John H Reagan Senior High School - Pennant Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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DEPARTMENT HEAD ff- Miss Olson Bliss Anna Marie Olson, Mr. John W. Robbins. One can hardly conceive of a modern high schoolls operating without a music department. for it is constantly in demand for oilingr the wheels for smoother running. Even before school many times. the Choral and Olee Clubs hold special rehearsals in readiness for the many services they rcudcr. Annually the Clubs offer full Thanksgiving and Christmas assembly programs, furnish special numbers for llaccalaureate installation. give mu- sical selections at llotary and Kiwanis luucheons. and join with other schools in singing with the Houston Symphony. This year one of the Olee Clulfs members was chosen for the All-State Choir. The Band too may be heard-and seen-busy before school opens. playing and drilling in preparation for its many activities of the year. lt functions regularly at all football games and Rice,s first home game. plays for the June graduation exercises and May Fete, and enters various marching contests and music festivals throughout the year. A greatly appreciated function of the Orchestra is that of playing at assemblies while students are filing into the auditorium. Only if it were done away with could one feel the difference this valuable but taken-for-granted service makes in the smooth assembling for auditorium programs. The Orchestra also plays at the National Honor Society installation. mid-term graduation. and the May Fete. lt also gives an annual concert at the Vet- erans llospital. TIN. Band rehearscs. Sf' floss the Choral Club. 23

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DEPARTMENT HEAD Mr. Moore 7- -f - - V Miss Helen H. Peterson, Mr. C. W. L. Abbott, Mr. Joseph E. Buckley, Mrs. L. E. Green, Mr. R. H. Moore, Mr.'Elbert Felton, Mrs. Florine Carr, Mr. Grant A. Morrison, Jr., Miss Eunice Brackett, Mrs. M. D. Owen. From a three-teacher faculty and twelve chairs, the science department of Reagan has grown to ten teachers, 99 microscopes. and five labs-three biology, one chem- istry, and one physics. To Mr. Williams' interest in the science department and his tireless efforts for its advancement goes the pre- ponderance of credit for this progress. ln this last of his years at Reagan. a Major Works class in chemistry has been instituted. with a view of others to come. A biology class studies the ear. Lighting neon by an induction 22 field in physics. Every teacher in the department is teaching in either his major or minor field. Visual aids are used extensively throughout the department as a teaching device. The science department has always responded to every science project initiated locally: the Conference on Engin- eering held every six weeks. Science Fairs in connection with organizations or conventions. and the selection of an outstanding science student. to whom a War Bond is given. - t ff l Making chlorine in a chemistry class.

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M, We wif.. Y-- f-ft. , . 1 DEPARTMENT HEAD Mrs. Clark Mrs. Enrollment in the Art Department has increased the faculty from one teacher to that of three since 1932. The course now consists of four years of credit work in the Fine Arts and one year each in Crafts and Com- mercial Art. Art students delight in rendering service to the school in various ways. such as decorating and advertising for school events and keeping the exhihit cases on the second and third floors filled with intriguing displays. They also participate annually in many contests and exhibits, Maurine D. Clark, Mrs. Madeleine D. Koster. such as the Students' Spring Exhibition at the lVluseum of Fine Arts. the Scholastic Art awards. the Houston Beautiful Campaign. Fire Prevention and Easter Art. and exhibits sponsored hy community organizations and eon- ventions. ln all these Reagan art students have won honors. ln today's husy world are found a great I11lIIlllPI' of recognized professional artists. illustrators. advertisers. and teachers of Art who have received their start in the Reagan Art classes. ll and 3 vocation. 24 Art: both a ho 1 VY