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

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John Schwarz and Richard Cole discus the three parts of ancient Gaul. LomQUjQjQPJ, Mrs. Laney listens while Bill Schramm reads a humorous passage from the French book. In recent years a lot of stress has been placed on the importance of foreign languages. The languages department at WHHS has been steadily growing with the demand of more classes and better teaching aids. In this department two years of Latin are available as a basis for other language study. Latin students learn not only about the Latin language but also about the history and literature of ancient Rome. Also two years of Testing, uno, dot, tret, cuatro, says Bob Miller as he turns on the language lab for Mrs. Connor's 6th period Spanish class. Spanish are offered so that students may learn the language that so many of ''los otros Americanos speak. The laboratory equipment which was provided last year continues to help students learn Spanish in a more realistic way. Finally this year conversational French is offered for the first time due to popular demand. As soon as possible French 11 and Spanish 111 will also be offered by our growing department. If you heard strain of Felii Navidad in the hall at Christmas this year, you can blame these happy singers from the Spanish class. Page 27

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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

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lUaiL Before school the room is crowded and humming, but the math books are open and the students are studying furiously. This is a common scene at W.H.H.S. Our math department offers such courses as algebra I, II, geometry, trigonometry, advanced math, functional math, senior math, and business math. Topics from modern math have been taught in the algebra II and S.M.S.G. geometry classes. The advanced math taught to seniors the second semester is a composite study of elementary functions, geometry, and an introduction to probability and statistics. The students find the modern approach to mathematics intriguing and no longer believe that these courses died with Newton. To Eddie and Dean tackling Trig seems to be more diffi-than tackling in football. 7b' Lqomv the Using their slide rules and brains, these math students produce the right answers. When Linda Colbert makes her million, knowing how to figure interest will come in handy. 'Geometry can be fun »ay» Linda Merely