Levelland High School - El Lobo Yearbook (Levelland, TX)

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ew Developmen Affect Levellancl Great strides in science and mathematics are made daily, and our departments are always making changes to give students the latest know- ledge. J. B. Kempson, math teacher, commented on the wave of modern math. There is really no such thing as modern mathg there is a modern approach to mathematics. More math theory is be- ing taught and taught earlier. More women are becoming scientists. ln previous years l had only one girl a year in trig and advanced mathg this year I had five in trig and three in advanced math. This is the first year I ever had a girl to take slide rule and efficiency math. Chemistry teacher J. B. Balch devotes much time to reading in order to keep up with new developments in his field. CLHS math and sci- ence teachers on the average read four and a half hours a week to stay up with new concepts.D Mr. Balch says, The kids we get now know more about science. They're learning at an earlier age, and we must continually adjust to this. This year our chemistry and physics courses were much more analytical. We have new textbooks and are continually buying new equipment. We try to look ahead four or five years and gradually buy what we will need then. The evaluation com- ts in Math and Science Students and Teachers LOBSTER NEWBURG ANYONE? Scott Couch uses many real animals to liven his biology classes. Here he shows the finer points ofa lobster to David Langford. LHS biology courses will undergo a complete revision and modernization next year. In fact, modernization is the key word in all our math and science courses. mittee was slightly awed by our lab facilities. JOHNNY CROUCH I6 J. B. BALCH M. L. BRASHEAR SCOTT COUCH J. B. KEMPSON J. W. NORMAN LUINE SIMPSON

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Language Arts Cover Shakespeare to Ben Franklin to panish Verbs The English department began using the Science Research Program of Contemporary Composition which includes twelve major areas of composition and is taught by means of an overhead projector and transparencies, this year. Mrs. Birtciel commented about the program, I believe the quality of seniors' compositions has im- proved. Of course, the real improvement will show up when those who are now sophomores and juniors become seniors. The department was commended by the Evaluation Committee for its use of the SRP, the Seventh New Collegiate Dictonary, and the annual English Festival. The Festival follows strict Interscholastic League rules and includes creative and ready writing, speed reading and comprehension, grammar, spelling, speech, and exhibits contests. Usually the win- ners in the English Festival represent Levelland High in the literary and speech events at the District UIL meet. This was a year of firsts for the speech department. 6'Annie Get Your Gun in collaboration with the music department, was the first musical produced at LHS. It ran two nights in December. The first children's play, Cinderella, was acted for the grade school students by the department. The Teahouse of the August Moon was the first student-desiged production. The Thespians gave their first speech scholarship this spring. The one act play entered in U.I.L. competition was Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It was performed in Snyder on March 26. The foreign language department is expanding. French I and II have been added in the last three years, the Spanish and French Clubs increase students' understanding of foreign cultures. Miss Pat Stansell remarked, We try to speak French at all our club meetings. We listen to records and see movies of F rance. AULINE WINNINGHAM MAXINE ADAIR NINA BIRTCIEL GERALDINE JOHNSON ATSY PAYNE PAT STANSELL BETTY TREADWAY NORMA WOODELL 7

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Social Studies Map the Way to Citizenship The social studies department tries to prepare stu- dents to become well-informed citizens. The voting procedure is illustrated every spring when civics classes conduct the student council officers' election. Every student in high school is registered in his precinct and votes there. fliooms represent the various voting precinctsj Civics stu- dents act as registrars, election judges, watchers, ballot counters, and all other officials. Students in the economics class buy stock and follow its course in the stock market to see how much money they can make or lose. Though no money changes hands, students' spirits rise or fall as their stock goes up and down. SHARING A LAUGH with his class, Mr. Barlow attempts to clear up an economics theory. MR. BILLINGSLEY aids a student in cor- recting a test. This was Mr. Billingsley's first year in high school. He sponsored the National Honor Society. J. J. BARLOW BILL BILLINGSLEY GANO TUBB JOHNNIE HICKMAN MARIE NORMAN