McCallie High School - Pennant Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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Academic Achievement First Goal in Philosoph The Academic Year 1961-62 proved to be one of the Iinest in the 58-year history of McCallie School. Aca- demic honors, college scholarships, National Merit re- sults and other phases indicate the overall excellence. The 42-member faculty gave McCallie an 11.9 teacher-student ratio, one of the best in the South. I H,,,f:.,.5i9:.,g 3 K V Q.. . . . , safes sg sk. wqgsgagiqstr W 'za was H11 rs Mr. Smith goes over a theological point with one of his sophomore classes. The school's Bible Library can be seen in the background. The average teacher load was also lighter than ever. The school operates on a schedule of six class periods per day for academies, with all extra-curricular activities and military scheduled separately. The aver- age student load was four classes per day, all of the academic variety. In addition to in-school activities, Me- Callie cadets took part in the state mathematics contest, the Chattanooga Fine Arts Festival, various essay contests, journalism competitions and the like. They fared well in all. McCallie is justly proud of its aca- demic record, and its record of gaining admission to college for all seniors again held true. A review of classroom activity will reveal why. Bible is Central Theme The Bible Faculty: Dr. J. P. McCallie, Head of Bible Department, New Testament, Dr. S, McCallie, Old Testament, Mr. J. E. Lyle, junior School Bible, Mr. R. I. Smith, Sophomore Bible, Mr. John Strang, junior School and Sophomore Biblcg Mr. A. L. Garth, Sophomore Bible. Dr. Park, Head of the Bible Department, talks over a New Testament fact with a class in his fifty-seventh year of Bible teaching at lVIcCallie.

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Dr. J. P. McCallie .... Robert L. Maclellan Dr. R. L. McCallie W. E. Brock, L. H. Caldwell L. H. Caldwell, Gaines P. Campbell E. Y. Chapin, jr. E. Y. Chapin III R. B. Davenport Ill James K. Dobbs, Jr. C. Ralph Ewing Hugh D. I'IuFl'aker John L. Hutcheson, 5 I . ....... President . . ...... Vice-President . . . . . . . .Secretary-Treasurer Robert C. Jones, Dr. S. McCallie Hugh O. Maclellan james H. Millis Dr. R. G. Nelson William D. Spears Richard C. Thatcher, Jr. Dr. R. F. Thomason E. Hornsby Wasson .lack E. Whitaker Mark K. Wilson, jr. J-at A.B., A.M., Ph.D., University of Virginiag LL.D., King College, LL.D., Davidson Collegeg Co-Founder, Head- master Emeritusg Member, Board of Trusteesg Head of Bible Department and Instructor in New Testament Bible. IN MEMORIAM Mac Childress was called Home on July 28, as the result of an auto- mobile accident. No greater tribute could be paid to this beloved grad- uate than that by Dr. Robert S. Hough, who spoke at his final services: ,,. . , leg Wg ' t l.. Il ,M l. Y? 1 ...J- MAC CHILDRESS We all loved Mac Childress. His warm, radiant personality, vibrant with enthusiasm for life, at- tracted us to him. The breadth of his mind, and the depth of his heart kept us close friendsg and his Christian faith made us look upward to God. Life is richer and liner for all of us because Mac's life touched our lives. 7

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Starrett, W. McCallie, Livingston, Whelchel, R. johnson, and F. Dozier listen to one of Dr. Bob's lectures in English V, a college preparatory literature class. Good Scholarship Begins With One ol' McCallie,s outstanding academic fea- tures is its English department. Eleven teachers made up its 1961-62 staff, headed by Charles E. Gildersleeve. Dr. R. L. McCallie, one of the headmasters, taught the honors section in senior English, English V. Several of the 14 students enrolled took the tests for Advanced Placement in college. Other senior English teachers were C. Cl. Chism and R. L. Williams. Advanced, or fast, classes were also taught on all other high school levels. Mr. Gildersleeve, head of the department, taught the freshmen fast classg Mr. Arthur Krida, the sophomoresg and Mr. A. W. james, the juniors. Other teachers on the high school level were Strong English Foundation J. S. Grow, freshmen, R. C. Gowdy, sophomores, and M. F. McNiFf, juniors. Mr. L. R. Tate, principal of the Junior School, has for many years taught seventh grade English, in which he gives a foundation in the study of grammar that lasts through the senior year. Eighth graders were taught by B. H. Eskridge. In addition to the regular classes, McCallie stu- dents take part in reading programs and vocabu- lary study courses. lVIost classes require reading of books parallel to the classroom study, ranging from six to 10 books per year and three to six during the sum- mer. Every cadet in the sophomore, junior or senior year, spends a 30-minute period each week in vocabulary study, aside from that given in class. The English Faculty, Front Row: Mr. C. C. Chism, Eng- lish IVg Dr. R. L. McCallie, English V: Mr. A. W. James, English III. Second Row: Mr. A. Krida, English IIg Mr. M. F. MCNiFf, English III5 Mr. R. L. Williams, English IV. Third Row: Mr. J. S. Grow, English Ig Capt. L. R. Tate, Seventh Englishg Mr. B. H. Eskridge, Eighth English. Fourth Row: Col. C. E. Gildersleeve, Head of English Department, English Mr. R. C. Gowdy, English