Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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MISS SHERRY KILPATRICK English Journalism Publications Advisor Whether the topic be planning a new United Nations or just trying to strengthen the old one, discussion groups in speech classes aid in developing more poised, assured public speakers. MRS. MAE ELMA TORNQUIST American Literature Dramatics English Modern language students are able to listen to and to imitate the voices of true Frenchmen, Germans, or Spaniards in the new language laboratory. Miss Dorothy Blackman operates the control board for French students Vickie Peter- son and David Close. 21

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 Oh, it has to come out!” moans Dr.” Pam Reida to her agonized patient, Tom Delaney, as Cindy Steckel, Jannet Ault, Joyce Godwin, and Barb Danielson act as critics for a dramatics class characterization. Speaking, Acting, Creating ... Arts, too MISS MARGARET WEST American Literature English MISS DOROTHY 8LACKMAN French Spanish Speaking skills assume authority in the dramatics, public speaking, and speech courses. Promoting artistic discrimination, dramatics meets its goals by teaching first the appreciation of drama and then its interpretation. Speech affords speaking opportunities, while educating students in expressing and in good listening. Although public speaking attempts to do the same, it teaches at an advanced, more detailed level. Journalism emphasizes newswriting and the essentials of a newspaper, in addition to evaluating newspapers. Latin emphasizes the classical world. Students of the modern langu- ages, French, German, and Spanish, learn to read with comprehension, to write confidently, to pronounce with ease, and to understand the oral langu- ate — the four communication trends. MR. ELIHU COOPER MR. RONALD MAERTENS English Audio Visual Office Latin German MRS. CHERYL WHITEMAN Spanish 20

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Only the bold and brave at CHS enroll in trigonometry, for each day they are confronted with complicated problems and formulas such as these. Mr. Harlan Goldsmith, instructor, and Gary Schneider try to make the going a little easier for Gail Anderson, the only girl in this trig class. Accu racy + Reason ing = Mathematics MRS. MARY HESS Algebra Geometry MR. JAMES BRUNNER Algebra Plane Geometry Coaching Present and future work usually requires the important tools of precision, accuracy, and logical thinking, all of which are formed through the mathe- matics courses. When each sophomore enters Central and chooses either Algebra I and II or plane geometry, he is assigned to a class composed of others of relatively the same ability. In algebra he learns the basic algebraic concepts, which may be mastered in the one-semester courses, Algebra III and IV. Plane geometry, necessary for these advanced algebra courses, stresses deductive reasoning and basic geometric principles. Advanced students study solid geometry and trigo- nometry through semester courses, while others may review arithmetic skills in business arithmetic. MR. HARLAN GOLDSMITH Algebra Trigonometry MR. THOMAS MURPHY Algebra Business Arithmetic Coaching MR. PAUL STILL Plane Geometry Coaching 22