Central High School - Pegasus Miller Lanier Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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SOCIAL STUDIES TRAIN LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS Now as never before the youth of America must be educated in history and world affairs, because politics and culture of nations live as a result of yesterday. The twentieth century has brought with it a vast advance in the field of science, a progression which seriously outstrips man’s understanding of man- kind. Where man once used bows and arrows, today he uses mechanical brains and nuclear weapons which can ruin whole nations in a few minutes. Pos- sibly the answer for the future lies in the past. History courses give leaders and followers of to- morrow insight into problems of today through the study of yesterday. In combined courses, students learn to understand people of other nations. Hence, social studies are a start toward better relations among nations, a significant element of peace. Brannen STUDENTS PREPARE FOR FUTURE VOCATIONS IN BUSINESS WORLD Daviston Tomorrow's business leaders must be trained to- day. This thought is closely related to Lanier’s Com- mercial Courses which include a variety of subjects. Lanier offers Typing I and II, which give stu- dents knowledge of typing methods, letter forms and secretarial work; and Bookkeeping I and II, which instructs students in the technique of keeping office files and ledgers. Students who best utilize the eae variety of Commercial Courses adequately for their vocations.

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LANIER ADMINISTRATION GUIDES YOUNG MINDS TO CHALLENGING FUTURE Various talents of ‘many individuals combine to form Lanier’s administrative department. Handling mail, records, registration, schedules and all the other facets which integrate to comprise a large Gratigny—Lott school, these people strive to make Lanier an indus- trious, well run and efficient organization. Lanier’s teachers and administrators endeavor through guidance and instruction to prepare the young minds of today for challenges which they must face in the future Gaughf Griffin—Ross PRACTICAL ARTS STRESS USEFUL SUBJECTS Among the courses in Practical Arts offered at Lanier are woodshop, sheet metal shop and agricul- ture. By taking advantage of such courses in which they learn by working, students may be better pre- pared to enter adult society. Simmons

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SCIENCE COURSES REFLECT SPACE AGE With the world advancing rapidly into the space age, the importance of science is constantly increas ing. Lanier students are fortunate in having access to an adequate science curriculum which begins pre- paring them for the demands of this competitive age. A course in biology offers the sophomore a chance to study life itself. Through projects, models, film- ustrips, dissections of plants and animals and various other aids, a student becomes familiar with life pro- cesses, Having studied life, students are taught the com- position and changes of materials of life and its en- vironment through the study of chemistry. Labora- tory experiments, projects, workbooks, and class- room discussions are used in teaching principles of chemistry. As biology and chemistry concern life in some form, physics deals with the inanimate side of science. In physics the student delves into motion, force, electricity, light reflections and other sub- jects dealing with material laws and processes. Clements MATHEMATICS, ESSENTIAL IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE At Lanier, students are offered a well-rounded curriculum of mathematics ranging from business arithmetic to special mathematics. Students enrolled in business arithmetic advance from bank pro- cedures to other problems of the business world; whereas algebra covers the fundamental principles of mathematics. Students extend such basic facts to include quadratics, equations and graphs. Some students elect to take plane geometry, which covers surfaces and lines, while others finish the plane geometry text and advance to matrices and vectors. Seniors are offered solid geometry or trigonom- etry in which they master theorems and use sines, cosines and tangents. High school mathematics is a basis for solving some of the problems that lie ahead for each student. Middlebrooks