Lenoir High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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To instruct his students is first and foremost in Mr Hiatt ' s mind A pupil in World Geography class is glad if he keeps up with the news. Miss Angley encourages her students to develop and express personal stands on various policies of our country. No one escapes this course empty of some valid opinions. Courtship and marriage, political controversies, morals ... do these sound like American problems? In Mr. Hiatt ' s American Problems class everything from the Constitution to Spiro Agnew and Divorce Court is studied in depth. A student busily cramming into his memory dates of revolutions in Europe, turning-point battles, or the names of a king and his uncle on his mother ' s side of the family, is sure to be taking World History. Mr. Og- burn ' s course involves an unlimited world of discovery, and from it can be gained an understanding of the whys which motivated great men and movements. How could anyone let a student get through high school without knowing J. P. Morgan ' s role in American history? Certainly not our Mr. Morgan, who has never flatly denied being related to the famous millionaire. Mr. Morgan is Head Coach in History classroom, too. Mr Morgan requires his students to be conscientious. social studies 26

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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.

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Miss Mary Angley teaches world geography, U. S history and English II and serves as advisor to the student council. Mr Edsel Hiatt teaches American problems, girls ' physical education. U S history and serves as coach of football, track, and junior varsity basketball as well as junior class advisor Mr Gary Ogburn teaches world geography and serves as advisor for the Mountaineer staff Miss Angley ' s bulletin boards add a dash of color and pzzaz to her World Geography class. Marsha Blackwell and Skip Wilson broaden their knowledge through examining maps. History makes a more interesting course when it ' s about one ' s own country.