William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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A- - - u,viL-M ,,,L.-.,,.- rm' . FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF a play is made possible by the explanation of the principles of the thea DISCUSSION GROUPS PLAY an important part in the class work of Mrs. Ethel Zinn's AP English class. D- ' TEAM TEACHING ALLOWS FoR KNOCKING KNEES AND shaking hands are usually the sign of a sophomore giving his first speech, but David Hueftle proves this assumption false. Allowing each teacher to specialize in one field of interest, the English Department, whose chairman is Mrs. Ethel Zinn, has introduced the advancement of team teaching. Throughout the year classes met together to be given an interesting tour of the side-lights of litera- ture, history, and linguistics. With an emphasis on the classical Greeks, Mrs. Ethel Zinn's Advanced Placement English class dis- covered the philosophy of man in relationship to themselves. Authors from Sophocles to O,Neill provided the class, which is equivalent to a college freshman Eng- lish course, with a basic knowledge of the values of a work of art. Shaking hands and knocking knees are the sign of a sophomore beginning his first speech for either Miss Judith Harris, head of the Speech Department, or Mr. John Kistler. Yet in just three short years the senior, with a complete knowledge of the subject, must give a twelve to twenty minute senior speech. Combined with American history, the senior speech must be given in order to graduate. Before this though, the sophomore and junior must give impromptu speeches and speeches to explain and to demonstrate.

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FILMS BRING FOREIGN PLACES TO MITCHELL Social science, languages, and the humanities courses come alive for Mitchell students by means of films, records, and tape recordings. Under the supervision of Mr. Frederick W. South- ern, the Audio-Visual Department provides necessary equipment for an increased understanding of subjects through sight and sound. Students are responsible for the operation and care of all equipment in the Audio-Visual Department and throughout the school. Various equipment, such as the overhead pro- jectors, have become an essential part of teaching in- struction. ln conjunction with the A.V. Department is the Photography Department. Also headed by Mr. South- ern, the photographers are used by many student or- ganizations and publications to capture memorable events of the year. Future photographers are taught how a camera works from the production of the film in the factor- ies, to the developing of the proofs, to the enlarging and final printing of the pictures in the photography class. CHUCKLING OVER THE damage they do to yearbook pictures, Pat Kelly and Larry Watson enlarge a proof.

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-E A-W it C mm - .fs .J 'iv 1 TEACHER SPECIALIZATION BUILT BY PETER Duncan, Carlotta Frank, and Bill Greenhalgh, the reproduction of the Globe Theater will be used by Mitchell as an aid in explaining the plays of Shakespeare. THE KNOWLEDGE OF a job Well done will be Karen Furda's when she finishes her senior speech on the history of Cripple Creek. fr wb-uv-M.. ...