Knapp High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Currituck, NC)

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cienee Dep artm ent Mr. Bingaman, Patsy Hughes, Walton Carter, Alice Dunton, and Dave Dowdy look over Miss Sadie. This year there were more people than ever before taking sci¬ ence subjects. These students got first-hand experience with the scientific method used in solving problems, gained orderly under¬ standing of materials and forces which make up their environment, and helped them adjust their lives to the rapid progress which sci¬ ence is making in the atomic age. RESEARCH? NO--NEUTRINS? YES. Mrs. Lecka, Coreen Brinkley, Pam Bishop, Sarah Newbern, Fred Hampton, Faye Mills. John W. Bingaman, B.A. Duke University Biology Louise B. Lecka, B.S. Longwood College Science anaaaae New zest and fresh interest have developed in the French department this year, with emphasis on oral teaching and letter writing to students in France. Pictures and gifts have been exchanged with an added study of French words. We hope to be able to use tape recorders and records next year to further increase the learning of French in our department. MRS. PARKER AND LINDA WATERMAN WONDER ABOUT THE TIME. Elizabeth S. Parker, B.A. Meredith College French 15

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7TTat Tie m aitc. v TDepartment The study of mathematics was not designed to teach students to memorize formulas, facts, rules, etc. We study mathematics in order that we may become able to think clearly and logically. Ira G. Long, B.A. University of North Carolina Algebra II, Plain Geometry Virginia L. O ' Briant, B.S.P.E. W.C. of U.N.C. Gen. Math, Algebra I V=l+w+l? Mrs. O ' Briant and Vernon Gareett Tin a fish TDepartment WE WILL WORK THIS OUT TOGETHER. Mr. Long, T. Creekmore, G. Williams, and B. Munden. The English Department is stressing language skills as essentials in individual expression. Special emphasis is placed on writing as a useful art in all academic progress and practical achievement in a democratic society. Madeline M. Griffith, B.A. Chowan College English HI IV Effie S. Crawley, B.A. Meredith College English WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU FORGOT TO READ YOUR BOOK? Mrs. Crawley, S. Newbern, W. Kight, B. Hampton, J. Morris.

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Sociaf Science Oepartme ni In the Social Science Department, which deals with the history and problems of our people and those of the world, much interest has been taken in an attempt to understand these problems and to study how they might be solved. Students are reading and thinking more about the place that they will have to take in the world when they become adults. IS THIS WHERE THE HISTORY TEST BEGINS? Mr. Lecka, Freddie Scaff, Iris Friel, and Carol Sawyer. THE PILGRIMS LANDED RIGHT HERE!’ Mr. Long, Betty Grandy, Ann Sawyer. THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE LEE SURRENDERED. Mrs. Parker, Tommy Gregory, John Wright, and Amy Melson. WHERE DOES IT SAY WHEN I CAN VOTE. Mr. Wilkerson, Rob Breiner, Joe Dzwonek, Sandra Merrell, Ann Twiford. George M. Lecka, B.S. Milligan College Graduate Study-Foreign Languages-Duke University World History, U.S. History, Geography, Social Economics Ira G. Long, B.A. University of North Carolina Graduate Study-Educational Administration-U.N.C. U.S. History Elizabeth S. Parker, B.A. Meredith College U.S. History Charles W. Wilkerson, B.A. University of North Carolina Civics John W. Bingaman, B.A. Duke University Civics