Lincoln High School - Bumblebee Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The versatility of thc DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH and its close correlation with every other department in the school has created a great demand for its services, sometimes in clearly defined areas, as in assembly presentations and in creative writing. The English agenda or curriculum has been designedto present an integrated, sequential program around units which concern themselves with themes of human relations which we believe ate important to all young people. The primary aims of the English Department are to help students speak effeo tively and correctly in all speech activities; to learn to listen fair the purpose of evaluating and acquiring knowledge, to read discriminatingly for enjoyment, for information, and for cultural enrichment; to Write correctly and state their ideas intelligibly; and to think clearly and broadly in the language and express their thoughts with a comprehensive vocabulary. Course offerings include English I, II, III, IV, with Drama, Speech I, Speech III, and Journalism as electives. There are four Reading Improvement classes on the ninth grade leveli Mr. W. Barnes Mrs. M. Conner English II and UL English Ill, Speech Mrs. N. J. Shaw Department Directm, English IV, Drama Mr. A. Craft Director of Student Activities, Eng- lish II and III

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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT The fundamentals of Typing and Gregg shorthand are the basics of the Business Department. These courses provide the student With those skills, kr3o.w.ledges,' zfnd zfttitudes necdehd Mrs. P. Coleman to obtam an mltlal posmon 1n stenographlc work, also enabling them to produce work of acceptable quality and quantity, Mrs. B. Taylor Typing I and II, shorthand, Jour- nalism Typing I and II, shorthand. shorthand is not as foreign to Dorothy Levine and Diane Tit-Tat go the typewriters when they are used by Billie Ned, Elva Thomas as it is to those who do not know These are our future Palmer, Brenda Martin, and Dolly Conner. It's just a matter of know- how. sects taries.

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Mrs. U. Kelly Mrs. B. Mallory English I and II, Reading English III and IV Improvement, Speech Phyllis Reynolds, Gloria Edwards, Wil- ford Flowers, and Elizabeth Hilstork are engaged in a critical analysis of the short story. Reading is their enjoy- ment. Mrs. A. Mitchell Mrs. D. Pace English 11 English 1, Reading Im- provement, Journalism