Ahoskie High School - Chief Yearbook (Ahoskie, NC)

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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.

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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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Cibrarn Next to knowledge is knowing where to find facts which are needed. With a collection of about 3, 000 volumes, a subscription list of 20 periodicals, the best encyclopedias and other reference books, and a full¬ time qualified Librarian, our library was one of the first departments in our school to meet the require¬ ments of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools. No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure as lasting. - Montague MRS. J. P. FREEMAN Home Economics i | MISS POLLY TAYLOE Librarian Home Economics Homemaking education is centered on home ac¬ tivities and relationships which enable the individ¬ ual to assume the responsibilities of homemaking. From instruction in this field, pupils are helped to understand that the home can provide an atmosphere in which an individual may develop a feeling of adequacy, thus enabling him to cope with the prob¬ lems of everyday living and grow increasingly inde¬ pendent in solving these problems to the satisfaction of himself as well as others. MR. ROBERT BROWN Band Director Music Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Although the spirit be not master of that which it creates through music, yet it is blessed in this creation, which, like every creation of art, is mightier than the artist.