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

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KNOWLEDGE AND A CULTURAL BACKGROUND Rome In es agun A message from Parls MISS ELMORE, Latin MISS MOUNTJOY, Lafin Language IS a favorlte subject of the students who seek enrlchment of thelr cultural background Stu dents acqu1re knowledge and sk1ll through the study of any of the three subjects offered 1n th1s department Wlth a new to better understandmg of HISPHHIC Amer1can problems a new subject has been added thls year Spanlsh taught by MISS Cfldlln Two years of Spanlsh are offered as well as the or1g1naI four years of Latln and two years of French The students 1n these courses enjoy a much wnder progrlm than just translatlon and grammar The modern language students subser1be to Le Petxte ournal a student newspaper and to Vo1c1 Spanlsh ed1t1on of Rotarlanl RCVISIR Rotarla French magazme dngest Latm pup1Is haxe access to 1 large varxety of books on Roman llfe and customs IH the hbrary They also subscr1be to the Latln maga zme Aux1l1um Latmum Besldes these both M1ss Elmore and M1ss Mountjoy have an CXICHSIVC col plemented from tlme to time as 1nsp1rat1on str1kes wlth orlgmal drawmgs or clrvmgs by ardent students The entjre dep1rtment emphaslzes hlgh scholarship through prep lratlon I xtrl enjoyment ns the Rom ln Bmquet every four years Larm tournaments 1 Mod ern L1ngu1,e Club md the newly orgmlzed unlor CIISSIL ll League Thxs deplrtment does much to help the student to better understlnd our own Iangumge lppreelltm, It ln the light of other tongues and vsorkmg towlrd 1 tolerlnee of 111 peoples and Ian gulges 4 I . . . - . s . . . i I ' yi I ' A . . j V . . . U . . j as u ' 'sz J . , , , 21 . . . . . ,, . . ,, , a ' 7 T . H . .' . ,, . . 7 ' 7 Iccrion of source material made through research, sup- 1 I i YA It , l l , L - ' I Y 1 U' S , 1 x ' 1 ' J ' . . , , , 2 L 1 , V. 1 , Y 1 i, a y I ' ' Y Q 1 1 1 - ' 7.5 3 11 . MISS CRIDLIN, Sfmnixb and Ivzuzfr

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NH55 W' - Ylie lj bra C ' ' ' Yfbra G 011 . .- ' 1 17111 f , . . , Illllflldl 4,716 I -1 Ilfr- yrmnm 1111 fu f wlrfrl.. Mr . , f . Clcmmcr ' , Afgp- - I QX' X-'xgkxxxkb Ts' X LEARNING T0 TH1 K at w The Math Department, one of the largest in our school, has kept pace with the City of Industries and the national defense needs. To provide for students who will assume civic responsibilities Without college training, as well as for those who secure professional training, the math courses have been divided into two sections. The first consists of Commercial Math-including commercial arithmetic, bookkeeping, and algebra. The other course, for college preparation, consists of algebra, geometry, both solid and plane, trigonometry, and a course of college algebra for students who plan to enter college the next year. This course offers a complete review of the first two years of algebra, as well as the inclusion of advanced work approaching college level. Any student may elect the two years of algebra offered. Besides these elective courses of mathematics, a full-year course of general math is given for freshmen who need orientation before choos- ing either branch of the specialized courses. This year the Math department has been even more popular than before, especially with boys who plan to go into engineering or air corps training. The five instructors of this department have done excellent work, they have increased the interest of the practical-minded student by soliciting actual business problems for class work. Their constant aim is to teach students the art of thinking carefully, an ideal to be sought in any walk of life or industry. Do two points always determine a Mr. Sprankle proudly supervises his IB straight line? Algebra class.

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Our Iinglish department probably does more than any other single agency to make patriotic Americans of the students of our school. Through our democratic language, We learn to be worthy of our democratic freedom. In an effort to interpret the society in which students find themselves, the curriculum takes them back into the past, making a study of the great epochs of social advance, for the purpose of revealing how our society has come to assume the present form. In this study, the contribu- tions of the nations of the past to man's cul- tural development-to art, to architecture, to music, to literature-are related to the time of which they are an expression. Without forcing a connection between the history and the litera- ture, the natural unity between the two is estab- lished. When read in connection with a study of the people whose life and time it reflects, literature may be made more intelligible and more en- joyable. This is an important and appropriate use of literature, often opening the doors to imaginative participation in the life of the peo- ple studied, and thus becoming a strong factor in creating appreciation of contribution and heritage of their own people to the culture of the world which the student will inherit. The students are ofTered a comprehensive study of both grammar and literature. The great literature of both America and England is taught in the Junior and Senior years. The under-classmen spend their time on grammar and development of speech along with an in- troduction to Shakespeare and Scott. All good Americans study and speak good English AMERICAS UTTERANCE MISS I-IARTLEY-Efzgliib , ljluralzm' MISS RAMER-ljngfilll and Amrr- iran I.ffl'l'LIfIlft', and Euglixb Cum jmxiliwz ' - 1, 0' MISS CARSON-Sojrfnrmzon' ling liifr and Grammar MISS BYNUM-lfrmlmzan Ifnglixln