North Phoenix High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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BOOKWORMS — Mr. Grant C. Fraser and Mr. Dallas Long exchange opinions over today ' s happenings. We Learn About Our Nation To understand today ' s problems, a study of the past is extremely illuminating. De- cisions taken then can well be related to the present time. The task of making North High juniors realize these points was that of the American History teachers. It is always especially necessary for young people, in or- der to understand their government, to have a full knowledge of the forming of their nation ' s policies. The main project for the juniors was a semester of outside reading in a specific field. Candidates for above-average grades were expected to select a narrow area on which to center their reading. It is hoped that by this activity the students will have gained a particular knowledge of some phase of American life, laws, or policies. Their class in American History is the juniors ' counseling period. AGAIN — It ' s time for grades again as (Left) Miss Linda Rannells and Mr. Orville Hamm compare grades. Right: Miss Winona Montgomery also completes her grading sheets to be sent to the office. (22)

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CONSULTATION — Right: Miss Mildred Jacks and Mrs. Jean Hansen talk over ac- tivities of their freshman homerooms. Middle right: Mr. Edward Stancik and Mrs Elizabeth Bluhm make prep- arations for the students they will receive next year. APPOINTMENTS — Lower left: Mrs. Muriel K. Miller arrives to keep a counseling appointment with one of her freshman students. Lower right: Miss Gretchen Bock and Mr. George Motter com- pare notes on their counse- lees. ■I

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USING ENGLISH — Shewing the necessity for an intelligent usage of the English language and an extensive vocabulary. Miss Miriam Gathings and Mrs. Fleda C. Kinneman (left), and Mr. Robert Frank and Mr. Stanley Cardon (Right), carry on after-school duties. Counseling Comes To The Seniors This year fourth-year English became the seniors ' counseling period. The new plan was inaugurated at the beginning of the school year, and one of the projects was the reading of currently popular American literature and well-known gems of our times. The seniors made an extensive study of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiro- shima while reading the book titled Hiro- shima. Some of the other books read were White Tower, Cimarron, The Little Foxes, and Our Town. Mr. Stanley P. Cardon became head of the young department. Mrs. Ruth Muth and Mr. John Koerner came from the junior counsel- ing section, and Mr, J. D. Filson came from the freshman division. One of the projects for the students of Mrs. Fleda C. Kinneman and Miss Miriam Gathings, junior English teachers, was to read Shakespeare ' s immortal MacBeth. (23) ENTERTAINMENT vfpr. J. D. Filson entertains Mrs. RutnVmuth and Mr. John Koerner with humoWus article. J.