Hueytown High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hueytown, AL)

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FACULTY LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The Latin language, taught by Mr . Moran, hat been offered to Hueytown students for many yeart for many reasons. In the study of the use of English words, wo are carried back to ancient Romo for the origin of words as well as for grammatical terms. Tho doctor, lawyer, and other professional men find Latin useful in reading scientific torms. French is being offered to our collego preparatory students this year for the first timo. Mrs. McKinney, in a carefully worked out plan, sets the goals and objectives for the year: give the students a passable conversational ability and a basic grammar study. English is communication! Hore in America, tho primary languago is English. For this reason, wo must all bo ablo to speak clearly and distinctly and. abovo all, correctly. Part of tho English Staff is Miss Littlo and Mrs. Pate. Tho main goal in the English course is to help students use their language more effectively in overyday talking and writing. English encourages reading, understanding, and onjoyment of literature with emphasis on democratic idoas. Using literature as a stopping stone to composition, students are providod with experiences that broaden thoir horixons and awaken now interest, through the aid of Mr. Bridges, Miss Swift, and Mrs. Henderson, members of the English Staff. [ 13 ]

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FACULTY ARTS DEPARTMENT The Fine Arts Department is staffed by Miss Gunnels, art; Mr. Pritchett, vocal; Mrs. Jonos, speech; and Mr. Vickers, instruments. It is the intent of these departments to develop the aesthetic appreciations and cultural values which may bo enjoyod in the student’s immediate and futuro life. The Homemaking Department program, directod by Mrs. Flowors, is based on tho three ossentials of life — homo beautification, foods, and clothing. The goals in all units of work point toward bettor homos of tomorrow. iyi € Jbf I » '-UQ ''-—Mr. Hall, the shop teacher, is proud of the shop facilities in our new school. There are three rooms in the department: a genoral shop; a tool room; and a combination lecture room, paint room, and office. The department hopes to increase the hand skills of our boys and give thorn some training in tho use of power machinery. BUSINESS EDUCATION Since so many of Hueytown’s students go immediately from school to a job, our Business Department is ono of tho biggost and most important in our school. Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Eubanks teach bookkeoping and record keeping. In thoir classes they havo the following numbers of students: 90 in bookkeeping and 125 in rocord keeping. Mrs. Stone. Mrs. DiGregorio and Mrs. Hamilton have l() typing classes and five shorthand classes in which they teach 350 in typing and 160 in shorthand.

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FACULTY social studies department In order to moot the needs of our students as future citizens of the community and the nation. Mr. Sylvcstor, Mrs. Causey, and Mrs. Bodingfield, as mombors of tho Social Studies Department, toach the organization of American government with respect to its laws. The department also attempts to promoto loyalty and patriotism and teaches tho studonts to live with their fellow citizens. In an effort to achievo all tho aims of the department, there are classroom discussions, research reports. film strips, current events, guest spoakers, field trips, and map study, directed by Mr. Ward. Mrs. Holliman, and Mrs. Vinos, of the Social Studios Department. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Since many of tho accomplishments of man aro duo to his ability to think logically in certain fields of activity, tho role of mathomatics in today's world bocomos increasingly moro important. Mr. Whit-sett, Miss Reese, and Mrs. Loo, of the Mathematics Department, hope to teach their studonts that mathematics is a scionce and a language, by the connected topics of Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry. Gonoral Mathomatics contains subjoct mattor. instruction, and practico in mathomatics that the majority of peoplo uso in their daily affairs. By concerted drill on problems relating to everyday lifo, Mr. B. Norton, Mrs. Cochran, and Mr. J. H. Beasley, as mombors of the Mathematics Department, hopo to prepare those students, who are taking this as a terminal course in mathomatics, to solve efficiently any of tho common problems they are likely to meet in daily living.