Camden High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Camden, NJ)

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HISTORY Keeping in mind the wisdom of Ana- tole France who said, The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young mindsf, the History Department has pursued new and exciting ways of stimulating our students. For the first time the Institute for Political Education Course was offered to both Junior and Senior students. Through pursuing an active participa- tion in voter registration, simulating an election to understand the electoral pro- cess, and enthusiastically and winningly participating in a model congress, our students have directed their interest in learning from their own experience and surroundings. Secondly, mini-courses have been in- stituted for senior American History classes. Greater enthusiasm is generat- ed by students who choose a more in- depth study of particular history areas in which they are interested. The curios- ity of our young people is nurtured in concentrating in such areas as minority problems, American involvement in the wars of the Twentieth Century, the elec- toral process, or money and inflation. Thirdly, the Visual Educational Filmstrip program as prepared by the EVENING BULLETIN has helped to stimulate our students' interest beyond the limits of their own experience and surroundings to the questioning of the world around them. Study of such meaningful and current problems is then reinforced by readings and study in classes from current magazines like TIME, U.S. NEWS and WORLD RE- PORT, and EBONY. The three aforementioned methods of study have hopefully helped our stu- dents to ask healthy, useful, and enrich- ing questions. The result is the belief that every time a young person ask Why,,, education does leap a mile. Beverly Segal Jonathan Parks Ronald Petracci Dewitt Porter Alfred Raychert Gardner Still 21 Andrew Prophett Darlene Sanders Gail Williams'

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Math Program Incorporates Modern Concepts Wallace Macpherson, Chairperson MATH DEPARTMENT The Math Department of Cam- den High School consists of 13 teachers totaling over seventy years of teaching experience. A wide selection of mathematical offerings are available to satisfy the varying need of all types of students. All courses incorporated modern concepts of mathematics. We offer special classes at all grade levels for the academically talented students. There is flexi- bility in courses sequence to allow non-college bound students to se- lect academic courses: We try to prepare and develop the math- ematical potential of all students in our mathematics program. Eric Berry Claraliene Gordon Edward Massey 22 Inell Daniels Marlene Inden Mary Newman