Columbus High School - Cohiscan Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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The Columbus High office is always a beehive of activity as several students and teachers bring their problems to Mrs. Brim and Mrs. Dempsey for help. This is a familiar scene at school, for the secretaries are continuously busy. Waiting for help is always amus- ing and especially pleasant because of the many people congregated there and the friendly atmos'phere prevailing in the school office. ffice 's center of acti it . Our two efficient secretaries, Mrs. Brim and Mrs. Dempsey, are quite often seen preparing lists of absentees in order to carry out the routine of calling their homes to establish a valid reason for absence from school. This is just another part of their daily routine, The office at Columbus High School is always filled with many people and much confusion, but much is accomplished there. Calling students who are absent is only one of many jobs performed in the busy high school office every day by our two competent secre- taries, Mrs. Lula Brim and Mrs. Barbara Dempsey. Some of their other jobs are giving out aspirins to the many chronic Columbus High School aspirin takers, send- ing out transcripts to the many different colleges of our choice, typing an unceasing amount of letters and other important papers and taking care of the visitors that come to the school. Mrs. Demsey and Mrs. Brim are always cheerful and always have a kind word for every Columbus High student no matter how tired they are. They are also al- ways ready to meet any emergency that may come up. They keep the bells on schedule for specially plan- ned days as well as the average school day. They work all summer so that when we come back to school in the fall everything will be ready for students and teachers. Although seldom realized, their work is one basis for the smoothness and efficiency of school business. C255

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C24-J What seems to be your trouble, Bill? asks Mrs. Althea Booth, eighth grade math instructor, to sub-freshman Bill Gordy as he struggles with an extremely difficult math problem. lt is there that students build a strong background in mathematics. Math class, at our desks we sit, Our brains are numb, weive lost our wits, We've racked our brains and sought and sought, But from our brains comes not a thought. Every student who has ever taken math can apply this poem to his feelings at the beginning of a hard test. ln the eighth grade we counted on our fingers but when seniors we learned that fingers can't be used to figure logarithms. The goal of the CHS mathematics department is to give all students a good background in math. This is very important to everyone because math is the back- bone of all types of work. Knowledge of this fact is evi- denced by the great number of pupils taking advantage of the courses offered them. Approximately 88 per cent of the students take these. Math courses vary from gen- eral math to analytic geometry. Our mathematics department stresses hard work and accuracy. With difficult problems our minds are forced to learn by this constant reasoning and practice in thinking. umbers build Miss Mildred Brown, Shorter College, A.B. Mr. O. D. Paul, Troy State Col lege, B.S. Mrs. Althea Booth, Peabody College, BS., M..A Mr. Robert Price, Troy State Col- lege, BS. 3 t t Miss Sara Carter, Troy State Col- lege, BS. Miss Martha Rogers, Mercer University, MS. many onders Maj. Eugene Freeman, Univer- sity of Kentucky, A.B. Mrs. Sarah Smith. Jacksonville Col- lege, BS.. Au- burn University, M.S. Miss Fannie Higgins. Univer- sity of Georgia, BS., Auburn University, MS. Mr. Bill Tinkler, Auburn Univer- sity, B.S. Colonel Paul Mitchell, US. Military Acade- my, B.S., Univer sity of Alabama, M.A. Mrs. Mary Williams, State College, BS., Auburn Univer- sity, M.S. , st? at 4, , k . '- - ' ' - .1 ---5 f - . ma. in . ' - . r f? T' - K, LE I X Nigga? 2 M K 5 E-ei?-35557 I 5 ,IW K I. H S ' fl.ff1ffi' A W, . , 1, ii QE.,

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4265 n Mr. Herman Dollar, Miss Mary Alice Arnold, Miss Ruth Cochran, Miss Leone Redfern, Dr. John Deason, Miss Cussie Goss, Mrs. Marijon Williams, Miss Roberta Lawrence and Miss Ann Cooper represent the faculty when it is inconvenient to assemble the entire group. Board and ommittee guid . The Muscogee County School Board is pictured at one of its monthly meetings, The members are, L. to R., Mr. lrvin Rosenberg, Mrs. Richard Chaplin, Mr. Ben Hardaway Jr., Vice President, Mr. Walter Richards, President, Mr. William Shaw, Superintendent of Schools, Mrs. Annie Massey, Secretary, and Mr. Cody White. Back row: Mr. Edward Smith, Mr. Cecil Anthony, Mr. David Rothschild, Mr. John Mil- ler, Mr. ,loc Blackmon, Dr. Guy Dillard, Mr. Spencer Waddell, Mr. Louis Kunze, Mr. Hiram Stanley, Mr. John Kinnett, Mr. Stacy Jones.