Kimball High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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li W Tw Q if Q Math The math department added 25 calculators to aid students with arithmetic in the classroom. Mrs. Betty Elder felt that these calculators were invaluable because they turned students on to math!! The calculators also helped to make the courses more interesting by eliminating the drudgery of finding, for example, square roots and logarithms of numbers by hand calculators. Mrs. Holcomb, math teacher, said, l'ye seen much enthusi- asm and real desire to solve detailed problems. The math department also added another teletype to the three already hooked up to the Burroughs system. Academics 21

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English Senior English teachers geared their courses to the College bound student as they prepared resumes and sent out letters to colleges requesting admissions information. The trimester sysf tem allowed for continuity between teachers should stu- dents change classes from tri- mester to trimester. Mrs. Mary Morriss felt that this standardizing was beneficial, however, because pupils would not have to repeat or miss a course should they change teachers. Sophomore English classes studied a unit on the library. They learned about the Dewey Decimal filing system and the placement of resource materials in Kimball'slibrary. 20 Academics

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Fine Arts Interest in the drama department increased this school year. Ms. Prothro, drama teacher, noted that more beginning and advanced drama classes were formed. As a result, the department sponsored more plays, including for the first time, an all junior play. The choir and orchestra Worked to put on the Bicentennial Assembly, the Christmas Assembly, and Li'l Abnerf' WJ... F Q . . 'k x::.r x::i':- ' ' Q .i 22 Academics