Winter Haven High School - Wha Hwa Hta See Yearbook (Winter Haven, FL)

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f-fO nPy BC0 i0 ydC The varied duties of librarian Clydell includes shelving books. • • Which room has the most footprints headed toward it? The library, of course! With a large circulation of books, reference materials, and periodical literature the W.H.H.S. library is the source of vital academic information and relaxed reading to our students. Connected with the library is the audio-visual aid department. This department has built up a large stock of filmstrips and records and is in charge of all instructional films that are received through the country. W.H.H.S. students reap many benefits from these efficient co-operative departments. The faicination of book in evidenced by Malcolm and Judy's concentration. • • The girls participating in the Home Economics program have a two fold purpose in acquiring skills and knowledge in this field. They are preparing for both a career and marriage. Within the three year period students are taught the basic fundamentals in food and nutrition, clothing, home management, child care, and family and social relations. Each girl is encouraged to develop her individual taste and use her creative ability. These qualities are emphasized in the four home projects, which are a required minimum for the year. Students completing the Home Economics course at W.H.H.S. have a wide range of skills and an enthusiasm for homemaking. Page 25

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Ess witai! (jCw Eyf ie $Uws How can English, a small seven letter word, hold within its bounds countless divisions of study? The great works of English and American literature, intricate grammar, original writing, vocabulary, reading skills, and speech are all included in the English curriculum. Sophomores build a foundation in grammar, spelling, and vocabulary, and enrich their background by reading Idylls of the King, Silas Marner, and Julius Caesar. Through the works of Emerson, Whitman, Poe, Hemmingway, the juniors better understand the American heritage and philosophy. Seniors concentrate on the great literature of England from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Shakespeare's Macbeth to the romantic poetry of Byron and Shelley and the novels of Hardy and Conrad. Also much of the year is spent in improving the student's ability to express himself in words. The speech classes have proved to be one of the most enjoyable and often the most useful. Students learn to give public speeches, demonstrations, impromptus, pantomimes, and monologues. The Oratorical Contest sponsored by the American Legion is a speech class project. In addition to the regular courses an impressionable Veterans' Day program, written and presented by Senior English students, was given to the entire student body. The department publishes at the close of the year Cypress Shadows. This booklet contains outstanding stories, essays, and poems by W.H.H.S. students. Once engrossed in the plot, sophomores find Silas Marner quite intriguing. Half of knowledge is to know where to find it. Susie wonders how useful is Mac's demonstration on the art of tying ties. Magnificent! exclaims Mrs. Wolfe as she congratulates the speakers in the Veterans' Day program. They are Stephanie Smith, Dick Wales, Jane Murrell, Lamar Whidden, Richard Hood, Pat Humphrey, David Muchoe, Don Van Liew. Page 24

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Qocioi Qtu lteS Dressed in a native Korean costume, Dorothea lovejoy relates her experiences as a Red Cross worker in the Orient. A study of the stock exchange in American problems included a field trip to Sincere and Co. OiW P op ltmu Around the world in 180 days—all this is offered by the social studies department. Since there are many things about history and government to be learned, a wide choice of social studies courses is provided. In world history and American History the mistakes of past generations are taught so that they will not be repeated. A study of other governments as compared to the government of the United States is covered among other things in the American problems course, and in Bible history, life in Biblical times is thoroughly studied. The psychology course teaches each student how and why he thinks as he does. Another course, the newest in the department, is world geography. With modern equipment, such as the overhead projector, and in TV classes, students learn about peoples and countries of the past and present. Best of all, they can do all this without a boat or plane to slow them down. Frances Wilkes reads an American history report on Western Using the overhead projector Mrs. Laney lectures to a large expansion. World History class. Page 26