Greenwood High School - Under the Greenwood Tree Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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E go non C077ZP7'6l967lCll0. I do not understandl' is a muth repeated sentenee in the three Latin Classes. It seems hard to learn the deelensions and countless vorabulary words, but they will prove invaluable later, We learn how Latin has an effect on our language through the study of derivatives. The many class activities include singing carols in Latin at Christmas and giving Latin plays. This course serves as a foundation for the vocabularies of our present studies and will prove to be even more helpful in the future. 3 . Lsing props surh as 1 ball and pictures helps Donna Montgomery learn Iatm English vvords Q, P' . r, ' o may MILDRED BAKER RICE Latin and English Supervisor, attained B.S. from S.M.S. She advises the seventh grade. Latin stories are more enjoyable when Ann Louise Casey, Pat Riebold, and Phyllis Rippee read the parts in story ,htm and play form as a dramatization.

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History Supervisor and ninth grade sponsor. History-the key to the future. tsta L, ,Q . F , 'Egg it Q u will .an- 8 nada 5 Great enthusiasm was shown by the stutlent body when the American GRACE GARDNER Problems class toncluctetl politital rallies. received a B.S. from SMS. and an M.E. in Edutation from Missouri University. The real answer or key to the future lies in past events. ln View of the present world crisis, the History' Department is correlating the events of the past with future events and Miss Griuie Gardner decisions. Class discussion in history helps a greatdeal. Lou Ann Halestine hands Sally Squires, Steve Schwab. and Bill tells the American History class about the Turner court preparations. Page 16 pioneer settling of our country.

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THELMA DILLARD lNIathematics Supervisor, was awarded her BS, in Education from Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield. She sponsors the eighth grade. How did you get that answer? Bobby Bryant asks of Diana Green in eighth grade math class. Various shapes and sizes of mobiles for Christmas is the project of Mike Hardie and Richard Donaldson as a prac- tical aspect for their trigonometry course. Page 18 Mrs. Dillard, a newcomer to our faculty this year, has efficiently guided all of our mathematics. In the wide selection of mathe- matics courses offered at Greenwood, emphasis is placed on scientific thinking and problems requiring the use of thought and reasoning. These courses include basic mathematics, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and begin- ning and advanced algebra. Mathematics being the framework of all sciences, these courses are designed to meet both the general and the specialized needs of the students. Since Green- wood is a college preparatory school, this de- partment strives to teach the basic fundamentals to prepare these students for the future. M atbematics teaches z