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

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Guiding The Growing Process Mrs. Elaine Ball Mary Washington College, B.S. Assistant Librarian “Beasties! All of you, Beasties!” screams our firm advocates of silence, Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Ball. lL Miss Eulah Massey William and Mary College, A.B. and M.A. Assistant Librarian Miss Sue Kelly Madison College, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. Head of Home Economics Department F.H.A. Sponsor HOME ECONOMICS Home economics courses are subdivided into three classes: foods, clothing, and home management. Foods teaches the student the fundamentals of planning, preparing, and serving a meal. As laboratory work, the classes prepare separate dishes, desserts, and en- tire meals. Clothing care and construction, laundering and stain removal, and fabric identification comprise the basis for the sewing classes. Home management is the general course in home care, giving the student an excellent background for her own future home management. 19 “Awful proper, ain’t we mates ?

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Teachers Become The Tools Mrs. Joan Ward University of Puerto Rico University of Mexico Longwood College, B.A. Spanish Club Sponsor “And now, mes amis, we learn the hidden magic of the Bardot touch.” FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT New sounds, a from-the-beginning vocabulary, and a taste of new cultures are the offerings of the foreign language department. With a foreign language elective a student may begin his climb toward polylinguistics with the offerings of French, Spanish, and Latin. He may learn a for- eign tongue and in so doing, extend his hand in world brotherhood through love of words and need for communication. “So, what’s new with you, pussycat?” asks our Spanish friend, Beba.

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These Are They Who Help Life In the senior math analysis class, Tom Seaborn discusses a question of interest. Mrs. Vivian Bauserman Randolph-Macon Women’s College, A.B. Sponsor of National Honor Society Mr. Chesley J. Brown, Jr. Wingate Jr. College East Carolina College, A.B. Miss Cassie Childress College of William and Mary, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. Mrs. Verna Graves Florida State University, A.B. University of Chicago Mrs. Marilyn Riddle University of Mississippi, B.S. MATHEMATICS Math courses range from general math to college algebra. Two years of basic mathematics is required for graduation. During these two years, students may take general math or first year algebra. After Algebra I, a student may take Algebra II. Completion of these courses allows a student to take geometry. If he wishes to go higher in this field, trigonometry, consumer math, senior math analysis, and college algebra are provided. Miss Jane Hunsucker University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.A. Mrs. Margaret Minnick Westhampton College, B.A. Lynchburg College University of Virginia Mrs. Barbara Graham Atlantic Christian College, B.S. Mr. Fred Kochli United States Military Academy, B.S. Miss Emilie Holladay Longwood College, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. Head of the Math Department Mrs. Brenda Waters East Carolina College, B.S.