Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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ln a nuclear age, when naTions are becoming more and more inTerdependenT, iT is necessary Tor Americans To become proTicienT in The use oT Toreign languages. Hughes is doing iTs parT in developing linguisTs Through iTs excellenT Foreign Language DeparTmenT, composed of Miss Gladys Busch, Mrs. Mary Howell, Mrs. Gwendolyn McCullough, Mrs. JanneT Murphy, and Mr. John Purcell. InsTrucTion in French and Spanish may begin in The sevenTh or eighTh grade Tor Those sTudenTs Tollowing a college preparaTory course. LaTin sTudenTs, under The leadership oT Miss Busch, be- come imbued wiTh knowledge oT an ancienT culTure and ac- quainTed wiTh The basis of many oT our English words. Un- der The guidance oT Mrs. Mary Howell, sTudenTs learn French culTures as well as The French language. ln Mrs. Murphy's German classes, sTudenTs gain an undersTanding oT The de- velopmenT of The Germanic naTion and learn To speak The language which was The naTive Tongue of many CincinnaTians' Torbears. Mr. John Purcell and Mrs. Gwendolyn McCullough acquainT Their sTudenTs wi+h The culTures of many Spanish- spealcing counTries, in addiTion To Teaching The language iTselT. Recordings play an imporTanT parT in many OT The lan- guage classes. Through The use of Them, sTudenTs hear The language spolcen by naTives oT The foreign counTries and Thereby learn The correcT pronunciaTions. Mr. Purcells classes. in addiTion, had The unique experience of Tape-re- cording Their own voices in Spanish and Then hearing The recordings Tor The purpose of correcTing errors. Hughes High School can be proud of iTs conTribuTion in language insTrucTion. Knowledge of Languages Helps World RelaTions ' '-1-,. ,ff ' 'Q 'iii' . , . 1 . ' if i 'Q I Cf .Qi I .- . 7 ... . ,Iii Q . 9 Q ' Souvenirs Trom Mexico add color To Mr. Purcell's Spanish classes. Ole! is x n ss- ' . x S, . n-:, Gladys Busch , I Mary S, Howell ' Gwendolyn McCullough JanneT S. Murphy John M. Purcell

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One oT The library's 600 TransacTions per day is Taking place, Books Link Modern Reader to Life, Past and Future Helen Mason MaTilcla PenningTon Again This year Miss MaTilda PenningTon, librarian, and Mrs. l-lelen Mason, assisTanT librarian, have Tried To build inTeresT around The sTudenTs' needs. They add enioyable and helpTul books To The library and give individual help wiTh reTerence problems. BuT whaT a iob iT would be To run The library eTTicienTly Trom 8:00 o'clock in The morning Till 4:00 o'clock in The aTTer- noon wiThouT The help oT The sTudenT library pages! The nine pages are paid Tor Their Time beTore and aTTer school, buT They give Their Time during The six sTudy periods. Their iobs noT only enTail puTTing away, checking ouT, and Tinding books, buT also wriTing overdue noTices and keeping back issues oT The magazines in order. A browsing Table , displaying inTeresTing and valuable books on special Themes, has been made available. AnoTher advanTage Tor l-Tughes sTudenTs To enioy is room 2l4, The annex To The library, which is used during classes Tor more inTormaTion on classroom work. In advance, The librarians place in This room many books dealing wiTh The Topic being sTudied. The Teacher may Then supervise The work done on The assigned research proiecT. Also, Tor sTudenTs sTudying a Toreign language as well as English, records have been made available. Some oT The annual displays arranged by The librarians are Tor Book Week, Careers Conference, NaTional PoeTry Day, and special holiday celebraTions.

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Mathematics Leads to Advancement in Today's World I wonder who invented this qadqetl ixuth A, Aiiutin I' nald W. Hamlin Gladys Kloalc Robert Kuenzler Ann Rasche Diane L, Van Driel Nora Walton Numbers, what an important part they play in our lives! Some sort ot math is always appearing in our daily experi- ences. I-lughes' Mathematics Department realizes the im- portance ot math and otters many splendid courses to teach the student the basic tundamentals and also more advanced concepts ot mathematics. The Mathematics Department introduces its courses in the junior high school where arithmetic courses are required ot all students in the seventh and eighth grades. ln the upper grades, students who plan a career in the business world atter high school, rather than college, might include in their schedules general mathematics, business mathematics, and consumer mathematics. The latter two courses are devoted to the study ot the uses ot mathematics as in insurance, taxation, and buying, trom the point ot view ot both busi- ness and consumer. For those students preparing tor col- lege, the Mathematics Department otters tirst year algebra, plane geometry, Math lll, which includes second year alge- bra and trigonometry, and Math IV, including trigonometry, solid geometry, and advanced algebra. I-lughes also otters an accelerated course in mathematics tor gualitied students. This course provides tor them the chance tor advanced place- ment in mathematics in college. This year, tor the tirst time, the accelerated classes in all the high schools are receiving instruction on television two days a weelc trom Dr. Gaylord Merriman, head ot the Mathematics Department at the Unis versity ot Cincinnati. Students talcing Math lll or Math IV are encouraged to ioin Math Club under the sponsorship ot Miss Austin and Miss Kloalc. The club's activities include speakers and stu- dent presentations on subiects concerning mathematics. The Mathematics Department at I-lughes is training its students so that they will be able to meet successtully any experiences with mathematics that they encounter during and atter the Sparlcling Sixties. Dorothy M. Beaver Edward J, Driver William G, Etzel Edward J. Farmer Fred F, Foegler Q ,Y ..., .S T1 3 A S H Clyde A. Hall