Alamo Heights High School - Olmos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Y J 1' Os 1:41. Q 3 if 0 . --e 1 ' l Mr. Vernon O. Adams Southwest Texas State Teach- ers College, B. S. English 0 'va as l s .., '- re Miss Anna Belle Gilmer University of Texas, B. A., M. A. English ' 04 S 1- Miss Bessie T. Brigham University of Texas, B. A., M. A. English Olmos f 5 'Sf . .,.,-R Y' 'gi if Q--Q V :JE , , Mrs. Zelma B. Hardy Southern Methodist Univer- -1 - xl - :I Miss Marjorie Farmer Sam Houston State Teachers College, B. A. English e :s , . . .-v i u. LQ. if'-w ' Q of l Mrs. Yale Hicks Southwestern University, sity, B. A. B A University of Texas, M. A. '- ' English English But .ftill lhe hear! daily need a language. .. Pronouns, prepositions, participles, Silas Marner, research papers, deadlines, headlines... The scope of the English Department is broad, ranging from fundamentals of grammar, composition, and vocab- ulary, to a close examination of English and Ameri- can literature. All types of literature are considered, starting with the works of William Shakespeare in .Pirr0lomini, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. the freshman year, and progressing through Idyllr of lhe King, julia: Caesar, Silaf Mamer, lyric poetry, and short stories in the sophomore year. Students in their junior year study the Home of Seven Gabler and other works of our great American authors. Seniors end their high school English career with the Victorian masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice. Senior English students identify Canterbury pilgrims in the mural of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. f 1 I 4 1 V ' . lunuzi 'S Hp I X Jf K 1 . .ar 2 , 'SSSX SV QQ' f 4 I y ' -tl-i'f'5'f'-,F

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Mr Robert S Andrews Lnnversxty of Texas B S Chemlstry Mr Robert H Comer Umversnty of Georgna B Trxnltv Umversltv M Ed Umversxty of Texas Bnology acult Q' Y riff' ,xi gi' Chemxstry students learn to xdentlfy elements and the-xr atomxc numbers 2 E MC Albert Emstem Theory of ReIat1v1ty Frogs vsorms acnd H10 Spermatophyte The rmportance of sclence m todays world cannot be over emphasnzed General Scxence IS desxgned as a basxc mtroductory course the purpose of whlch xs to develop screntxflc thmkmg and attltudes Bxology xs the study of the plant and an1mal kmgdoms and the physnology of the human heredxty and conservatxon The fundamentals of chemlstry are covered wxth 'Q-. Mrs Maryorxe Behringer Southwest Texas State Teach ers College B S Tr1n1ty Umversxty M S Bxologv 'vw Mr Gu GCoe A ers College B General Sczence Industrnal Arts Driver Educatnon emphasxs upon the apphcatxon of knowledge through the solutlon of problems Analys1s and synthesls m the laboratory tram the senses m observauon and re late knowledge to practxce The Physncs course of study mcludes prmcrples of mechanncs and l1qu1ds elements of electrxcnty and an lntroductnon to heat sound and hght Mrs Waneta S Bowman Lmversxty of Texas B S Brology Remednal Readmg Umversxty of Texas B Physlcs Q1- Mr Earl C Lynn Mr Charles D Mxckey Y P Southwest Texas State Teach Southwest Texas St e Trmxtv Unn erslty B S ers College B Chemxstry General Scxence Blology Bxology S 'L . . , ' , .l -- K- ' h Q gc X . 'W ' n. ,, J r' 'll ' - ' - . ' : ...... , 3 Y 7 ' 7 u ' ' ' l . I . . A I I l ', . l , ' , . I . , 7 v v . , l D 7 ' .f 'K T ,Qi S in 4, .A 'jif A5 mfr!-,.-f'.g ' SX O l V f l l R .xx A 1 , . D , . . ' Y I - , . . l l , . fi : t. ' I - , , if 'L . I A ' I .- A ,V ..., 2 . sv 1 L V . , g's ' 9? . WP 'v . A ia N '. ' . ' ' , . . U , . . I , . Pj l . . l, L A . . ,Ml we

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.gil 41, Mrss Farmer s freshman Englrsh class learns the fundamentals of grammar Stress IS equally placed upon the command of words rn expressron All students master this art through drzlls 1n spellmg sentence structure gram mar the deselopment of the paragraph and group drscussrons In the journalrsm sectron of the Englrsh depart ment students become members of the fourth estate vshrle they learn therr craft by workrng on the Hoof Punt the school newspaper Sport and news reporting feature and edltorlal vsrrtmg adwertrsmg and the study of leadxng newspapers are stressed The course also mcludes an mtroductlon to the me chanrcs of newspaper vsork such as copy and proof readmg headlrne wrntmg and page make up The smell of prrnter s mk rs a realrty to Alamo Herghts journalrsts 3,1 rf Q., Mrs Ray McKarg Wrnthrop College B A Englrsh 3 'Y Mrs Oma Vordenbaum Southwest Texas Teachers College B A M A Englrsh Student Councrl Mr james H Moore Trrmty Lmversrty B A M A Englrsh Mrs Mane Yaeger Lmsersrty of Oklahoma B A Englrsh Journalrsm Hoof Prmt Mrs Polly Trgner Texas Technologrcal o lege B S Englrsh Typmg 37 Mrss Mary B Carver Incarnate Word College B Unnersrty of Texas M A Columbia Unnersrty BLS Lrbrarran x 4 V T., C . .Y lx .x hr --JI Y A :- X U i x X , ' M - f .I . A V I. J A Y . lr . l . . , . . V .. , Y .. Y . . . . A . , . .. 1 n l - H l I. - -,A 'fix . S an u- A 4 Riff I' f V' ,, . , 'WE , ' V V '4- X vt- Ay I r, M ' - 7131 A -' xi . 2 XX, xl,-11 y x ' ' , ' U ' , .A