Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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wisest of men-poets and prose-men, past and present--is a 1 and pleasure. Literature covers all reaches and ranges of life, touchi heavens above, the earth beneath, and the waters under th Carlyle: All that Mankind has done, gained or been, it is l tion in the pages of booksf' Thus literature consists of a wid types, each different from the others and offering separate p treatment. There is first the two-fold division into poetry and p worlds, comprehending respectively, narrative, lyric, and dr hand, and the novel, the short story, the formal and informal prose drama on the other. So utterly unlike are these that th e n e earth. In the words of Y C 1' to the same field of art. Yet all of them and many more ar in thousands of classrooms. Merely to read them intelligently O tal and emotional sympathy and a formidable background The writer creates, and, as best he can, the reader re-c own heart and life the beauty and intensity of his conception Thus, it can be said that literature is not an end in its towards an end. This goal is not constant, it changes with turity and is different for every individual. To attain it is rience. Someone complained to the Master, 'After many 21 iaily miracle of privilege g upon everything in the ing as in magic preserva- variety of types and sub- roblems of approach and ose, two separate literary matic poetry on the one ssay, the speech, and the y hardly seem to belong being taught every year ' requires generous men- f knowledge. ' feates after him from his J. lf but definitely a means rowing intellectual ma- satisfying expe- I do not fully under- if-L M-.A Ir. High English, Mrs. Iva Eyrich l 15

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Miss U. I. Stack, Librarian The foundation of a library should be adequate to the needs of every pupil at the present time. It is an absolute necessity to those who keep fully abreast of literary work. For this reason there is joint co-operation between the school and town libraries in order more fully to complement the material for the students. A group of girls, constantly busy in study halls and after school getting ex- perience in library routine, is the Librarian Club, under supervision of Miss Stack, who is in charge of the Library. This club includes Theodora Remington, Ioan Kline, Ianice Trupp, Nancy Dunkelberger, Ioan Atkinson, Ioyce Smith, Iudy Cassel, Ann Iensen, Ann Fergusen, Nancy Levengood, Amy Lowett, Mary Harkness, Molly Sohns, Marie Reich, and Ellen Iepsen. gnggoh gonfrigufed fo gixlareadion A'To teach English in a community like ours is to be dealing every day with the main instrument of civilized living. It is as a medium of expression that English is of supreme importance. The ability to put the best words in the best order, with tongue or pen, is man's greatest in- vention and the most powerful force of the modern world. It is as literature that English is most fascinating. By means of the printed page to be able to share the happiest, best, and wisest moments of the happiest, best, and 14

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Senior English, Mr. R. T. Milford stand your doctrinef In response the Master pointed to the tide in the mouth of the river, and asked, 'How wide is the sea in this place?' That the best way to study it is to apply it is the foundation principle of gram- mar. Learning to speak and to write entirely by ear is similar to playing the piano by ear, at best a superficial method. A person so trained never knows whether his sen- tences are well or badly constructed. One who understands functional grammar is sentence sure. The English course provides for a review of instrumental grammar pre- viously taught and for advanced work. Exercises are provided which require pupils -to speak and write correct, effective sentences of their own in oral and written composi- tions which remain definite assignments in junior and senior high school. The department of English has enough texts to provide each student with a grammar and literature book. This permits a better correlation between the two divi- sions. or-eign anguagw gxpreadion If any plan for lasting peace is to succeed in the post war world it is necessary for the people of one country to understand truly the people of another. There will be a necessity for comprehension not only of the language itself but also of the customs, 16