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

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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.

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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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Vocati The boys in the vocational agriculture department made a commendable protit in th this year. The net protit tor the thirty participating students was S4,78O.2O, or 5I59.34 per student. eir supervised farming projects The forty students who make up the tour courses ot Ag- riculture I, II, III, and IV, study the type ot farming which y. The most protitable proi- ects ot the students were those on cotton. is carried on in our communit The purpose of vocational agriculture is to help the class members become interested in their farming and to de- I ve op rural and agriculture leadership. onal Agriculture Gives Supervised Farm Training MR. FLOYD BARNI-IART, vocational agriculture instructor, is the Hd IA ' ean of our faculty in terms of years of service since he is completing thirty-three and one half years at C.H.S. 'in I958. Mr. Barnhart received his B.S. and M.E. degrees at the University of M. . . . . . issouri. His community interests include membership in the O . . . . . R tary Club, tarm activities, and directing the choir of his church. USING A TRY SQUARE and a brace and bit in the ag shop are freshman students Sides, Miller, Pierce, Greenway, McClanahan, Dunavant, and Mr. Barnhart. BEING DRILLED ON CORN JUDGING by Mr, Barnhart are ag boys Dunavant, M'lI G ' ' McClanahan. I er, reenway, Sides, Pierce, and