Escambia High School - Escambian Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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Mr. Kenneth Andrews Miss Nell Berrey Mrs. Marjorie Hudson Miss Melvia Hudson Mrs. Margaret Nobles BA, German BA, French BA, Latin BA, Spanish BA, Spanish Determined Language Students Enjo Elective Subjects To teach an elective subject is more enjoyable because the majority of the students really want to take the course, ex- plains Mrs. Hudson. The department feels that if another foreign language could be added to the curriculum, Russian would be the pop- ular choice. Many other languages have different alphabets, making them diihcult to leam. Russian is not offered because there is not enough interest expressed by students and there is a shortage of qualitied teachers. Certain students feel that the only dilhculty there is in leaming a foreign language is that one must learn all aspects of the language in a brief time. Mrs. Marjorie Hudson, head of the department states, A student who has a good back- ground in English and the ability to memorize will make a good foreign language studentf' Learning can be fun when French stories are illustrated by French IV as they portray a little prince Ray, a Bunny flower, and a king Bonnie!' fwMg,gs1ef,.H Y as , 192 .5 Q as K ff ' sf! . ..!N-...A

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Mrs. Judy Gross MS, English Miss Carol Gulley MS, English Mrs. Connie Harbeson BA, English Mrs. Sherry Henderson BS, Drama Mrs. Grace Jackson MA, English Mrs. Mary Johnson BS, English Mrs. Carol Livingston BS, English Mrs. Augusta Martin BA, English Mrs. Edres McCloskey AB, English Mrs. Mary Jane Phillips MA Mrs. BA, English Mrs. Beth Powell BS, English Mrs. Hazel Scales MA, English Easter Stein English Mrs. Virginia Stephens MS, English Mrs. Julie Whitten BS, English Mrs. Betty Workman MA, English New Methods Draw Interest Between Students, Teachers The English department has been totally revised this year. There are 24 semester courses offered. Of the 24, 10 are required. One semester of grammar and one semester of literature are required for the freshman class. Sophomores are required to take one semester of composition and one of literature. Any other elective they wish to take is permitted as long as they have room in their schedules. The only other course re- quired before graduation is one semester of American literature. There were three main reasons for the change in the de- partment. First it was the trend of English and all the larger schools had taken part, second the department hoped to make the courses more interesting, and the third was to give students a better background on what they had chosen as a field of study. When the department thought about changing the curricu- lum two years ago, they surveyed the students to discover what courses they wanted. Drama I, Speech I and II, mass communications, creative writing, British literature, advanced composition and modern literature are among many of the requests offered. Mrs. Hazel Scales, head of the English department, would like to see more courses with higher degrees of difliculty of- fered in the future. If so, another survey would be scheduled to decide on which courses would be offered. 35

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Latin students demonstrate ancient Latin customs as well as ancient dress. 3 t Ki Monica invites all to come to a party Spanish style in Mrs. Nobles room ws ' oi-' 'I' 1 it -- 4,4 I - faitifz. ' fr '51 Ui ' a:.ff1FfLfJ?s I fllf,...fJ Gemian students put their heart in their studies by displaying posters which complement the beautiful countryside. 37