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

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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.

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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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but Many Students Elect English IV, Speech, and Spanish MISS RUTH MARY STANFIELD, who has been at C.H.S. for three years, teaches speech and is sponsor of the Drama Club and Thespian Society. Her outside interests include her church, Eastern Star, White Shrine, music, and Cerebral Palsy Association work. MISS PATRICIA BREWER teaches English I, English ll, and Spanish, and is a sponsor of the Tigerettes, the newly- organized Spanish Club, and of the sophomore class. Miss Brewer, who has been in C.H.S. two years, received her A,B. degree from Lambuth College. SPEECH STUDENT Glenda McCoy demonstrates how to set a table. MATADOR ANITA VVILKS and Diana Daulton, as the bull, per- form a typical bull fight as a part of the Spanish class Talent Show number. PRESENTING THIS GAY SPANISH FEATURE in the Talent Show was fun for Spaniards Butrum, Thomas, Cook, Nelson, Baskin, Sowell, Hendricks, Klinkhardt, and Henley. A Spanish I, an elective course open to soph- omores and iuniors, was fun, according to the 24 class members. The use of records, tape re- cordings, and films, and such proiects as mak- ing of Spanish clocks, menus, flags, and the dressing of dolls, varied class procedure. The Spanish students all remember that Sally Henley may not have broken the pinata, a feature of the Spanish supper, but Carolyn Mollett surely got a bump on her head. An- other memorable feature of the year was the masterful interpretation of the Spanish lan- guage by C. Mehrle Hendricks.