Lenoir High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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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.

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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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Current science magazines give pupils a broader conception of biological processes. Senior science involves knowledge of scientific equipment. Accurate notes are necessary for the student who wishes to grasp the mechanics of Physics science Lenoir High School keeps pace with today ' s action via scientific courses. Required of all students are two science units, one of which must be Biology. Microscopes and other lab tools enable students to gain first hand knowl¬ edge of such varied subjects as paramecia, blood cells, bacteria, etc. Two years of Home Economics, which provide a student with one unit of science, give instruction in vitamins, color pigments, diseases and child care, menu-planning and cooking, wardrobe care and sewing, and interior deco¬ rating. Young chemists have the privilege of using the lab for honors projects when they are properly motivated. Mr. Byrd followed up the miraculous moon trips of the summer with involved studies of satellite orbits and rates of accel¬ eration. From such studies as mass and momentum the class branched out into very current aspects of science, keeping up with the astronauts, Jean Dixon ' s predictions, the mysterious zodiac killer, health hazards of cigarettes, air polution, etc. Mrs Inez Jones teaches home eco¬ nomics II and III. and serves as ad¬ visor for the F.H.A Mr James Bradshaw teaches biology and practical chemistry. Mr. Fred Byrd teaches pre-college chemistry, senior science, physics, and serves as advisor for the National Honor Society 28