year course in Latin is offered. After the routine grammar he may study wars with great Caesar, speech with Cicero, and follow the Trojan Aeneas amid strange adventures and thrilling experiences. Ctzemz' of ,fanfudfef Miss Shuster, French . . . Miss Goff, French and Latin . . . Miss Hamilton, Latin . . . Miss Guckelberger, German . . . In a German class Miss Deemer, Spanish. x im! H1811

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Some projects by sophomores when they studied Silas Mariier . . . reading in the library . . . tracing the probable journey of Marco Polo . . . preparing for a youfdon'tfsay quiz in English . . . making an oral book report . . . finding the book that will take them lands away. at fwfiue onfue HE English department serves a feast Ht for any king. The table is adorned with the choicest flowers of the English tongue and to it are brought the finest foods that England and America have to offer. There is somethin to suit ever g Y taste: hearty dishes that make good red English blood, delicate morsels and tempting bits for more jaded appetites, and all spiced with many a witty phrase. The first course consists of a generous helping of Shakespeare. Following this ancient English dish come servings of Scott and Eliot. The clever and original garnishes bring much comment and serve to put everyone in a happy mood. With the next course comes another Shakesperean dish, one that should be familiar to everyones- julius Caesar. Then, too, there are tempting myth' salads known to the Greeks and seasoned with the oils and spices of Rome. As no dinner would be ll17lI O 0 O complete without some distinctly American dishes, we find many that delighted the early colonists and some prepared from recipes handed down from the great patriots Washington, Webster, and Lincoln. Others are as modern as our own time and for these we must thank Sandburg, Benet, Millay, and some of our newer friends. The concluding course brings to the festive board choice desserts made Rimous by the great chefs Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Addison. These always find favor no matter how frequently they are served, and provide a perfect finish to a splendid repast. We rise to the toast, 'iMay our mental shadows never grow less. As the feast progresses, everyone gets better acquainted, tongues are loosened, and even the most reserved forget themselves and delight us with their own clever stories and poems. So the hungry are satisfied.

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dllilldgf For those who especially like French the course offers three years study in grammar and in the various types of French literature. A short history of France, short stories, a novel, dialogues, and plays are read and enjoyed. For the lovers of the land of Heine there is offered a two year course. Following a general grammar study, are stories of German life which are read with interest. Then for the student who dreams of castles in Spain there is a two year Spanish course where he may learn the customs, the geography, and literature of old Spain. Although the vocabularies are pesky and the grammar sometimes a necessary bore, there is much satisfaction in being able to speak even a phrase or two in a foreign tongue. But there is joy and delight when we become acquainted with a foreign language and are led into a new world of thought and feeling. 732 fo fnjby Miss RENA RONEY French In a Latin class . . . Mademoiselles prefer French posters . . . Spanish students act as they read . . . Vergil students vtatch a blackboard demonstration of Aeneas' voyages. Thus action and interest in all the classes. il19l