Pine Bluff High School - Zebra Yearbook (Pine Bluff, AR)

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SCIENCE PBHS hos one of the finest science deportments in the state. Headed by the Arkansas Teacher of the Year, Mr. Robert Kirkwood, the department is in the process of changing courses and adding new facilities. This year the chemistry and biology courses have been changed to a new and more advanced type. These new courses are similar, in approach, to the present physics course. All deal more in the theoretical approach to the subject than in the applied approach. The department is attempting to find a General Science course that is similar to the physics, biology and chemistry courses. Biology, chemistry, and physics lobs are well equipped, and the department leases the Back Forty, a field lab, where plant and animal life can be studied in its natural environment. To encourage further research, there is a Science Fair each spring where projects are judged and prizes given. I wish Home Ec girls did't have to use the lab to mix baby formulas. Mr. Robert T. Kirkwoo Dept. Head Mrs. Margaret H. Dobbins Mrs. F. H. Formby 13 Mr. James D. White

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MATH Mrs. R. B. Watson Dept. Head Mr. Clyde Brown Mrs. Leon Coker Mr. Jesse W. Emerson Everyone needs o good background in mathematics for one of three reasons. Any person who goes into a scientific field will need a good knowledge of math to apply the science. People who go into a mathematical field, such as accounting, need all the math they can take. Finally, everyone needs some math to solve everyday arithmetic problems. The math courses are: Business Mathematics, General Mathematics, Algebra I and II, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Special Topics. Through these courses, the varied needs of students are satisfied. There are many tools and methods used in teaching mathematics. Overhead projectors are available for class room use as are certain models of geometric figures. There is a Self-teaching course in General Math in which the students advance of their own speed. All classes try to give the students the best background possible for college and later life. 12 Mr. Wm. Earl Hoyes, Jr. Mr. James Toler

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 SPANISH Mrs. Jim Primm Dept. Heod Sponish Miss Anna Garcia Mrs. Lena Hollimon Dept. Head Latin Four years of instruction in Spanish are available to students who want to leorn a second language. With the acquisition of skills of understanding, speaking, and reading a foreign tongue comes a gradually deepening knowledge of a foreign country and its culture and, as a consequence, a better perspective of American culture. Orientation to the elementary phrases and learning the grammatical fundamentals of Spanish moke up the first two years of training,- a review of grammar, independent conversation, and a survey of literature are stressed in third year Spanish; and representative literature, modern periodicals, and more involved composition are the core of the fourth year course. A splendid language laboratory provides, by means of many tape recordings and records, opportunities for students to hear and imitate native speakers from the Spanish-speaking world. Hmm - - whom shall I call up today? LATIN Three years of Latin are taught at PBHS. The study of word derivations, classical allusions, and the lives and writings of famous Romans keep the students busy. Class time is spent in translations, constructions, and reading. First year pupils translate stories of mythology and Roman life; in second year, a study of Caesar's Gallic Wars and the Punic Wars are concentrated on; for the third year, units on Roman poetry, letters, and prose are studied. Latin students gain knowledge of ancient life from those who lived then,- the study of Latin also strengthens the knowledge of English. Post proelium, praemium. and Zeus says 'a-humm-' 14