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

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ten ort students receive l ratings ot district contest BEVERLY NELSON displays her winning Christmas table decora- tion. LEROY PRINCE shows his first prize Christmas wreath to Open House guests Sawyer and Woods. MRS. IRENE HAZEL, art instructor, presents honor certiticates to her students who re- ceived l and 2 ratings at the district art contest, K. Burns, Woods, Latimer. Fralces, Carter. Featherston, Nelson, Gil- more, Dowell, B. Burns. C.H.S. are students did themselves proud at the district art contest this year when ten out ot eleven contestants received I ratings and one received a Z, The advanced art class began this year with paper sculpture as a problem, then carried it through as the yearbook theme. At Christmas the students displayed their table and door decorations at a reception given tor parents and taculty. Papier-mache tigures representing the sea- sons ot the year were used as seasonal dec- orations by the high school library and the Gccasion Shop. ln addition to their usual art exhibits at Parents Night and the Spring Open House, the art students showed some ot their work in a county-wide art exhibit ot student worlc at the County Teachers Meeting. Mrs. Irene Hazel taught Art l, ll, and ad- vanced art in C.H.S.-supervised art in the elementary grades, and was advisor to the art statt ot the Cotton Blossom. Mrs. Hazel received her B.S. trom Southeast State Col- lege and her MA. trom the University ot Missouri. This year she taught an extension course tor elementary teachers.

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two foreign languages ore offered for first time ln addition to the choral groups, bands and small instrumental and vocal groups idiscussed as organiza- tionsl, C.l'l.S. otters a course in general music tor stu- dents who are interested in turthering their musical knowledge. The purpose ot the course is to introduce students to music history and theory and to help them gain an appreciation ot the tiner musical recordings. One ot the busiest persons in Cl-l.S., Mr. Edgar l. Ailor, directed the concert band, marching band, boys' glee club, junior high band, and tour beginning band classes. l-le also worked with many instrumental solos and ensembles, the boys' double quartet, and a dance band atter school and at night. Mr. Ailor received his B.S.E. trom Southeast Missouri State College. Miss Evonne Miller, who ioined the C.l-l.S. faculty tor the second semester, taught general music and directed the glee clubs and mixed chorus, and super- vised the music at Lee Rood Junior l-ligh School. Miss Miller completed her B.S. degree at Southeast Missouri MR. EDGAR AILOR, band instructor, talces time out trom class to show Miss Evonne Miller, choral instructor, the new bass and alto clarinets. State College in January. This year, French. a second toreign language, was added to the growing list ot subiects ottered at C.l-t.S. Students enioyed many activities besides studying the usual French rules. They listened to records, read French novels, made maps ot France and tleur-de-lis, the symbol ot France. Spanish ll students found reading and translating novels and listening to Spanish records a welcome change from the usual program ot studies. These stu- dents closed the year by having a Spanish supper. Miss Patricia Brewer taught both French I and Spanish ll classes. ley, Thomas, Hendricks, Hayden, Jones, Phelps, Butrum, and Teroy at the annual Spanish supper. EXAMINING A MAP ot France made in French class are Patsy Talley, Shari Martin, and Plina Speight. 25 MUY BUENO, say Spanish students Hen-

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c.h.s. students show increased interest in reading The C.H.S. library is one ot the many libraries taking advantage ot the National Detense Education Act by which the government pays halt the cost ot science, mathematics, and language books. These books represent subiects which are becoming increasingly important in our lives. MRS. LOUISE BROWN, study hall supervisor, helps Mary Bynum with her lesson. Mrs. Brown says, l like doing study hall work because it brings me into con- tact with more students. Our librarian, Mrs. Artie Moodie, believes that C.H.S. students are waking up to the importance ot reading. This year our library stood by to tultill their wants. Mrs. Moodie also served as advisor to the Honor Society and supervised the Lee Rood Junior l-ligh Library. She received her B.S. degree trom the University ot Missouri and has taken special education in library science at the St. Louis Library School. Mrs. Louise Brown, our study hall supervisor, is also advisor to the F.T.A. She received her A.B. degree trom Oklahoma City University. -O-nu-MW' THE C.H.S. LIBRARY is a busy spot every period ot the school day. MRS. ARTIE MOODIE, school librarian. is pictured here with her iunior librarians, McCall, Davis, Adkins, Taylor, Reichert, Corbin, Cravens, Scott, Frakes, and Bennett. 27