Lenoir High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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w m Conversacion es importante en Espanol. foreign language Si, no. Si, Spanish is a language often heard echoing through the halls of Lenoir High as students recite verb conjugations. No, it is not always in the most perfect form. Struggling estudiantes take heart when they are rewarded for a job well done with magnifico! Mr. Lorenzo and Miss Locke teach classes of first through fourth-year students. Those students who toured Mexico this past summer gained more knowledge by hearing the natives speak. For this school year Mrs. McGowan has only one Latin class, a course of third year Latin. On the agenda of actvi- ties scheduled are translating Cicero ' s orations, selections of Ovid, and mythology passages, as well as Latin poetry. At midterm students hand in a booklet of examples of figures of speech collected from the world ' s literature and oratory. Students find it easy to do as the Romans do in Mrs McGowan ' s Latin class. Estudiantes trabajan mucho en escribir. 24

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english Essays, descriptions, and argumentations are all part of English IV. Basic writing skills are utilized by Junior English students in com¬ posing original short stories. ksaji mw , j IPO ' Miss Sandra Black teaches English and History and serves as ad¬ visor for the Bearcat Editorial Staff Mr Clifford R. Huffman teaches English IV. Mrs. Pauline M. Laney teaches English II and IV and serves as advisor for the Marshals. Mrs. Claudine C. Silver teaches English II and serves as advisor for the Bearcat Bards.

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math Students are confronted with an entirely new kind of math by the time they start into Algebra I, which is followed by the axioms, theorems, and postulates that make up geometry. From there they move on to a complex study of Algebra I, better known as Algebra II. The more gifted” student is then challenged by advanced math, which is a combination of modern algebra and trigonometry with complicated equations and functions of angles. Mr Burns z + x students = Algebra I The Pythagorean Theorem requires concentration. The fundamentals of modern math are carved into the brains and desks at Lenoir High. Mr Philip Burns teaches Alge¬ bra I, Algebra II. Advanced Math, serves as Office Dean, and coaches football, basket¬ ball, and baseball. Mrs. Ruth P. Smith teaches Geometry and Math II and serves as advisor to the cheer¬ leaders. Mr. Thomas Bentley teaches Biology, Math II and Algebra I.