McCallie High School - Pennant Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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. 'K Q 'nu , 'swf l . The faculty of The McCallie School was again brought to a record high hy the addition of five instructors for the fifty-sixth term. This increase gave the school a teaching personnel of forty-two and ll SlllLlCfll-lC'LlCllCI' ratio of 12-1 which was the best in the history of the school. The 1960-61 facility included eleven McCallie graduates. Attention to the superior student and emphasis on the indi- vidual student were again the features which distinguished the school's academic year. As in previous years advanced classes for the superior students were offered in English, Mathematics, and Science. Heading the department of English was Mr. Charles E. Gild- ersleeve, in his sixth year at McCallie, Once again accelerated courses were oflered from the eighth grade level through the senior year. Headmaster R. L. McCallie taught the English V section, a senior group devoted primarily lo analysis and crit- New members of the McCallie faculty. Front Row: Mr. Pierre Wagner, Mr. Ben C. Toledano, Mr. Hall Hammond. Second Row: Mr. John Huie, Mr. Daniel McNair. School Qffers Courses in Six Departments Dr. J. P. McCallie talks with members of the Bible department. From the left: Dr. McCallie, Mr. John Su-ang, Mr. J. E. Lyle, Dr. Spencer McCallie, and Mr. R. I. Smith.

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The Staff of McCallie 1. MRS. CARL BAKER, Secretary MRS. MARY CANFIELD, Resident Nurse MRS. SANFORD CUNNINGHAM, Commissary Assistant MRS. NATHAN S. DOUGHERTY, Secretary to the Head- masters MRS. OLIVE HUNT, Receptionist and Switchboard Oper- ator MISS ANNE MCCALLIE, Alumni Secretary STAFF 12 2. MRS. J. A. MAYWHORT, Librarian MRS. MRS. H. L. SMITH, Assistant Director of Admissions JOHN SMITH, Assistant Bursar MRS. R. C. THOMAS, Bursar MRS. MRS. MISS BEN C. TOLEDANO, Art Instructor T. F. WALKER, Remedial Readinff ZELLA WOODS, Recorder

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sp Mr. P. D. Greer, head of the science de- partment, performs a titration as stu- dents Hugh Moore, Mark Zbinden and Frank Dozier look on. English Mathematics Sciences Mr. T. F. Walker works with a Spanish class in the recently installed language laho1'atory. 1 i icism of great literature. In addition to this, Mr. C. Clark Chism taught a fast section of senior English, other senior classes were under Mr. R. L. Williams. The advanced section of English III was taught by Mr. M. R. Richards, with Mr. A. W. .lames teaching other junior classes. Mr. Hall Hammond taught the advanced eighth grade and freshman sections and Mr. B. C. Toledano and Mr. John Huie, the sophomore classes. Mr. J. G. Ware became the new head of the Mathematics de- partment with the assignment of Mr. C. M. S. Mcllwaine to alumni affairs. Offered for the first time was a course in cal- culus for those who attended a special summer preparatory ses- sion. Mr. Ware taught this special course. Other advanced sections were taught by Mr. John T. Pataky, Algebra Ig Mr. Mcllwaine, Algebra llg and Mr. Ware, plane geometry. Mr. S. H. Adamson taught regular classes in both algebra and geome- try, and Mr. Houston Patterson taught both calculus and a course in Math V. In all, there were four different levels of senior math offered. Teaching on freshman, sophomore, and junior school levels were: Mr. H. C. Milligan, Mr. Jon Regen, Mr. E. C. Street, and Mr. P. D. McKenzie. As in years past, the science department, headed by Mr. P. D. Greer, offered courses in chemistry, physics, general sci- Q91 fl V ! s