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

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Mrs. Marylin C. Berggrun, AB English II Pre-Tech Mrs. Diane S. Cohen, BA, MEd English III, IV Mrs . Martha M . Gi 1 1 , AB, MA English III Journalism Creative Writing Miss Jesse Belle Lewis, AB, MA English IV World Literature Mrs. Bernadine S. Sullivan, AB Engl ish II English Investigates All As the meeting place of all arts, 1 ' English develops the individual by encouraging appreciation and under- standingof language and literature. Our English Depart- ment trains the student to master the mechanics of the language and to write with clarity and meaning. Shakespearean drama and comparison of classic and modern novels compose the bulk of sophomore English. In addition to an intensive grammar review, classes also examine poetic development and technique. The fol lowing year, juniors undertake interpretive analysis of American literary works from 1850 to the present. Parallel reading and poetry, novels and plays comprise the rest of the year ' s work. Both John Whitty, performer in a Carolina Playmaker ' s p ro d u c t i o n, and author Frances Gray Patton spoke to the classes. Senior English emphasizes the development of English literature from the time of Beowulf to the twentieth century. Seniors also work extensively with precis writing and structural linguistics as well as with the British short story, essay, and poetry. Climaxing this year is a term paper on an approved subject. Junior English students under Mrs. Cohen discuss the characteristics of America ' s western short story. 20

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Several members of the cafeteria staff, Miss Voneile Alford, Mrs. Mary Perry, Mr. Wilson Hackney, andMrs. Annabelle Lloyd prepare the day ' smeal underManagerMrs. Maude Hoi loway ' s watchful eye. Assistants Serve CHHS with Devotion Hardee ' s s t i ffe s t competition, the cafeteria, daily dishesup meals to between sixty-five and seventy percent of the student body. Under the supervision of Mrs. Hilda Moffit, the c a f e t e r i a s t a f f also prepares banquets — complete with candles and knives for several school organizations . Bus drivers hear the cry head ' em up, ride ' em out and the modern CHHS drovers hit the trai I . A herd of nine buses travels over 250 miles a day to transport students who live one and a half miles from school . Custodians Thomas Morrow and Thomas Pendergraft, Big and Little Thomas respectively, are famous and infamous in their own right. Aside from maintaining the CHHS b u i I d i n g, they serve as morale boosters for the entire student body. Drivers Donnie Clark, Nat Pittard, Paul Sexton, Phil Ray, Bill Blackwood, Jimmy Andrews, Thomas Brown, Johnny Oakley, and Lester Hill (left to right) gatherin the buses before beginning their afternoon routes. Big and Little Thomas play Mr. Clean on a snowy morning . 19

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Facets of Lit. Grammar Both Mrs . Gi I i and Miss Lewis were p r i v i I e g e d to teach at the Governor ' s School last summer. As a survey of Oriental and European culture, world literature relates music, religion, and art to the writings of these areas . Anextensive reading program, in addition to speakers Rabbi Joseph Levine and Reverend Henry Turlington, enrich this senior course. As sti 1 1 another phase of English, the informal creative writingclass allows students to express themselves imagi- natively through discussions and composi tions. They concentrate on the short story, poetry, and other literary forms. At last report, the class was hard at work on the perfect crime— for a short story, of course. Furthermore, each year the class publishes its best work in a literary magazine . Journa I ism teaches students the necessary methods and principlesapplicable to newspaper production. The major concerns of this class are a bi -weekly newspa per the Proconian, which won an A I I -A m e r i c a n rating for its first four issues, and a weekly radio p ro g ra m Ins and Outs on WCH L . Patti Terrill unveils Turkish life to world literature students. Editor-in-chief Robbie Hooker and supervisor Mrs . Gill ponder over galley sheets for the Proconian. Creative writing students become amateur criminologists. Here Jim Ford reveals his concept of the ideal crime. 21