Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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new af swan, T950 CHATS WITH l59O or there abouts Bordolph and Pustol rrght out ot Shakespeare enjoy a hearty laugh wlth Mlss Annye B Burbank and a group ot NNHS students who attended the Wllllam and Mary production of The Merry Wives of Windsor Up perclassmen also read Green Man sions Arrowsmnth and Return of the Native In oddltlon to studyung college preparatory grammar HOW THEY EVER put out an Issue every two weeks ns amazung' Thus thought probably runs through the minds ot these Journalism I students who once a semester have their chance to put out The Beacon The yournalusm classes learn to make up a newspaper to proof read and to guve the reader the news In a concise clear manner STOP THIEF' Englvsh l students enact the scene from Dlckenss Oliver Twist In which Oliver realuzes hus new friends are really thieves Sknts re ports and quizzes enluven tor underclassmen thear study ot classics In Int erature such as Les Miserables and Tale of Two Cuties QM 23

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'7!me14f1eQ'azn9z11Za1f!1 Mkznq '7!1w1z1 NAOH ZHCL equals what? A whute resndue or a colorless lIQUlClp Class experiments help chemustry students to ob taun a practlcal understandnng of dally lec tures and chemlcal reactuons Students plan nlng careers un sclence or engnneerlng go on to physncs to better understand the forces of electrlclty gravlty alr and water The alm of these courses IS to provide a practical work :ng knowledge of the elements surroundnng us TO SOLVE THE mysterues of bacteria and bugs these biology students peer through a mlcroscope to observe tnrst hand the habuts ot one celled anlmals Bnology students study three phas s ot luvnng thxngs zoology botany and genetlcs to enable them to better under stand the wonders of the world Lower class men are requlred to take general scnence whnch equups them wnth the baslc knowledge ot land sea and our TO EIC-HTH GRADE M A T H CLASSES these aren t lust pretty cutouts These tlgures nllustrate the theorues ot pount and llne sym metry Lower classmen also study unstallment buynng banklng and practlcal arnthmetlc IN their math classes THESE FIGURES HAVE A MEAN INC- to Julre Conn who explains them to has solld geometry classmates Thus course precedes trngonometry the hlghest math offered at NNHS A prerequusute IS a thorough groundlng In algebra and plane and solld geometry 0 8 G . 2 Q- . 4 as likl .ss N: Y. -. x A, - 1 - ' 9 1 1 I - 11 I 11 1 1 1 - 1 . , , . ? '7xi-A - ff L gy 18.1, 4' 'Q 1' f ,MX A, 4. -- ,. fv I' Q, 4' A , l F 1 P2,'fl,Lv X lT, fe'9 - ' x DAQ. 9 1 l 4 5 E1 af '- l M - X-M1 5 A Fw X t V t f, R 1. miie VN ': lx S EQ 1 :ef X - M 1 3 t , X , X 0 X 1 A ll if 1 .l ll it I ' 1 1 . , , . - . I , 1 1 I 22

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THESE POPULAR PRODUCTS which bear Latin names are evidence that the language is not deadg collecting them was a project of the Latin classes this year. Besides grammar and trans- lation, the study of Roman customs and history was included in the cur- riculum The Latin students relied on their class study when they presented an interesting program for the Patrons League in the spring 7f1.e7ifafLcffof1.d' awe 5, Um THE SPANISH ALSO have a word for it Here students are examining a chart which shows a Spanish town with English and Spanish translations tor each section ot the city The aim of the Spanish classes is to put the language into practical use by learning the customs and history ot the Spanish people and speaking the language in class JE TE PLUMERAI LA TETE A line tram a familiar French song suits the lesson on the board One ot the French students drew these pictures to depict French words for parts of the body NNHS had a French course until World War ll the course was then discontinued until this year Students study not only French grammar but the art music and literature of this old European country 'H .i Md' ff' AA u1 4af km. Q-WEN. A if 1535!-L J ,QM 24 l l C I I c ' f f ' ll Il ' I ' I I I I .1 X ,'-, I fA' S 'S t F ' T-vw-'-, x'hl'lS ..T l' l ' ' las - , 1 ' '15, . :'l. .'y'-'if ' , - I a Q Q fL4i,gfitii,:,MQgslu,r it Af-l-1-1 D uk 'Lil , , -As 4, -. . ,. X' b,Y'i,,. Lf' -I lf . 1 , 11 NLM l . . ...., L f '-- NJA , . f ' , gf ' ' ff g .git gg ' New , .., 3455-4 V S Q , , fx , ' x I l Q. 1 'ff of W , ,:' ' 5 '- J V . ll ' PK W, deg? tf if , X A J., ' J: X 6 'wc G- .'-il' R ' ' ' X an sift' 't ' ' an 5 We L, 1 . N X ,N-ff '47 ' r, if'-V , V f ,Mi 1 J-If -'s 'lf A 4 pr li., .. .. ' I 'MN .,,.,l.,,1.i