Dobyns Bennett High School - Maroon and Grey Yearbook (Kingsport, TN)

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Jean Pyle on duty Miss Ramer, the assistant principal and faculty member, gives absence ex- cuses in the mornings before school. It ORX14 During all periods, a receptionist re- ceives telephone calls, directs visitors, and in numerous ways gives efficient service to students. OFFICE HOURS Mrs. Brown and Miss Penn are secretaries to Mr. Robinson and Mr. KOH- man respectively. They contribute largely to the smoothness of our school organizationg theirs is the task of keeping our records along with the infinite variety of their secretarial duties. Mrs. Brown Miss Penn T10

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J Page ten 'txxx AN OPEN LETTER TO THE STUDENTS OF DOBYNS-BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL: We li of government and our relations to it. Many worth- while traditions and ideas which we have assumed to be ours forever are endangered. Many persons are quick to accept some foreign cult or issue be- cause of their inability or refusal to reason We believe it the duty of our school to teach you how to think rather than what to think. We hope your stay has enabled you to distinguish between fact and propaganda, and that you will be less suscep- tible to the contagion of dangerous beliefs. We be- lieve that the full knowledge of American history, of our country's struggles, and its traditions and ideals will make you a better citizen of the future, and that you will more likely do your part in per- petuating the American way of -life. ve in an age that challenges our concepts Charles K. Koffman, principal

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i . ... swf Nhsew ey, Fof Y Rama , ron ev Cidxtr' l 3 NOUNS, VERBS, PREPOSITIONS- Our country has room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Amer- icans, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house. The above quotation is from a letter read at the All American Festival, New York, written by Theodore Roosevelt. Our English department wants us to be Americans. The main purpose of the school cur- riculum is to interpret to students the industrial and institutional life of the so- ciety into which they are born and in which, as adults, they must play an in- telligent part. English is the doorway through which students pass on the road to success and happiness in this society. When the contents of the curriculum are broad, varied, and rich, and when pupils are given opportunity to express them- selves freely, as in our school, much of the work in English will relate itself nat- urally to the other studies of the .cur- riculum. Page fll't'II'l? A senior English class as it studies diagraming in order to simplify the proper use of the seven parts of speech.