Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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ENGLISH No student leaves school without lingering awhile in one of the divisions of Yorktown High School's English department. Here are taught the fundamentals of our language and the appreciation of good literature under the guidance of Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Hee-ter, and Mr. Pursley. Two elective subjects of our English department are jour- nalism and public speaking. The value of public speaking is in teaching our students how to speak our language clearly, pleasantly, and effectively, The journalism class writes our school paper and exchanges newspapers with high schools all over the United States. These and city dailies are read with an eye toward comparison, evaluation, and content. ' SOCIAL STUDIES ln these classes boys and girls develop a feeling of civic responsibility as they strive to become good citizens of America. Through panel and group discussions history of the past and present is blended to attain the utmost understanding of our times. Included in the department are American history, ancient history and civics. Mrs. Kimmel and Mrs, Dunn are the social studies teachers. a

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1 il w lbepartmen M The nucleus.-of tomorrow's citizenship is today's learning. Let us look into the various departments of learning and see our students hard at work. Many of these departments are nominal and students may choose those subjects which they like or those which will help the most in later life. At the beginning of the sopho- more year each student is launched on a choice of business education, college preparatory, or vocational curriculum. After a student's decision on a curriculum he is guided to take certain subjects of most benefit in his particular held. Some of the department shots are informal, because more can be accomplished in some types of work through an informal atmosphere. These include the journalism, commer- cial, home economics, shop, music, and physical education departments. Other departments such as social studies, mathematics, Latin, and English must function with more dignity. All in all the students of Yorktown High School, with pleasure as well as Work, accomplish a great deal. 5 t LATIN A knowledge of Latin aids us in out study of English and other languages. Not only are we benefited in the understanding of our own language, but Latin also is of great value in the study of many professional fields such as medicine and teaching. The Latin classes, with Mrs. Kimmel as teacher, have been outstanding in the past several years in contest participation. Each year the district contest has been won by one of Mrs. Kimmel's students, with Yorktown at one time placing second in the state.

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