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

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THE LTBRARY-just any period , of the Clay. This is the library. Note the numerous heads bent so studiously over books and note- books. Look before they move. The girls who supervise at the desk each period of the day are selected by Miss Mary Clifton, librarian, to assist in charging books KEEPlNG ORDER in the library throughout the morning hours . are Celia Baber, Betty Petrarca, Lula Pappas Beatrice Kemp if Louise Bourgeois, Emogene Gun- ter, Betty Miles, and Virginia McCrory. iizxvg and helping pupils find what they need. The boys who dash in and out with equipment are the motion-picture operators for the audio-visual education program. Miss Clifton superintends the arrangements. The seniors have a separate room where they can study without being distracted by noisy underclassmen, however, We sometimes wonder if it isn't perhaps the juniors and the sophomores who benefit by the arrangement. The books in the library range from fiction to nonfiction, past to future, and formality to in- formality. Fortunately, all the books do not Contribute mere scholastic information, therefore our choice of reading material may be seri- ous and sober volume of interminable length or a short frivolous book designed only for pleasure. Theres nothing like variety in a library! LIBRARY WCRK is handled very nicely in the afternoon by Mary Ann Carpenter, Betty Anne Burrough, Ruth Keith, lrving Panzer, Laura Alice Wilson, Mary Ann Hood, and Leona Colburn. PAGE 25

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,,N Y 5 in History is a subject most people iump to conclusions about, and the conclusions are us- ually the same-that it's a not too inspiring matter of remembering dates, wars, conquer- ors, and conquered. That isn't the general idea anymore. We still study the past, but for a very practical reason-that we may apply our knowledge of it to the problems that confront us today. We have present as well as past history, and it's the former that we're concen- trating on tor the most part these days. We put a lot ot emphasis on classroom discussions, in which everyone may express his own opin- ions and viewpoints. Some ot the history classes subscribe to a current news magazine and devote one day a week to its contents. As a supplement to the textbook, some classes use map books. Assignments are made in these frequently, and from such work comes a broader knowledge of places prominent in the war. Civics is a related subject. lt's the study ot our American governmente-how it's set up and how it works and what are the best pol- icies lor keeping it running smoothly in the fu- ture. l-lere we talk about everything from postwar plans to the racial situation. Qi course, l X llwk Cleve T 1 PAGE 24 .fl 'A IN THIS AMERICAN HIS- TORY CLASS lrene Porter is the teacher of the mo- WMM ment we never reach a unanimous decision regard- ing the latter. But it's not for us to decide the problem yet, is it? Mr. Sidney Massey expounds the mystere ies ot economic geography. This takes in culti- vation of the soil and the means ot using its resources to our advantage, products, imports, and exports of the United States and other countriesg and facts about the conditions ot the principal cities ot the world. Mechanical drawing is taught by Mr. O. P. Wilhite. Some of its phases are the use of drawing instruments, geometrical constructions lettering, and pictorial drawing. 4'-s I ,sv-

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And this is the office-a place to be shun- ned when we have guilty consciences Cnot that any of us ever doD and a place that holds no terrors otherwise! There is usually a subdued hum of activity here, for the entire student body is in and out all day long for some reason or other. Anyone is at liberty to consult Mr. Lewis Mahoney, our principal, either individually or with groups, about any problem or situation that may arise, therefore it isn't surprising that he hasn't a noticeable amount of spare time. Mrs. Gertrude Brazil, the registrar, also in great demand, does everything from reserving audi- torium seats for plays to inquiring into the al- ways plausible reasons why students wish to sign out. Several capable pupils stay in the office during their study periods, helping with the work, of which, as we implied before, there is a superfluity. These pupils take announce- ments to the classrooms, collect the absentee slips, answer the telephone Cwhich seems to have a permanent ringl, type, and act as gen- eral informants to anyone needing assistance. Students may report a lost or a found article to the office with the assurance that eventually the former will probably be found or the latter restored to the right person. 1 l PAGE 25 ln order to sign out to go to the big football game, Richard Gill- ham, Betty Lou Smith, and George Collier have to get mother's per- mission. Gffice assistants prove to be fr big help to Mrs. Brazil and Mi, Mahoney. Billy lean Hood, Ora- dell lvy, Gladys Radford, Betty Mildred Smith, Maiorie Wilde- man, and Mrs. Brazil are work- ing on some important papers.