Beaumont High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Beaumont, TX)

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e R.-9.65 QQ- FACULTY CContinuedJ Last year, Beaumont school officials combined into the department of Foreign Languages the separate units of Latin, French, and Spanish. Inasmuch as the aims and problems of the various divisions are, to a very great extent, mutual, it is be- lieved that general benefit and improvement will come not only to the department as a whole but to each portion of it. The aims of the department are that each unit be strengthened and enlarged, that the different units be on a parity, and that each retain its own individuality. Each division has its own chairman who is free to call group meetings to discuss and arrange individual problems. The language department believes that the study of a foreign language contributes a great deal more than mere credit to the student's education. It wishes to develop and im- prove its courses so that it can make convincing its claims that the foreign lan- guages oHer adequate compensation in value and enjoyment for the time and effort spent in studying them. The members of the faculty are: Mrs. Donna N. Berry, Mrs. Lucie L. Barry, Miss Fannie L. Bouton, Miss Ada Shaddock, Miss Mary Roun- tree, head of the department. The Science department of our school, under the direction of Mr. Charles C. Mullikin, oH ers four courses: chemistry, physics, biology, and physical geography. Its workshop consitss of three laboratories and a lecture room. Physics, chemistry, and biology each has well equipped laboratory facilities for all experimentation. This year the chemistry classes have observed the objective system of study, using outlines compiled by Lyons and Carnahan. Several valuable field trips to points of scientific interest were made, which served greatly to enliven the interest of the students in their text-book work. Mrs. Helen Abrams, who teaches Biology and Physical Geography, is at present studying in New York, while her position is being filled by Miss Marie Miller. The Commercial Department offers ten courses, as follows: bookkeeping, busi- ness arithmetic, commercial law, commercial geography, short hand, typing, busi- ness English, banking, salesmanship, and ofnce practice. These studies probably represent as varied and instructive a group as could be found in any high school of this size in the state. Instructors in this department are Mr. Thomas B. Liner, head of the department, Mrs. Frances W, Pogue, Miss Ruby Pedigo, and Miss Merle Smith. 1. 15 ,,i,:: ,. Lv ...... ,..,.,., f ,,.,... , TOP ROW: Miss Gladney, Miss Pruitt, Mr. Paul, Miss McCu1loh, and Miss Collins. BOTTOM ROW: Mrs. Whitaker, Miss Hogeland, Mrs. Jones, Miss Harmon, and Miss Moore. -,--,- . -F l f- F35-f' i ff 3 91' 5- 18

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9.6522 Q X. FACULTY CContinuedJ The History Department of the Beaumont Senior High oifers six courses di- viding the work among seven teachers. The major objective of each of these teachers is the development of a spirit of co-operative citizenship. In several of the Modern, World, and American History classes of this year the usual recita- tion plan has been discarded and each student has assumed responsibility for the completion of his course. The courses are divided into units and mastery tests prepared on the many subdivisions of the unit. As soon as the student feels that he has mastered the references on the assigned study outline of the unit he requests the test. If the test is accepted by the instructor he proceeds to the next assigned step in the posted order of procedure. By his method each student works through the course at his own rate and individual, rather than group, instruction is given. Some ambitious and capable students have completed the courses before the end of the regulation school year and are spending their time on other work. Teachers and pupils using the plan this year encountered many problems, a few of which have been satisfactorily solvedg yet the possibilities of the system have been ap- preciated by many. This department is headed by Miss Alyce McWilliams, as- sisted by Mrs. Leonie Weyand, Miss Helen Rummel, Miss Lucy Turner and Mr. Haden H. Farmer. The Mathematics Department offers courses in second year algebra, plane geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry, and sometimes assumes classes of be- ginning algebra and commercial arithmetic. At present there are twenty-four classes taught by the five teachers of this department, with an approximate enroll- ment of six hundred and fifty pupils. In this department pupils learn how to figure interest, how to solve simultaneous and quadratic equations, how to rind the area of a circle and the volume of a sphere, and how to measure inaccesible dis- tances. In fact, the material as presented is so varied as to meet the needs of pupils of diversined interests. For the pupil who expects to work in the shop or factory, for the one who plans to enter college or even for him who expects to en- ter a profession or business vocation, there is here an adequate preparatory course. The teachers of mathematics form a versatile group, being prepared and willing to teach any of the subjects of the department. They are: Miss Eva Pruitt, Miss Mary Collins, Miss Margaret Gladney, Miss Jennie Vic McCulloh, Mr. F. S. Paul, head of the department. .B AV 2 f 'H TOP ROW: Mr. Farmer, Miss Rummel, Miss McWilliams, Mrs. Weyand, and Miss Turner. BOTTOM ROVV: Mrs. Barry, Miss Bouton, Miss Rountree, Miss Shaddock, and Mrs. Berry. .4 Paws BURR 29- 17

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F Q.lf-1:47 5 FF'FF:: 'Ns Q FACULTY fContinuedJ The Physical Training Department of Beaumont High school is one of the most progressive in this part of the state. This department, under Mr. Ralph VViley and Miss B. Lytle, reaches some five hundred students in 14 organized classes of calisthenics, and other gymnasium work. It is certain that each pupil receives some material gain from his active participation. An extensive minor sports program has been carried on throughout the past year, all of which pro- phesies athletics for all in the near future. In Vocational Education, three courses have been stressed: a Mechanical and Architectural Drawing course, under the direction of Mr. Cecil Collins, Manual Training, taught by Mr. R. C. Bohrerg and Printing, under the supervision of Mr. R. G. Babb. The school boasts of a well equipped printing plant with two presses and two linotype machines, a shop with all types of woodworking machinery and a modern drafting room. Home Economics is taught by four teachers: Miss Eva Hogeland, Miss Valen- tine Harmon, Mrs. Mary Whitaker, and Mrs. C. D. Jones, head of the department. It presents four courses: designing, home management, clothing and foods. The Foods department is well equipped with a modern, sanitary kitchen and a model dining room. Clothing, designing, and home management are each pro- vided with adequate laboratories. The Clothing classes present one or more style shows annually. This year the Foods classes inaugurated Nutrition Week in Beaumont High School. Music in on a par with the other courses in Beaumont High School so far as its educational value is concerned. When it comes to furnishing the student body, faculty, and even the citizens of our town, with real entertainment, it bests all other departments. Under the tutelage of Mrs. Milam and Miss Marion Pangle, many fine musical organizaions have grown up. Of these you will read elsewhere in this book. No account of our faculty could be complete without mention of our office force and our librarian. In Miss Lillian Dent Moore we have one of the most efficient librarians in the state. And what on earth would happen to our school Without the diligent work of Mr. Mac, our understanding principal, Miss Mettie Ferguson, our efficient registrar and adviser in curricula and Miss Claire Andrews, our cheerful secretary? . H., 6. 1,6 ' . ' x , If . ' , if .4 nu , C'-J-. TOP ROW: Mr. Liner, Mrs. Pogue, Miss Smith, Miss Pedigo, Mr. Bohrer, and Mr. Collins. BOTTOM ROW: Mr. Babb, Miss Lytle, Mr. Wiley, Miss Pangle, Miss Wilson, and Mr. Mullikin. gg 4 Parse BKJHIQ 2ED'. .. L, 19