Bay City High School - Black Cat Yearbook (Bay City, TX)

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GCUW MRS. RUBY BALLARD English IV B.A., Baylor Universityg M.A., Baylor University MRS. JOYCE B. KNAPIK English II and III B.S., Southwest Texas State College Detailed work is given throughout the semester in Grammar IV in punctuation, vocabulary, spelling and theme writing. Remember those senior themes? SPANISH I Building a vocabulary Study of correct pronunciation Mastery of elementary principles of grammar Study of sentence structure and Spanish composi- tion Use of idiomatic expressions Study of the culture of Spanish-American Drill in the spoken language I8 Bdnylldyg Four credits are required in English. The purpose of Grammar I is to improve communication skills. Particular attention is-given to correct forms of parts of speech used in sentences. In Grammar II much time is devoted to verbals and dependent clauses. Reading, writing and spelling are continued. By the time a student reaches his junior year he should have a good foundation of the essentials of sentence structure. So Grammar III is a detailed review of all such elements of sentence analysis. Dia- grams and punctuation are stressed in sentence inter- pretation. MRS. SUE MORROW English II and IV B.A., Southwest Texas State College FOREIGN MR. CHARLES F. WEBB Spanish B.A., Oklahoma State University A proizerb if n snort sentence bezfed on long experience.

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hr Junior and Senior Homemakers work on Easter bonnets for the Easter parade. Mr. Graeter explains specific gravity in Chemistry Class. 111741611 C1122 Nature lam given to uf the .feeds of knowledge, not knowledge itfelff' Under the leadership of Mr. Frank Balusek, Superintendent in charge of cur- riculum, studies have been made, and rec- ommendations brought about a change in the high school curriculum that gives each student a fuller and more helpful sched- ule. Credits required are 17 plus 2 in physi- cal education. English 4 credits, Natural Sciences 2 credits, with General Science required for Freshmen. 1 credit World Historyg 1 credit American Citizenship, 2 credits in mathematics which includes Algebra and Plane Geometry. Also six electives. There are forty Teachers and Administrators in the high school. Speed tests are given in Typing II on the electric type- MR. HENRY R. BLACK writers by Mrs. Broughton. World History B.S., T.C.U.g M.Ed., Baylor

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Q-qrfs The really important thing in all literature is want- ing to read. The purpose of Literature I is to give each student a background in future high school literature courses. In Literature II in addition to poems and short stories . . . SILAS MARNER, JULIUS CAESAR, and IDYLLS OF THE KING . . . are covered. Eng- lish III literature is devoted to the study of American Literature from the time of its beginning to the present time. Senior Literature offers students an op- portunity to improve their skill in reading, writing, speaking and listening. Shakespeares MACBETH is also studied. W 'exe Nag, x , ' N fJa-W A I M iiiii K I iissaiasa . MRS. JIM B. HOWZE English I B.S., Southwest Texas State College LANGUAGES MR. BROOKS LISTON Latin I and II B.A., University of Texas All the W01'Zd'5 41 mzge . . . acufy 'Na MISS MARIE I-IILLEGEIST English III B.A., Southwest Texas State Collegeg M.E., University of Texas MR. DALE O. RAINS Speech, Drama B.A., Baylor University LATIN Learning the basic uses of Latin Grammar Associating with, and making clearer the English grammar Learning formation of English from Latin Learning a Latin vocabulary of about 500 words I9