Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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DF ENGLISH Because reading is so indispensable to success nithe vocauonsti hfe,basniskiHsin each type are stressed. Since it is so well known that the inteHigent use of the hbrary B essenthd in naodl ern life, courses in library instruction are oFfered bytheldwadantnulthe Enghshtawhem. The department now otTers two electives to diose sttulents xvhtmliave talent for creative alnl- ity aknig journahsnc and draniaue hnes TTun diese ctiurses luive scdtl dieniselves xvell is seen in the demand for and results obtained from the work. 'fo stnnidate groxvth in lnerary achieven1ent thatis deMrable,lQnghsh teachersccnuluctextnv curdcidar acnviues at die lhighsh held. livery teacher at the xvhcde departnient is adviser for one or more of these. In our own Durham High Miss Wyoline Hanson and R. F.. Freeman are advisers for the Missssmzmt staff: H. T. Gibson and Miss Herr for the Hz'-Rocket staff: R. C. Walser for the Mummers' Dramatic Club: Miss Lelia Hampton for the Cornelia Spencer Lit- erary Society and recitation contest: Miss lielle Ilannunnp the Southgate Laterary Soek1y,gnid Bibs Iierg the Page Iaterary Socnny. This versatility of the teachers may be due to then'extenMve acadennc uuining. 'fhen'record is as follows: Miss Herr: l3.S., Columbia Uni- versity: A.M., Columbia University: Graduate VVork, Lhnverhty of Pennsylvanhn B465 Tian- son: fXJ5, Cleorgia State CkmHege for XNU1n1en: A.M., George Peabody College for 'Teachersgflnuhune VVork,IJuke and Vanderbilt Universities. Mr. R. ll. Freeman: AJS., Furman University: A.M., Duke University. Miss Lelia Hampton: AJS., W. C. U. N. C.g fX.h4., llniversity tif Titntli Clarolniaz Graduate NVork, Duke University. Mr. Harvey T. Gibson: A.l3., Furman University: A.M., Duke University. Miss Belle Hampton: A.l5., W. C. U. TJ.CI. h4r.XNHdser:IDavidson Ckdlegeg A.B., A.M., University of North Caro- lina: Cambridge University flings- landj: Duke University: School of TDranaa, llniversity of Plorth Clarolina. PAGE 27 lla I.. HA xi 1-'rox FRI-ii-:xi xx

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DEPARTMENT MWC all are blind until we see That in the human plan, Nothing is Worth the making, That does not make the man. MIN TIIE sistvtie lines of Edwin Markhamf' said Miss Herr, Hthere is a fundamental truth about education. It is a challenge to those who direct the training of youth to build to that endg and to the members of the department of English it has become a creedf, YVith this viewpoint in mind, the members of the English department have provided for girls and boys in Durham High School a course of study that does not have the acquisition of or- ganized knowledge as its only aim. It is rather a program of worth-while activities in which students normally participate, so guided that the language and literature used, will help them to do better tomorrow the same things they do today, and make life for them a rich and ennobling experience. Composition, which the teachers regard as a tool subject, is taught with equal stress on hav- ing something to say, having a good reason for saying it, and having the technical equipment for saying it effectively. Environment, real or imaginary experiences of everyday life, reading, and travel are sources for developing individual- istic expression. Yes, grammar still holds an important place in the English curriculum throughout the six I u years of high school instruction, how- ever, only what has been proved es- sential to correct self-expression is chosen. Essentials are presented in connection with the study of language errors, through such concrete teaching pupils learn to correct their own mis- takes. Literature as a basis for enjoyment, stimulation, and reflection on human life and character consists of the study of a few great books and a wise se- lection of contemporary literature in class, supplemented by parallel read- ing of books which pupils choose with a definite purpose. men 26

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T' f1,f' D E P A R T M E N rl l3Us1NEss-LIKE procedure in every detail is the keynote of the Tlurhani Clonnnercnd Ileparv ment. Its superiority in every phase is a source of pride to each student of Durham High School. Every moment in the business class- rooms is fully occupied as each forty-Five min- utes flies by. The steady pace seldom lags. Only occasionally is a class interrupted by an an- nouncement from the Commercial Club Cabinet or by Miss Solloway, rushing in to tell of some nexv acccnntdishnaent naade by rule of her prize graduates. There are eight instructors in the department, three of whom teach in the junior high schools of the city where elementary business principles amtdkummd m dm Cemxd Bmhmw dawm. This task of starting boys and girls on their liusniess careers is die nib of Ddiss Laiuise lierry of the Central Iunior High School, Mrs. Louise Crowder Rightsell of liast Durham, and Mrs. Margaret Noell Dailey of E. K. Powe. Six classes in Shorthand and Typing are held ckuly here ai Senior Iiigh xvnh chcnnion,tran- scnptknp and speed tems,ten in Bookkeeping, one in Commercial Law, and two in Office Ijractice. Miss Solloway, who has been the head of the department for a number of years is, without a doubt, the 'ibackbonel' of every enterprise under- taken near the commercial olhce. One can readily account for her capable management of everyone and every- thing with a glance at her training- teacher naining xvork atthe Phihulek phia Business College, Iohns Hopkins, Temple, Duke, and Harvard Univer- sities, and the Universities of Pennsyl- vania and Southern California. The special held of Miss Thompson, who received her B.A. from Converse and hastakmiconunenid Uannngtn Bowling Green Business College, is in- structing students in typewriting. She is ai charge of advanced typexvrning y and serves the school as no other per- l son could through the typing of the PAGE 28