York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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and Language Is Counted an Intimate Friendp Practice n-akes perfect, Witn tris in mind, hrst- year Latin classes drill on nouns, eyercise on verbs and train on adjectives. t-loratius at the bridge, Spartacus and the gladiators, Androcles and the lion parade across the Pages of their beautifully- illustrated textbooks. Second year classes read much Roman history. At Christmas, classes sing carols in Latin and observe some of the customs of Saturnalis, the old Roman Christmas, Distinguisned books-for people with varied in- terests-are found in the York High School library. Among its 6500 volumes are books on cake decorat- ing, tanks and tank destroyers, plastics, college scholarships, early American furniture, salt, subways and sewer tunnels. For the language student there are dictionaries and novels in German, Latin, Spanish and French. Over 60 magazines and newspapers come to the library, lvlany are gifts from local businessmen and groups. Librarians are proud ot their National Geographics which are bound from T924 The library's fiction section is outstanding, and the refer- ence section is most comprehensive. Yl-lS has an ex- ceptional hlrn department. Throughout the year classes view Elms on the Olympic contests, modern marriage, notorious fungae and a variety of subjects Parlez vous Francais? Je non comprend pas. Records, conversation drill and reading help first- year French students better understand the language. The advanced class turns its attention to literature. lnvestigation shows French novels like Les Miserables, Colombo and La Tulipe Norie adorning the shelves of second year students' lockers. These bi-linguists be- come familiar with Dumas, Hugo, Merimee' and others, They also learn much about the French nation. MAGISTER LINGUORUM, TEACHER OF LANGUAGES -UPPER LEFTeMiss Mafy Lou Monlin, Erglisn, Latin BOOK DOCTOR-CENTER-Mrs. Eslner Maul, Librarian, Visual Education FRENCH CLASS DISC JOCKEY-RIGHT-Miss Zelda Wakelin, English, French 'l 3 .fl ,V

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rr-assaruloweaw, GREETING THE MORN WITH A SMILE RIGHT Vu 1rOl Ftsher E gl DEFINITION BOOK INSTRUCTION LEFT R I IV' JI ,- Wk Where Lrterature Is u Famrllar Acquarntcrnce The study ot ones mother tongue stould rnclude not only gramrrar but lrterature and speech as vvell It rs as essentral to speak a language vvell as rt rs tc vvrrte rt correctly The hallmark of an educated man rs lamrlrarrty vvrth tne lrterature ot hrs language Demosthenes practlced spealcrng vvrth hrs mouth lull ot pebbles YHS runror Speech studetts dont gc aulte that tar but ttey do practrce all the arts ol spealcrng tram pantomrme to vvelcorne sp ecl es and COME TO SOME CONCLUSION CLASS Mrss Lourse McNerney Englrsh 29 debate Parlramentary procedure and textbook study also occupy students A ten mrnute speech constrtutes the semester test Sophomores rn Englrsh Ill IV drvrde trrne between lrterature and grammar Sentence dragrammlng r en phasrzed Therr lrterature study combtnes poetry and short storres drama and novels Englrst atd Amerrcan authors Shakespeare rs Introduced througl Julrus Caesar George Elrot through Srlas Morner Students have good reason lor porntlng vvlth prrde to a credrt rn Englrsh V Here classes study Englrsh lrterature from all ages X-Xttentron rs pard to back ground hrstory and authors lvlemory work outsrde reference readrng and records ot Shakespeares Macbeth flavor classvvork Amerrcan lrterature rs surveyed rn Englrsh VI Co lonral drarrsts rnflamed revolutronrsts bards of the Irontrer and heralds ot the rndustrral age all have the-rr place Apart tram the regular text students read John Browns Body and The House of Seven Gables Eng rsh Vll IS an rntroductron to The Atlcntrc Monthly keeps classes temporary lrterature Unforgettable on vocabulary Students learn and practrce dttterent torms of composrtron Tnrs year French Russtan and Orrental lrterature were studred In Englrsh VIII studres ol The Atlantrc Monthly and vvorld lrterature arc contrnued However ntucr trme rs devoted to grammar and composltron Outstand rng regurrement ot tltrs class rs the senror tteme Journalrsm students nrold creatrve vvrrtrng over the rratrrx of lournalrstrc rules Begrnnrng lou 'alrsts study current nevvswrrtrng from a text IIT Then senrester ol vvorlc The advanced class comprrses tle paper and yearbook statts vvorld lrterature abreast ot con stress rs placed Vwlwzvlk f I ' - -sae Kle' I, Enilsh f t :- -U 5 . , 8.1 . YA I I L. . It - r 'ss l Cc' ' r ', n l'sh av Yrs . 0 0 0 0 , I 1 - I A X if . g J g I - . . . . U , . . 5 . . , , , r . . D N . . l . C , , . H ,,- . . - I - - E , . . I . P I '- 4 . I I J - r I . . , . 4 , . . , s ' ' ,. r In . , ,

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