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

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Mr. Mears' American history classes learn to overcome the problems of public speaking as well as history. Judy Ross discusses Indian customs and dress. -Q . v X ' President Eisenhower's State of the Union Message has an expectant audience in Karla Clinton. Jeanne Gibbs, Scotty Mailhes, Charles White, and Mary Hickey from Mr. Wells' Civics class. Social studies solve problems When anyone doubts Coach Howard's knowl- edge of history, he's ready with the proof-in black and while. Xb-. What determines behavior in different situations? This question is answered in the psychology classes. Mass hypnosis, suger-ego, and ego are subjects of ani- mated discussions. Everyday life and its problems absorb the attention of HSHS sociologists, while the monetary affairs of society and man attract the economists. Functions of the govern- ment of our nation, state, county, and city are considered in civics. American and world history classes study past problems and their solutions. For the first time in many years courses in Arkansas history are being offered. juniors and seniors are learn- ing many surprising facts about their state-Land of Opportunity. Psychology is a subiec? for deep thought and frustration 'lo Vilci Ensminqer, Mrs. Beasley. and Mary Jane Wilson. ?'

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Seniors who have shown outstanding writing ability are members oi Latin meanings of their names are interesting 'ro Steve Cochran the creative writing class. Eater-ivemoo a LA CLEisv. Dv. Espauoi. si . . 51 ra. W gsbgl xib 'M 3 :'- l-I Spanish magazines 'Furnish reading material for members of Mr. Wall:er's fifth-period class. Vivian Hurst. Carol Beebe. Carol Coffey, and Clara Anderson members of the second-year Latin class. Interest in 'Foreign languages increases .D More interest in foreign languages has been evinced this Vear than ever before, Five Latin classes Consume Mrs. Bud-c's time. First-year students read interesting stories of the historv and legends of Rome. Word mastery is emphasized by the preparation of deriva- tion books. Second-year classes pore over the declension of nouns and the coniugation of verbs, translate myths of the ancient heroes -Ulysses, Hercules and jason- -and delve into the Gallic Wfars of Julius Caesar. Five Spanish classes are Mr. XY'alker's responsibility. His first- year classes learn Spanish constructions. while the second-year stu- dents read literature by famous Spanish writers. Mr. Wfalker makes the lessons more interesting by citing quotations in Spanish and giving statistics. All of his classes write original compositions in Spanish. . Qi' ,.-. Q-1 Q .- ,sg- .. dl E+ fu Brute! ln English IOL statesmen David Robinson and Robert Mitchell are ready to assist Joey Woods lBru+usl in the stabbing of Henry Meineclce lcaesarl. 5

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,wav M Temptation to peek at the keys and the habit of catching one's fingers between the keys are fast being overcome by Miss Clifton's typing class. fu O PM Sigh: of relief are given by Billy Wilson, Lynda Meeks, Leah Nob- ben, and Luther Hunter in Mrs. Sanders' bookkeeping class as their books check with the results of the adding machines. Training +omorrow's secretaries Students are prepared for business careers immediately after high school in the Commercial Department. where typing. shorthand. bookkeeping, and office practice are available. The typing room has been equipped with eighteen new type- Writers and a new duplicating machine. Students spend long hours trying to reach the required speed. Bookkeeping, a one-year course, stresses fundamentals. Students are required to complete two prac- tice sets during the year. First-year shorthand students struggle to reach the sixty-word-per-minute dictation goal and to double it second semester of second year. To gain experience, some of the second-year girls take dictation from various teachers. Besides learning about the activities of an office, some in the office practice class do extra work for teachers in their spare time. One of the special projects is the addressing of envelopes for the Sight for the Blind drive. 23