Maui High School - Silversword Yearbook (Kahului, HI)

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fust the rlglvt touch! The fine arts department this year was composed of Mrs. Music, Art Make Up Fine Arts Department MRS. THELMA WATSON Art, Sophomore English Watson's art department, Mr. Sueolca's chorus classes, and Mr. I-lawlc,s three hand classes. The art department has de- veloped, in the senior class, such artists as Rodney Ogata, Susan Moon, Karen Higa, and Tolcialci Toyama. Mr. Sueo- lca's chorus groups have made quite an impression on the is- land people by their appearances at numerous community functions. Mr. Hawkls band played at the football games, at MR- WENDELL HAWK all pep assemblies, and at other programs held in the auditori- F75-'bmdn Englifh and band um. Band members jazz it! Singing MR. WILLARD SUEOKA United States history and flvorus a rapellcr. Forty-four in

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They Help Fight 66Pidgin'9 English we a it U' Q s-if gm l he MRS. BERNICE FORD MRS. JANET JANSSEN MISS MRS. MAYMIE GALLMAN Civics and Freshman English Freshman and junior English CHARLLOTTE MATSUDA Sophomore English, advanced Junior and Senior English Spdmfh and Ldfm I and H The English teachers realize that the higgest prohlem they have to contend with here in the islands, is the tendency of the students to speak upidginv English. In order to overcome this obstacle, speech courses are offered to the students. Just as important as the fundamentals of speaking and writ- ing English, is the knowledge of English and American authors and their works. The Odyssey is studied during the freshman year, Caesar, Ivanhoe and the Tale of Two Cities during the sophomore year, American authors during the junior year and English authors during the senior year. MRS. PANSY HEYER Sophomore English and speech Allen Matsunaga carries on American liz. discussion Your sounds come from heref, Forty-three

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They Help Future Scientists, Dlathematieians MRS. CATHERINE WATKINS MISS MR. LEROY DAVIDSON DTR. TERUO MASATSUGU Algebra and general matlvematics CATHERINE VAN KEUREN General science Chemistry and physics Plane geometry, algebra II, solial geometry, and trigonometry Math and science courses are very popular among the students here at Maui high. Besides being very essential for those who will be majoring in science and math, some knowledge about these subjects is essential today, because this is an age of science. ,I Algebra and general science seem popular among the fresh- 1 men. During the sophomore year, students usually take plane geometry and biologyg junior year, chemistry and algebra H, and senior year, trigonometry, solid geometry and physics. Yutaka says, It,s just HZO, Eileenf' Most students do not take math and science during their jun- ior and senior years unless they are interested or majoring in those subjects. Teaching the fundamentals of algebra and general math this year was Mrs. Catherine Watkins and teaching higher math, Miss Catherine Van Keuren. Mr. Leroy Davidson and Mr. Teruo Masatsugu were re sponsible for all the future Einsteins of Maui high. Trig students at work forty-fre