Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

Phil Green idly wonder if ~1. Bertin will ever ki s Odette. fiss France Burton helpfully points out the tricks of French 'erb conjugation . 1 -1 "Honestly, Mr. Ha an, it was only a small error in tense ," c1aims Arturo Conzal . Conjugations and "J u t bigger and better! ' exclaimed Mme. . Troller, . chairman of the Foreign Language Department, concerning this year's curriculum. Whitman tudents chose from four language : Latin, German, French, and Spanish. Latin cholars refought the Punic War and cro ed the Rubicon with Cae ar a they developed their knowledge of entence tructure and word origin. Goethe and Borchert were emphasized in German III, a newcomer to Whitman's curriculum. Expanded u e of audio-vi ual aid enabled teachers to furnish Whitman tudent with a well-defined impre ion of the country who e modern language they were studying. As they drilled on grammar and pronunciation idiomatic truc– tures and colloquiali m , foreign language cholars explored history, literature, mu ic, and ways of life. MR. NORWOOD P. BEVERIDGE Latin J, IJ, 11I, IV Ml FRANCI P. BURTON French II, III; Coin Club; French Club