Pensacola High School - Annona Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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Social Studies Courses Designed for All Interests In these troubled times more emphasis has been placed on social studies. Each of the courses in this department, in one way or another, gives the student a better understanding of his respon- sibility as a citizen. In the history courses at Pensacola High School, the American heritage and the everchang- ing world, is made to live. The principles stressed are made to speak to the student. The govern- ment courses seek to instill in the pupil a working knowledge of his government. The study of psychology enables the student to understand more clearly the whys and the wherefores of human behavior. The student's first three years of high school are spent in completing the required social stud- ies courses. As a freshman, in Civics, the student makes a detailed study of his government. In this course the three branches of government are taken at the three levels—local, state, and national. In his sophomore year the pupil observes the history of the world from its beginning in the three river valleys of Africa and Asia to its existence now. The ancient customs and ways of life are only a minute portion of study. As the study progresses, the effect of the Renaiss- ance and the numerous wars is analyzed. BILLY LOVETT ALEX McLEOD ELIZABETH NILES ANN OWENS HARRELL PARKER MELBA PARTIN The memorable speeches of encouragment by Sir Win- ston Churchill-during World War II are reproduced on record to acquaint pupils with conditions in that era. These U. S. History pupils learn about the origin and history of the Constitution from this film introduced by Alsfair Cooke and narrated by lawyer, Joseph Welch.

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New Version of Physical Science Is Available Students usually become acquainted with the biological division in their sophomore year when they take Biology I, the only required course in the department. While physical science deals with inanimate objects, biology takes up the study of living things: from the tiny protozoa to the homo- sapiens, algae to gymnosperm. Most of the emphasis of Biology I is placed on the lower forms of life. Biology II, the study of anatomy and physiology, is available for those students desiring to delve further into biology. It is a course which explores, in detail, the workings of the human body. The annual Science Fair held once a year offers the students a chance to combine their own ingenuity and creativity with the knowledge they have gained in class to produce complicated and unusual science projects. This fair is created to act as a showplace at which the student body can enjoy and study their projects. The winners of the fair are entitled to place their projects in the Northwest Florida Regional Science Fair. The Science Department at Pensacola High School, by offering these various stud- ies, is trying to do its part in promoting heightened na- tional interest in scientific technology. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM EDITH HARLING JIMMY HAYNES ROY HYATT JAMES SMITH MARJORIE STOCKDALE CHARLES WEBSTER Bewildered by the new methods employed in the Chem- istry laboratory, Beth McMurry and Warren Wolfe try to get the reading on the scale as accurate as possible. Students in Mrs. Harling's biology class are involved in studying these insect collections. This particular phylum -is made more clear-cut with these collections. 19

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Social Studies Affects All in Every Walk of Life To better understand the principles of Ameri- can democracy, the student is required to take American History. The discovery of America and the War Between the States are high points in this fascinating course. Upon completion of Civics, World History, and American History, the student is free to select any other course in this field. Psychology, the study of the mind and its development, is a beneficial course. The main point brought out in this study is environment versus heredity. With the understanding and prac- ticing of fundamental psychology comes emotion- al maturity. So that students may obtain a more detailed understanding of the history of his state, a course entitled Florida History has been established. This course gives a chronological study of Florida His- tory. Ahother specialized course is World Geography. This course deals with the geographic setting of a country and its topography, natural resources and climate. WILLIE QUINN WOODWARD SKINNER DANIEL WARD FRED WATERS ERNEST WILSON Contemporary World Affairs places the spot- light on problems facing the world today. Its purpose it to turn uninformed students into in- formed citizens. To achieve this end, the student studies Newsweek. At the end of his senior year, the pupil has had a well-balanced diet of social studies. Miss Swain's American History students are required to use maps as a method of study. One of her pupils, Guerry Mason, learns of the development of the U.S. History students, Rose Marie Nobles and Sharon Hanks, receive suggestions from Mr. Skinner on the sidelines on how to make the papier mache map of Florida secure. 21