Bells High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Ruffin, SC)

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Soit is an imperfect form of the verb to be -- n'est pasW' asks Mrs. Hightower. French, the only foreign language taught at Bells, is a part of the col- lege preparatory curriculum. This year, only first-year French is of- iered, but first-year and second- year will be available next year. Listen to Peter Ustinov read from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, says Mrs. Paters.

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Wanda Strickland demonstrates to the class how sentence order can be changed. Girls, is this the correct way to diagram this sentence? MIS. Padgett inquires. 18 MR. R. D. DANTZLER English MRS. A. B. PADGETT English MRS. J. H. PETERS English MRS. R. M. HIGHTOWER French and Librarian English and French In our English department students are encouraged to learn correct grammar, to enlarge their vocabularies, to appreciate the writings of others, to spell correctly, and to try creative writing of their own. By offering four years of English with all thatitincludes, we hope to have enough op- portunities for each student to learn better communication and to get an understanding of the language we speak.

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Social Studies It is often said that history repeats itself. The social studies department reveals the past to help students un- derstand the present and prepare for the future. There are three phases of this department -- United States history, World history, and Amercian government. All of theme give the student appreciation of our heritage, knowledge of our governmental prin- ciples, and interests in current events. Mr. Hampton points out the ten governmental depart Members of SHA History trace the routes of explorers of early America. a3? 1.7wvgr4 n:- . 'v' w 2O