Chapel Hill High School - Hill Life Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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fir WRX Q I5 .1 1 - mal, ,, ' ,G Y ' yi H ga. ,, , 1 ... , 4' -. ' ' QE 6 6 'J f- - 2 5' SZ. f '31 AA,-fA A. A Q Wffm i f ' - W- 5' f f I .., -- JI iii '-A ef f ,,,' f - S ' ' A ,Q,,,, ., X ,EVM A ' ' :Jw I ' . 1 . 4. '--f 4 r Jyv i . xe f I 1 A A A I .:.,V. se .AV1,. . ' ..AA.., 3: . WK. L . ' : A:,,.,-. , ,.,'f Mrs. Gill discusses apaper with her creative writ- ing class. ENGLISH To meet the diverse needs of all the stu- dents at CHHS, the English Department is di- vided into many different branches. In ad- dition to standard English courses, world literature, journalism, creative writing, and business English are offered. In the sophomore year, students explore the lite rature of many countries. THE PEARL is now included in this study as well as such standard works as SILAS MARNER and JULIUS CAESAR. Junior English is focused on the study of American literature. THE SCARLET LET- TER and THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM, re- presentative novels, climax this study. To perfect literary skills, students write both critical and creative papers, the most sig- nificant of which is the short story. In the study of the development of English literature, seniors explore poetry, drama, novels, essays, and short stories. Typical of these are MACBETH and THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. To prepare for college, students do research for and write a term paper. A new concept of grammar was introduced this year -- the descriptive approach, as opposed to the prescriptive. The new method treats grammar as it is actually used by ed- ucated speakers and writers of today. Journalism trains students in publishing a newspaper and gives them an opportunity to develop their writing skills. World literature is actually a course in world culture because it gives students an opportunity to learn about the religion, art, and music, as well as the literature of specific countries. In creative writing, a course introduced last year for the first time, students learn and practice writing techniques. For those students interested in the more practical aspects of English, a course in bus- iness English is offered. --- Susan McIntyre gives a report on Chinese art to her world literature class. Bev Morgan, Price Heusner, and Susan Prillaman act out a scene from JULIUS CAESAR.

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,Z Mrs. Bernadine Sullivan English Kun X5-A ,. 'hiv' Miss Elizabeth Raney Mrs. Emma Sommerfeld French Math IV, Plane Geometry Lastsummer Miss Elizabeth Raney real- ized a long-time wish. For six weeks she studied in Paris at the Alliance Francaise School underagrant from Chapel Hill's chap- ter of the Alliance Francaise and traveled widely in France. Mrs. Dorothy Edwards received a grant from the National Science Foundation for sum- mer study in mathematics at the University of North Carolina. if iv' ...M ,... ,, Mrs. Mary Lou Wheeler Miss Helen Wilkin Mr. Ivan Yagel Biology History, World Geography II1duStI'i21l Arts I9

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Diane Woods, Lee Fambrough, and Linda Wheeler write French exercises on the board. Mrs. Basile holds the microphone while Wynne Carter and Carl Lloyd record a Spanish passage. LANGUAGE CHHS is tri-lingual -- the Language De- partment offers notable courses in French, Latin, and Spanish. Conversation is stressed in French and Spanish, Whereas translation is the most important aspect of Latin. Latin, from which many other languages are formed, is often the basis for the study of the other languages. In the first year vo- cabulary and grammar give necessary back- ground for reading THE GALLIC WARS of Julius Caesar, which climaxes the second year. The use of dialogues is a popular method of instruction because it gives students great- er facilities in pronunciation and a working knowledge of the French language. In addi- tion to these dialogues and the study of gram- mar, one period each week is spent studying outstanding works in French literature -- SEPT D'UN COUP, in first year French, AU- CASSIN ET NICOLETTE, in the second year, and the short stories of Maupassant, in the third year. Aplay, given by French III classes for the first time last year, has now become an annual event. The Spanish course resembles the French in that conversation is enriched through dia- logues, and grammar is supplemented by the Study of literature. J i Eric Buck gives a report to his Latin class.