William E Tolman High School - Redjacket Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

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ENGLISH For a democracy to function efficiently, effectual communication must be estab- lished among the members of that society. The problems of personal communication have increased rapidly with the intensified complexity of the modern world. To pre- pare us to meet this challenge, our English faculty have created a common background based on formal usage of English; yet in the course of fashioning this shared knowl- edge, our teachers have encouraged indi- vidual response and experience. In our three years at Tolman, we have been comforted with the discipline of pre- cision of expression so vital to the efficiency of communication. If those seemingly end- less exercises in grammar, spelling, and vocabularly appeared meaningless triviali- ties, perhaps now the results may be appre- ciated as furthering accuracy in our lan- guage. Through our study of literature, works which appealed to both intellect and emotion, we have been guided to a height- ened understanding of ourselves and our fellow men. We consider ourselves fortunate to have studied with the dedicated members of the English faculty, led by Mr. John Hunt, who have enabled us to reason and communi- cate more clearly. Paradoxical as it may seem . . . Look at the man dangling by one arm from the Armory window. So that's where I’m scheduled to be period 5.

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LANGUAGE Language is the basis of most knowledge, and through the continual efforts of the head of our Language Department, Mr. Thomas Tierney and our teachers, we are able to command Latin, French, Spanish, or German. By using our fully-equipped modern language laboratory, we are able to acquire a larger vocabulary of the “living language” of our choice. in W This is your French lesson for today. We had 44% fewer cavities.