Clarksdale High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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SANDRA HARISIIZRI AND CYNTHIA CORRERO lvfwrxic .1 7' 'trim-ryqr.1pI1 rrpzrltcnc .rs unc fwf thu Lmu XYITH PAD IN HAND, Mxsxy C.lINPbCll. ,Tune I1-c Huttwn. N1.1rj.' Illyc Swrndull. .Lukic Abbott and Marietta Green. shurtlmnd stu! rlcnti, prcrxxrc tr- mkc rirmxtiwn fn-:vt their teacher. Mrs Curl Kaur, the business world wr their Llmw rn Cjcrmcml f,Icr1C.1l Prmcdu1'c. CONFROXTED XYITH A 'IRICKY PROBIIQM in bwukkcejlng. I.imi.1 SIINITUHN. Xgmy Iirtlnz 17r.mCcQ Ellis and -J.lL'I'ii6 Dkmiond diligently pl-nder thc sulutiwn

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IH ES RIGHI Ancl with fingers loised on the kcshoarcl txpms, students Harriette Vsiclts Arnie Hrmelstem Christine Qcruags oe Qhufortl mel Helen Burnru preprrc for rtimcd xxrrtrne Commerclal courses tralned us to tackle Courses in typing shortluncl hoolclceeping rncl een erll clerical procedure were Ollerecl to those CHS stu clents clesirinff 1 business education Acquiring, slcills in those subjects xx as not easy We practiced for hours to cun speed in shorthmtl to be lccurate in txping and to balance our licures rn bookkeeping, We lerrned to use the aclclinlr, mrchrne incl to run stencils on the mimcogrrph machine Becoming adept is 1 stenoterrpher or secretrry cle rttitutles coocl grooming, incl uncommon courtesy were emphasized in our classes Some of us were able to put into practice some of these lessons by vsorlcing as assistants in the high school principals ottrce We learned to handle oltice routine mel procedures and maintain fr pro tessional attitude toward our vsorl-. and co x-.orlcers The training, receixecl rn the xrrrous commercial courses it CHS vtill equip us to take our place in the business vmrlcl XX AICHING ANN BLRCHFIELD .md Virginia Grax perform with speed and ease rude txprng and nanipulstrng of nachines s n cis t their fellow srucl Irance Fowler .md .xx Nlatthexu ' I ' f i. A' U. ' . i V ' I . O I 1 1' - v I 7 - , - I A , I y Y. 5 t, . r . , I I Q . . Q Vi, . N L y ' ' I ' L ' ' 4 Y L K i L . ' y V r L Q F- . , L - . t - .- t manclecl more of us than perfecting certain skills. Right L ' .N , Y ' ,Q K -Y , . , , . . , ,, ,. L, AH, , I . . .V 1' , V' N. ,, 1, 1. ' t I ' , ' .X - ' ,ee 1 o ' '- ' ents, T N - ' - K I' 1

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500131 studles prepared us for better eltlzenshlp FRED FREDERICK INAN NICHOLS and Pat Kmcade bend drlngently over themr Amerlcan Hstory lessons yxhlle ames Vshlttxngton recenes help from Mr Daye Gordon Problems lleed by our msettors and those eonlrt nt me us to du Intrneued the many socul scxenee tltsses rl CHS XX'orld History AITWCTICIII Hlstory Problems ol Democracy 1nd economies 'Ihroufh tllms lectures mtps freld tnps guest spelleers md textbooles we be came aequalnted vxlth the enlllzatlons ol the vsorld We learned to ipprecxate the eulture ot Greece the povser ot Rome the strength of Brltann and the plo neer Spirit ol the Clfly Ameneans Democracy toole n 1 nevy I11Ldlllll'1, ts we Drobed lntr e Ute but metnnnlg, ol the Mlgnl Clrtx the Blll ot Rl hte 1nd our constltutlon We rode with Klt Ctrson on the Pony lxpress lxstened spellbound to Webster and Hayne In the Senlte stood proudly mth Lee at Appomattov and realrzed that the emplre of Andrew Carnegle could happen only Amernet Memor1esotVallcy Foryec San uan hlll the Argonne and Ivo xma made us proud ot our Amerlcan her1t15.,e Pro and eon dnseusslons on the steel strllee povyer of the Supreme Court 1nd lmmunxty ot unbassldors pro xoleed us to thought At the end of the year we left our eltsses more avx are ofthe responslbrlxty of etch cltlzen rn the malelng of a better world GOVERNMENT STUDEINTS Sylua Ross Murray Mlller Kay Cartmell Helen Burnau Rule Brewer Harrxett XW1cks Sue Maynard and james Abbott watch Mlss Maurme XX'1se cast her ballot at the crty audntorrum IH the gen eral electron rn November 30 41 O I . . . A v K A ' I 'v A . - ' -'. -. - 1 '.-- I ', ' 1 ' 1 ' ' . , . ' as - -- . If, , . 5 , - A . Q - . '. ' ' I ' ' ' 0 . , , ,, ' fm . ,, 1 ,. , lawn, , , , . f. -l - ,th .lerbndand 'L Y I L4'l .Q n. ' g .. - ' 'ln '-, ' ' V . ,, .. , . - l . A ,.' , ,L ' . ' 4 - T . v' v ' ,v V ' I Y , , , , , r : 1 v I 'K '