Decatur High School - Golden Memories Yearbook (Decatur, AL)

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OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE The Occupational Science department consists of commercial courses, home eco- nomics, and diversified occupations. Instructions in the commercial courses enable one to go from high school into a secretarial iob. In the three years of home economics offered, one can get instructions in the art of housekeeping. Diversified occupations helps to prepare a student for his vocation while he is in school. t-le has part-time work. Mrs. Delfaughan teaches the commercial courses, Mrs. Anderson, home economics, and tvlr. Kelly, diversified occupations, 9 MRS WILLIAM L. DeVAUGHAN, MRS. WILLIAM A. ANDERSON, MR. CARLTON KELLY, Decatur Decatur Alabama. Commercial Birmingham, Alabama. Vocation, Alabama. Coordinator of Diversi Department AB,Athens, Business Home Economics, B.S., University fied Occupations. AB., Birming Administration Anderson Business of Tennessee, Sponsor of Home Eco- ham-Southern, University of Ala College. nomics Club. bama, Sponsor D. O. Club. f X 4 E? ff Zz! Wfffff 0 2, Y 7' f 7 , f f ' II ' Z '51 X Q41 , pf B ,ll lg 2 'I 1 2 i f 3 , ll'

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.-1 ly ' t 0 : I o Q, , , 3 yIrf,,,uh i aj ll. .5 IWUNC Wmgy ass X Our music department offers private instruction in many various instruments and membership in Decatur's Crack Band. Lessons are C i r f 455 given once a week and band practice is held each Monday, Wednes- I 'I day and Friday afternoon. Mr, Hennessy is the music instructor and band director. Study in this department results not only in the ability to play an instrument but also an appreciation of good music. Exe MR KENNETH HENNESSY Danville llli nous Instrumental Music BME James Milliken University MRS W T JORDAN Decatur Alabama Library Science BS University of Ala gram Committee UBRARY Every student spends one period each day in the library where he finds a large supply of fiction non fiction and reference books The library is always well stocked with current issues of papers and magazines Frequent orders of new books keep all students well supplied with reading material whatever his interest may be Mrs Jordan the librarian and a staff of student assistants see that no one has trouble finding whatever type of material he may want bamag Sponsor Library Club, Chapel Pro-

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MATH EMATICS Each year the enrollment in the mathematics department becomes larger as the importance of mathematics becomes more evident. Our school otters tvvo years in algebra, one of which is required, one year in plane geometry, onefhalf year in solid geometry, one halt in trigo- noinetry, and one half year in business arithmetic. Miss Smith teaches firstsyear Algebra, Miss Eich teaches all other mathematics, except one class in business arithmetic taught by Miss Pope. Besides the practical uses ot mathematics and the foundation for advanced study, instruction in these courses develops quick and analytic thinking and appreciation at the beauty of geometric form. Ss .IAQ bf ir- MISS ELIZABETH EICH, Fort Da- MISS FLORENCE SMITH,. Deca- MR LEON MOODY Moulton vis Alabama Mathematics De- tur,AIabama. Mathematics. A.B., Alabama Science BS Univer partment A B University of Ala- Birmingham-Southern. sity of Alabama bama Sponsor at Phi Chi Mu Club. SCIENCE The Science Department offers chemistry, physics, and biology, three very important and practical courses. All science classes are taught by Mr. Moody, except one class in biology taught by Mr. Jordan. These courses are so taught that they not only prove in- valuable to students who later attend college, but are practical in every day life. Through the use of experiments and charts, the funda- mental laws of science are impressed on each student.