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

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large enrollment requires four moth teachers Four Teachers TaughT maThemaTics classes in C.l-l.S. This year because of The increased number of sTudenTs Taking courses in This field. Many former graduafes remember when Miss Lena Walk, who has TaughT maTh in our school for 28 years, was The only maTh Teacher. This year, courses were also TaughT by Miss Brewer, Mr. McCall, and Mr. Parkinson. A sTudenT who Takes full advanfage of The C.l-l.S. maThemaTics offerings could Take six courses, general maTh, Algebra I, Algebra ll, plane geomeTry. solid geomefry, and TrigonomeTry. These courses provide for sTudenTs who need a refresher course of pracfical knowledge in The field, buT also give a Thorough back- ground To Those who are going To conTinue Their maTh Training. MaTh courses involve a loT of hard work, buT They also have Their lighTer momenTs. GeomeTry sTudenTs adapTed Their knowledge To making colorful geomeTric designs. Algebra l sTuclenTs change Their rouTine by filling in crossword puzzles wiTh numbers. yi, if CONSTRUCTING AND PAINTING geomefric designs in- Troduces e varieTy inTo The geomeTry rouTine. STANDING lN A FAMILIAR PLACE aT The back of The room is Miss Lena Walk, who Teaches plane and solid geomeTry, Trigonomefry, and algebra l and ll. She also sponsors a senior homeroom. Miss Walk received her B.S.E. and M.E. from Missouri UniversiTy. HARD AT WORK in The Algebra ll class is Tapian Lafferfy, The only girl in This class.

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' 01 15' so ,sm ri? .1-4 'Yu STUDY is the first dimension of school life 938, Agios , rsn'uxg1g, o lil W1-WH NW T Fkgiillggf Q In x I i. ,Qs I M8 A f . Lu 9E,53?3'?a 4 P5 ' by Sk gm was ses me him. e Mr COACH JEFF LESTER shows Mr. Jack Hoplce a roclceT used for demonsTraTion in The general science classes. DEEPLY ABSORBED in The dissecTing of a Trog are members oT The biology class. Ted Moody. Dennis Waldron, John E. GarreTT, Paul Eddie Johnson, and Wendell MclnTosh. interest increases in science classes Science classes have increased as much as IOO per cenT and greaT sTrides have been made Toward mod- ernizing our science equipment reporTed Mr. Jack l loplce in commenTing on The C.l-l.S. science deparT- menT. Weird sighTs and smells-as well as much serious learning-are noT unusual in The science classes. IT is said ThaT Bunson burners are used Tor everyThing in chemisTry-even roasTing marshmallows! Mr. Jack l-lopke TaughT biology, physics, and chem- isTry This year. as well as sponsored a sophomore home- room, coached iunior high baskeTlgall. and advised The ProiecTionisT Club. l-le received his A.B. degree aT Peabody College. Mr. Hoplce has TaughT 23 years in C.l-l.S. Mr. JeTT l.esTer. in his TirsT year aT C.l l.S., TaughT Tive classes oT general science, was assisTanT TooTball and Track coach, a co-sponsor oT The C Club. and a freshman homeroom sponsor. l-le received his B.S. de- gree Trom Murray STaTe College. T ,T 1 Y'--..,....,c s 4 W ., ANYONE FOR A SHAMPOO? Jan MarTin and Joe Taylor are guinea pigs in Trying ouT The shampoo concocTed in chemisTry. Jerry Raburn, Brenda Bradford, Donna Sharpmack, Lynda Henley, HousTon Brewer. and Frank Owens see ThaT The experimenT is properly compleTed.

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english department varies routine with BARBARA DEPRIEST, author ot ls Everything All Right? conters with Miss Mariorie Lasley and Mrs. Evie Deere. PORTRAYING the age-old nativity scene are Miss Marjorie Lasley's English lll classes. DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES is explained by Mrs. Edna Chattin to English l students, Beverly Stanley, Dewey Neeley, Martha Howell, and Glenn Woods. research and prog English IV is required tor all college-bound seniors in C.l-l.S. Ot all the English literature studied. Shalcespeare's Macbeth stands out -most vividly? tor these students. Many English IV students alsoi discovered an ability to produce theme upon theme and then tried their hands at writing research papers. English Ill students varied the routine ot gram- mar study and American literature by presenting two assemblies. During Brotherhood Week, they told how all people are equal through choral read- ing and song. English ll and lll students studied grammar, sen- tence diagramming. paragraphing, punctuation, and literature. Freshmen might have been seen caught in a last minute rush as they trantically searched tor newspaper clippings. News collecting was required so that students might become tamiliar with news- papers and magazines. Miss Marjorie Lasley taught English lll and IV. She also sponsored a senior homeroom and was an advisor to the S.A.C. Miss Lasley received an A.B degree trorn Lambuth College. Mrs. Edna Chattin taught tive classes ot English l, sponsored a treshrnan homeroom, and was an ad- visor to the S.A.C. Mrs. Chattin received her B.S. degree trom Southeast Missouri State College. Mrs. Evie Deere taught English ll and lll. She was an advisor to the Tigerettes and had a sophomore homeroom. Mrs. Deere received her B.S.E. degree trom Arkansas State College. i 'i h.,,..,,....e..-ad.