Wilson High School - Troyan Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES Listening lab offers aid The foreign language department, headed by lVlr. Lyle Tucker, continued their extensive variety of languages. Be- sides French, German, and Spanish, Wil- son offered students an opportunity to study the more unusual languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and Russian. In the beginning class students learned the basics: how to speak and write the foreign language. Advanced students stud- ied the finer points of the language, such as grammar and the precise pronuncia- tion. The listening lab provided students an area to listen to the correct pronuncia- tion of the words, in their particular language. By listening to tapes, records, music, and drills students increased their knowledge of the language. E5 . ,.,s, ,y , I .1-:.T' 5 .sara 5 Q i P' Mrs Lillian Viken helps student with Latin assignment. Not Shi SHY OO. demonstrates MF- Lvle TUCKEV

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5 anna:-uni- -'N SOCIAL STUDIES Current events helpful to studies Since it was an election year, the social studies department took full advantage of it. Speakers running for office spoke at Wilson stating their views. A new freshman program and a new four-year program were developed bas- ing importance on the impact of events in Portland. The Youth Legislature program, spon- sored by the YMCA, convened for its 26th year in Salem. A large number of Wilson students were among the 250 students from all over Oregon who en- gaged in a mock legislature. lVlr George Jones records student's grade. Students are engrossed in their assignment.

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3 A . Kendall Auel explores variety of language tapes