Ahoskie High School - Chief Yearbook (Ahoskie, NC)

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Commercial Business Education courses are no longer taught solely to train for a vocation, but for their personal use values as well. However, many A.H.S. grad¬ uates without further business training have success¬ fully held jobs as bookkeepers, secretaries and typ¬ ists. This year the Business Education department includes courses in beginning and advanced typing and bookkeeping. MR. JULIAN FREEMAN Math, Geometry MRS. BILL TAYLOR Typing, Bookkeeping MRS. HAROLD SESSOMS Mathematics Algebra As teachers of mathematics our aims are to create and sustain interest in mathematics among the students of our school. We seek to broaden and deep¬ en basic mathematical concepts and to give the child the ability to perform the fundamental algebraic op¬ erations correctly in simplifying or solving equations.

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Science In the modern high school of today, a good science course must serve the needs of two important groups of pupils: those who will continue their edu¬ cation and those who will not. In Ahoskie High School, we are attempting to train and teach the children the steps of a scientific method; a willing¬ ness to change an opinion if evidence shows it to be wrong; and a belief that TRUTH itself never changes, but that our ideas of what is truth are certain to change in many respects as our scientific knowledge becomes more exact and more complete. MR. J. W. YOUNG Physical Education General Science MR. T. R. GARRETT Biology, Math MR. CARROLL DANIELS Chemistry, Physics Physical Education, Math Physical Education We believe that athletics and physical education provide a wholesome medium for the development of courage, a sense of moral values, cooperation, loyalty, and perseverance. Therefore it behooves all of us to become interested in this or any program that provides such training. In these days of strong competition and high-tension living it is well to ponder General MacArthur ' s words when he said, On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that someday will reap a harvest for Victory” - Victory for our own lives and victory for our nation.

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MRS DEANES BRETT Government, Geography MRS. HARRY SAMS History Social Studies History is a living and vital subject which records the successes and failures of man in his march through time. We attempt to recognize the needs of a changing world with the hope that children may be made more keenly aware of the fact that man is no longer an island unto himself but that the shores of his concern have greatly expanded. Our aims: to teach the facts as they are presented and to hope that through this knowledge, both of the past and present, we will build citizens whose understanding will grant them the privilege of being well-informed, tolerant, and responsible Americans of the future. MR. LANSING PEACOCK Agriculture Agriculture The aims of vocational agriculture are to develop the potential skills of the individual having a farm background and those who profess a keen inter¬ est in allied agriculture oc¬ cupations. Since about 4CPjo of our total work force is em¬ ployed in jobs directly or indi¬ rectly related to agriculture, we cover some of the large areas systematically. Since no one has devised a way of identifying people who will go into an occupation, it is bet¬ ter to try to give the individual something fundamental that he can use in helping him make future decisions. This we strive to do in vocational agriculture training.