Chattanooga High School - Dynamo Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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TOP: Proving theory by experimentation and gaining knowledge by doing so, are Becky Pike, Charlotte Colbum, Charles Grider and Charles Flowers. BOTTOM: While taking a timed speed test, each mem- ber of the typing class concentrates intently. Brightening the chapel programs, playing at dances, presenting the Pre-Vues and working on Stunt Nite are just a few of the jobs the Swing Band does. Page 22 Broad Corriculum Meets the library shows films at the rate of about two hundred a week and has film strips and tape recorders. Home economics has as its purpose the training for home and family living. It provides curricula for stu- dents interested in homemaking and specialized fields. Included in the program are courses in food preparation and selection, clothing care and selection, family relations and child care. Chattanooga High School is one of the few secondary schools in the South that offers practical experience for students by laboratory work in the nursery school. Practical knowledge is taught in the industrial arts department. The curriclum includes courses in auto mechanics, woodworking, mechanical drawing, tech- nical drawing and home mechanics. Because of increased production of cars and the ever increasing rise in the highway death toll, the need for better educated drivers was shown. CHS met this need by offering a course in drivers, education. Keeping in tune with as perfect rhythm as a pendulum is the music department at City. CHS has been honored many times by the consistent high ratings of the march- ing band. Our choir and orchestra have also Won acclaim. Without the Swing Band, Stunt Nite, Pre-Vues and count- less programs could not have been a success. Other courses the department offers are general music, Girls, Clee Club and junior Choir. Teaching culture and appreciation of the arts is the job of the art department. Creative design, life drawing and composition, pottery, and arts and crafts are courses offered. This department has rendered service by paint- ing murals to liven up the decor of the school. The art service club in co-ordination with the art department has made posters, the scenery for Stunt Nite and the Easter program, to mention only a few of its activities. To keep things ticking away in good working order, physical education is offered. One unit in health edu- cation is required for graduation. The firls, h sical education de artment offers a E P , regular program plus some unusual courses such as modern dance, archery, and swimming. A division of this department is the Dynamettes, the girls, drill squad, which begins practice a month before and continues through the first semester. Many foot- ball games have been enlivened by marching ability of these lassies. The boys physical education department offers a Well- rounded program including basketball, football, wrestling and softball. ROTC is offered to sophomore, junior and commiss- ioned senior boys. n 7, Y Y.. 7, ,, Y. Y , N

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Having fun as well as building sound bodies, ion floorl Kathy Morris, Pat Norris, Carol Smith, jennifer Morris. tStandingJ Marie Allison, Linda May and Iill Street execute a formation as Carol Welch supervises. Are Encouraged Chattanooga High School is one of the few secondary schools in the state to offer sociology and psychology. The twelve hours of social work required by the courses, give the student insight and practical application in deal- ing with people, Other courses included in the social studies department are economics, ancient history, economic geography, physical geography and Bible. To be as efficient as clockwork is the goal of the student in the business education department. Aided by a network of commercial courses, including typewriting, shorthand, bookkeeping, general business, clerical prac- tice, secretarial practice, consumer education, business arithmetic, salesmanship, business law and distributive education, students receive instructions for tomorrowis business world. The value of these courses is witnessed by the number of students who upon graduation are able to find commercial jobs. As the hourglass never ceases to shift its sands, the language department continues to serve CHS, producing students that are a credit to it. English, a three year required course, shows its ex- cellence by the number of students who upon entering college find themselves in advanced English courses. In addition to the grammar, literature, and composition of the English classes are courses in public speaking and dramatics. In preparing the student for college, CHS offers a fine foreign language department in which Latin, French, Spanish, and Russian are offered. Russian was offered this year for the first time, making CHS unique among Southern schools. Chattanooga High School has an excellent library which is well equipped with books and reference materials for classroom enrichment, for research work and for leisure reading. To supplement the classwork Cooperation between members of the home economics group, Delores Howard, Kay Sissom, Carolyn Sear disprove the adage that too many cooks spoil the broth . Proving that Latin lives today in language, and in architecture, Kenneth Pettyjohn shows Mary Albright a model of Roman Archi- tecture. Lrnua hnocien and Elaine Posey give each other the ink blot test in order to gain insight to their psychological make-up. Page 21

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Varied Need of Students In addition to the regular curriculum, CHS offers courses such as d r i v i n g . R u s s i a n , child care, psychology and socialogy. In the belief that faster students should 11ot be held back, and slower students should not be pushed beyond their abilities, CHS classes are planned to suit the individual. For many years English, mathematics and science have had enriched classes. Keeping up a fast pace, the comprehensive mathematics class concentrates on the test. TOP: Brad Smith, Keith Pearson are draw- ing sectional views of automatic piston while Bobby Hill talks to Mr. McCullough. BOTTOM: Mrs. Eldridge teaches Carmen Alvarez, from Lima, Peru, more about English. L Page 23