Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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Fitth Unit of Math Added to Department MR. WAYMAN FOSTER teaches general math and Algebra I and is a freshman class sponsor. His outside interests are fishing, hunt- ing, and reading. Mr. Foster, who is a graduate of C.H.S., returned this year to the teaching field after an absence of several years. MISS LENA WALK teaches plane and solid geometry, Algebra I and ll, and trigonometry, and is a sponsor of the senior class. She received her B.S.E. degree from Central Missouri State College and her M.E. degree from the University of Missouri. Miss Walk's out- side interests are the Korean war orphan whom she supports and her African violets. This is her twenty-seventh consecutive year at C.H.S. OUR MATH INSTRUCTORS, Mr. Foster and Miss Walk, observe models made by solid geometry students. Both Caruthersville High School and Caruthersville students are aware of the importance ot mathematics. This year a titth unit of math was added to the department, and a larger percentage of students took advanced math courses. While only one unit in math is required, about T25 students were enrolled this year in advanced courses. The math courses offered are whole units in general math, Algebra I and ll, and plane ge- ometry and halt unit courses in solid geometry and trigonometry. These math subiects develop concepts and skills needed in the work ot business, industry, scientific agriculture, medicine, chemistry, physics, astronomy, electronics, and atomic energy. zine GENERAL MATH STUDENTS Stubbs and Woods work out a problem in division. REVIEWING FOR FINAL EXAMS are plane geometry students Book, Sowell, Abbot, Wilson and Bracey. I3

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C.H.S. Offers Students Four Units in Science DlS5ECTlNG A FROG seems to be an absorbing experience for biology stu- dents Terrell, Walls, Raburn, Harper, Thomasson, Moore, and Ward. In this space age of satellites and guided mis- siles, C.H.S. students have properly shown an in- creased interest in science. Last year 83 students took advanced science courses, in addition to the l2O who took general science. This year, the number of ad- vanced science students increased to TO6, with 56 students taking biology, 40, chemistry, and lO, phy- sics, offered for the first time. One hundred twenty- five freshmen took general science, the one required science unit. General science deals with the basic problems of living and the general principles by which all scien- tists work at solving these problems. Biology is taken mainly by sophomores. lt is a brief survey of the plant and animal kingdoms and their relationship to man. Biology is valuable to students who plan to major in the natural sciences. Chemistry, taken mainly 'bw MR. JACK HOPKE, who teaches biology, chemistry, and physics, is also a sophomore class sponsor, coach of junior high basketball, and Projectionist Club advisor. He received his A.B. degree at Westminster College and M.A. at Peabody College. His outside interests are his church, his family, and gardening. This is Mr. Hopke's twenty-third year at C.H.S. MR. BILL ARMENT, in his first year at C.H.S. teaches general science and coaches football and track. He received his B.S. degree at Arkansas State College. His hobbies, he says, are duck-hunting, sleeping, and eating, by juniors, is the study of matter and its changes, and covers material which would aid students expecting to study nursing, homemaking, and pharmacy. Phy- sics, a senior subject, is designed to give an elemen- tary working knowledge of the principles of physics and to help lay the foundation for further study in science. GENERAL SCIENCE STUDENTS observe a drawing of body structure.

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Three Years of English Are Required in C.H.S. . DIAGRAMING SENTENCES isn't easy, as English I students Bennett, Greenway, and Farrow have found. MISS MARJORIE LASLEY, a newcomer in C.H.S. this year, teaches English III and IV. She is co-sponsor of S.A.C. and a senior class sponsor. Miss Lasley came from Jackson, Tennessee, where she received her A.B. degree from Lambuth College. Some of her many hobbies are collecting ironstone china, reading, writing, and music. Her favorite sport is baseball. MISS RUTH PATTERSON, in her second year at C.H.S., teaches English II and III, and is advisor to the Honor Society and a iunior class sponsor, She graduated from Gallaway College with a 5.5, degree. Three years of English are a must in C.H S., but many students also choose to take English IV speech and Spanish in the language arts depart- ment. I The freshmen had a busy year in English which is designed primarily to emphasize the fundament- als of grammar. An introduction to prose and poetry, oral reports, and sentence diagraming were also parts ofthe course. In English Il, emphasis was placed upon parts of speech, paragraphing, and punctuation. In literature, selections by American and English writers were read. Composition and the perfection of oral and writ- ten English skills and the development of American literature were included in the English Illcourse. The iuniors learned much about the advanced prin- ciples of grammar through the preparation of crit- ical and term papers. The forty-five fourth year English students re- viewed grammar and composition and practiced these skills by writing term papers. English litera- ture also made up a large part of the course. Twelve students were enrolled in speech, a class limited to iuniors and seniors. This group enioyed several trips and considerable play production, in cooperation with the Drama and Thespian Clubs. These activities are discussed in the organization section of the yearbook. OUR ENGLISH AND S P E E C H INSTRUCTORS, Miss Lasley, Miss Stanfield, Miss Brewer, and Mrs. Pat- terson take time out for a coffee break.