Hot Springs High School - Old Gold Book Yearbook (Hot Springs, AR)

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Where they sit down and peck away indus' triously. Their concentration seems remarkable when one considers the time of day and the tempting aromas that flot up from hte cafeteria. Finally the hour is over, and the students rush down the stairs in search of food. After a delicious lunch Wheatie watches luan and Patsy give shiny noses a final pat be- fore the bell Warns that fourth period has come. The day is not exactly typical in this chem- istry class, where, instead of reciting from the book, students experiment in the laboratory. The experiments prove reasonably successful. At least no serious mistakes occur, and one hour later the building is still standing. During the fifth period our trio attends civics class. Wheatie reports the latest political moves in Washington, and a heated discussion develops. The library is a place for study, Miss Clifton reminds as the three file into senior study room for the last period. Wheatie gets out his books and settles down to serious study. Why, Wheatie, we know she said study, but don't you think she meant academic sub- jects? Leaving the library an hour later, luan and Patsy join six hundred other students in the usual struggle with lockers While Wheatie joins the rest for fifteen minutes in seventh period. Then, homeward bound, our typical students Walk through the halls, proud to be part of a wonderful organization-our school. PAGE 19 Period IV-Chemistry. Period V-Civics. Period VI-Library.

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use in 3 U nas mfig nfl' :ff 'gl!l l 'S These scenes show six typical periods at our school, just any school day, l944. The three typical students-luan Nash Patsy Miles, and Earl Wheatie Patton-are seen first in English class. Wheatie sneaks into the room as the echo of the tardy bell fades away. l-le is given a White taclcet. Patsy crams tor the usual vocabulary test. During the next class our students delve into that mysterious branch oi mathematics -algebra. While the other pupils watch fasi- nated, Patsy, luan, and Wheatie trace on the board the complicated adventures of Messrs. X and Y. Having reached the amazing con- clusion that Mr. X travels at the rate of eleven and twenty-four hundredths miles per hour Whenever Mr. Y puts five hundred seventy- eight bushels of corn into a silo eight feet in diameter, they leave algebra in triumph and are pushed along to assembly. There are the usual announcements, a FDIC-gram Cperhaps a playl, more announce- FD t ' ' ' en s, and then dismissal to third period. PCflSY, luan, and Wheatie climb the stairs to the fourth floor and t yping class,

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Clawiui Most of our time is spent in classrooms- six hours a day, specifically. So perhaps you'd like to hear more about some of our class activities-what we study and why and how. While the soldiers of America are tight- ing to protect a progressive, enlightened coun- try, we are studying to assure its remaining that way. Let us show you how the English depart- ment is helping. As taught by Mrs. Una Mc- Crory, Miss Elizabeth Sloan, Miss Louise More- head, and Miss Anna Roberts, English is not rust the simple study ot parts ot speech, diae ,qrfxtttf ttf gl :'Tf'Ll?lifT stiuittgre, l.'fl.51t we learn li is f t,':i'1y ' 'ie English includes read- ' 1 1 A ' will The -ESSZVJ, Sftfllij- A.-itlisli ' .Atf e collett '15 '-'rt1.3:ifilcgy if were are HUXTIQTY DISCUSSING THE DESIRABILITY of a student council are Raymond Lawson, Bobbie lean lohnson, Arthur Ray, Vir- ginia Outlaw, Walter Sanders, and Lula Pappas. LA LUZ SEEMS INTELLIGIBLE to Spanish scholars lack Knox, Dick Tee-cl, Madeline Lockwood, Frances Benton. Wanda White, Norma Adamson, Iimmy Vann, Mary Beth Meeks, and Wanda Lee Miller. ous panel discussions, too, with a variety of subjects and sometimes interesting conclus- ions. Then there is expository writing with its insistent demand for more flexible vocabular- ies-the despair of most pupils. ln the foreign language field Mr. R, E. Walker-un maestra muy bueno-reigns alone. His three Latin classes and three Spanish class- es keep him busy. Latin consists chiefly of vocabulary study and translation oi Roman myths and histories. Spanish includes infor- mation about our good neighbors, Mexico and South America-Pan-Americanism, you know. The second-year class, who supposedly read and speak the language with comparative flu- ency, subscribe for a Spanish newspaper and also correspond with a New Mexico high-school student. EASE LC