New Hanover High School - Hanoverian Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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M Xliss 'liexys fllorris was the head of the Nlathematics Department which included courses of a practical nature, such as consumer mathe- matics as well as the advanced and highly theoretical courses, such as solid geometry. Bliss Levin and lllary Low are seen studying a problem of angles in Plane Geometry. alla .4tuJent.4 Aouglzf an.4wer4 and clzorud pre.4enlecl opereitaa if f ' 'IW .' 'nfl N Page l9 Fortunate were the students of New Hanover High to have such a divergent num- her of courses from which to select in the lllusic Depart- ment. hir. Sam Taylor had charge of vocal music, while Nlr. Fred Boulcnight taught the instrumental music. This scene from the operetta, Dun- ny Dither, which was pre- sented in December, pictures Grant Armstrong, Hobby Franks, Johnny Thomas, and Graham Burkheimer.

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language ClaJJeJ 01711661 cluba, an gngfwlz taught Je! To enable '1 student to ex press his thought exactlx to understand to the fullest ex tent the language of his asso crates and to add the beauty of word 'md deeds to his life was the primirs 'um of the I nghsh Deplrtment under the direction of 'VIN Frances Iormx Dux '11 Here is seen 1 tx ptcll cliss of English 12 under X11 s Virginia VValsh Offering four years of Latin, three years of Spanish, and three years of French, the Language Department under the chairmanship of Miss 'Vlarv Lathrop led students by true and tried methods to a mastery of a foreign tongue Oscar Grant in Miss Lath rops Latin II class is seen pointing out the Roman im to his classmates expl'eJ.4l0nf Page I8

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Bible l and Bible II were offered by Bliss Xlarion Fis- ler for those wishing to study the Bible from ll historical point of view with some em- phasis given on the applica- tion of Biblical truths to daily living. The class, as evidenced by this picture, added hymn singing to its activities. piritual growth an plzy4ical fitneu were .4tre4.4ecf Page 20 The Health and Physical Education Department under Nlr. Leon Brogden consisted of directed physical activity and health instruction. Its benefit in contributing to physical fitness and social growth was obvious. A typi- cal scene was this in a physi- cal education class.