Herculaneum High School - Blackcat Yearbook (Herculaneum, MO)

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-I 1' T llr 'if i T :fb The chorus class has eighty-seven members. It meets the Fifth and sixth hours every other day, alternating between boys and girlsg and on Friday, the mixed chorus meets. The choir also goes to Cape Girardeau in the Spring, under the direction of Mr. Scott, to compete in the music concert. They are working hard to merit a high rating in the concert. Musicl Musicl Musicl That's what you hear when you pass the music room. The band is practicing very hard for the coming Music Fes- tival and Concert at Cape Girardeau . The band consists of fifty members. The leader of the band is Mr. Scott, who says, The 1 UEPHHTMEH Mu ic TSI ' Y' X A ISN 5 4 band keeps showing improvement. Let's hope they continue to do so. Herculaneum is certain to have one of the best bands this year. Everyone feels that the band will re- ceive an excellent rating at the contest in the spring . I , Mr. Bess has been at Herculaneum High school for the past three years. This year he teaches general mathematics, algebra, and ge- ometry. Under his guidance, Mr. Bess has de- veloped the ability of T25 students in the Fieldof mathematics. Much general knowledge is needed in the field of mathematics to live a Full and rich life. We find that our Mathematics Depart- ment is capable of doing this. Besides doing the work as principal of our school, Mr. Gray also teaches mathematics and sychology. His work is general mathematics and his classis an interesting addition to the students' schedules in this department. 4lnll9 Mathematic 'SSC .L sie Ss ...gi jg N 15

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1.361-it wr- 5- Y T 3 ff: . . isis- SQ, ,,. This year Miss Robinson has two classes in English. Theyare both Freshman classes, consisting of about fifty-five students. They spend .part of their time studying parts of speech, writing themes, reading books, and giving book reports. 14 nwnnimfnrs Ellgli h Miss Lemen has five divisions of English, in- cluding her iournalism class. Her classes include only juniors and seniors, of which forty are seniors and eighty-one are juniors. The English classes have divided their time between grammar and literature . The iournalism class does the maiority of. the work on the school paper, The Black Cat Tales, along with the Publications Committee . This class also does speech work. Mr. Martin has five divisions of English which are made up of sophomore and freshman groups. He has one -hundred forty-four students in his classes. His classes spend a lot of their time on grammar and literature, which builds the students for senior English work. Speech is alsostressed in these classes . Lui

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--Q 0 '--NMQW Under the instruction of Mrs. Knight, the Home Economics Department offers three years of home economics. There are lO5 girls inthe five periods Mrs. Knight teaches. The course is a broad field including many activ- ities carried on in daily home living. ln addition to instruction in foods and clothing, other subjects such as developing personality, improving personalappear- ance, sharing in the managementof the home, sharing in family and community life, the home and its tur- nishings, buying problems, health and home care of the sick, assisting with the care, and guidance of children, and the choosing ot a vocation are also studies. The industrial Arts Department, under the direction of Mr. Thomas, consists of four different phases: shop I, shop ll, building trades, and me- chanical drawing. Shop l is a general shop class consisting of three areas: general metal, hand woodwork, and general leather. Shop ll is an ad- vanced class in woodwork. The building and trades class meets all morning and gives the student work experiences in the Following fields: carpentry, electricity, heating, plumbing, and masonry. The mechanical drawing class develops the stu- dent's ability to describe objects through drawing and to interpret blueprints and drawings made by others. 16 DEPHRTHIEHTS Home Econonnc lndu Uial Art sm