James B Dudley High School - Panther Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Mrs. Angeline Smith M.A. Benedict College Further study at University of Minnesota. Mrs. Barbara Wells M.A. Atlanta University Mrs. Luvenia Milling A.B. Talladega College Further study at University of Wisconsin. Stimulated by the intensive work done last year to satisfy the evaluation criteria, the English Depart¬ ment is expanding and improving in several direc¬ tions. During the summer the three teachers work¬ ing with NEA ' s Composition Project at Dudley, were part of an institute in advanced composition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Aspects of composition tackled in the institute were logic, semantics, and transformational grammar. Among the plus values from the summer ' s experience are a broadening of teacher competency in eliciting more participation in class discussions (a MUST, preced¬ ing each writing assignment) by raising stimulating questions and serving more as a consultant--when called upon--rather than dominating the discussion. Again, aspects of writing are now tackled as such, rather than attempting the fused approach generally used. The new school year has seen the launching of an Honors English Program on all grade levels. These classes involve greater depth and enrichment than are possible in the regular English classes. Though, at present, there is but one section at each leavel, the program, hopefully, will grow and eventually become the feeder to Advanced Placement English, which is a college-level course for stu¬ dents with exceptional ability. Cooperative work between teachers of American literature and of United States History (one teacher in each area) is being done currently and informally. Perhaps bona fide team teaching and a course in the Humanities are in the making. Hopefully, this is so. At any rate, this is a new emphasis in this Department. Finally, several members of the Department are studying innovative techniques being presented as in-service training by North Carolina’s LINC. The study is under the caption Project Change and is being taught by one of North Carolina’s talented young writers, Miss Sylvia Wilkinson. The techniques being projected are of particular worth in achieving a versatility of approach to literature. Mrs. Nelle Coley, Chairman B.S. Bennett M.A. Columbia University M. Ed. Temple University 70

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The Library Reaches Out The Library reaches out in many ways--for thinkers who seek fuel to fire their thinking, for hungry brains and idle ones that need satisfaction from the thoughts of others, for new ways to do old things. The depth and height and width of these three dimensions make a thing real. Our library collections represent many points of view, treat many subjects, and suit many tastes. What constitutes good library service?--it is not books alone. It is a complex combination of people and ideas. First, always, are the people: readers who find a new life in books; scholars who seek wisdom in the ideas of others and more accessible to those who need them. The ideas-- the other element in this compound--are not embodied only in type on paper but are found on films and tape and discs as well. It is the reach for what is beyond our placid daily routine, our placid unchallenged think¬ ing, that lifts us to new and greater dimensions of life and thought. Spurred by Jusserand ' s Admonition that ' the future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours; we must plan for times ahead. Our successors will expect this of us as we expected it from our predecessors. And our plans should be based on the faith that together the books, the hardware, the librarian, and the reader will light up the future, as they have illu¬ minated the past. Through modern advances in science and technology, the library has not limited its collection and service to books alone. Such audio-visual media as pictures (clipped from newspapers and magazines), reproduc¬ tions of art masterpieces, slides, filmstrips, motion p icture films, charts, graphs, maps, phonograph records, tape recordings, and trans- parancies are some of the vivid and concrete sharing of people ' s ideas of today. These media are useful to every phase of the school ' s curriculum as well as the extra-curricular activities. They provide knowledge for rec¬ reational and cultural purposes. 69

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—i Mrs. Rosa T. Yourse A.B. Johnson C. Smith Univ. M.S. New York University Further study Univ. of Pittsburgh Mrs. Inez Steele A.B. Fisk University M.S. A T State Univ. Further study UNC--G Mrs. Vertella Yates A.B. A T State Univ. M.S. A T State Univ. Further study UNC--G Mrs. Mary Holley A.B. St. Augustine College M.A. A T State University Mrs. Brenda G. Moon A.B. Central Wesley College M.A. UNC--G Miss Jane Boaz B.A. University of North Carolina at Greensboro Mrs. Annie Gillespie A.B. Shaw University M.A. Columbia Univ. Further study Morgan State Col. Mrs. Mary Byrd A.B. A T State Univ. M.S. A T State Univ. Further study UNC--G 71