Poplar Bluff High School - Bluff Yearbook (Poplar Bluff, MO)

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Skill jCeacts The development of useful skills and good taste is stress- ed in our practical arts cour- ses. They seek to offer exper- iences which emphasize the individual talents and abilities of the students in effectively meeting the personal and social problems of living in the home, school, and community. Our teachers, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clanahan, Mr. Garman, Mr. Gipson, Mr. Hobbs, Mrs. Metz, Mrs. Penn, Miss Quertermous, Mrs. Simmons, Mr. Ridge, Miss Riley, Mr. Scoville, Mrs. Swain,and Mrs. Wyatt, strive to promote orig- inality of thought, and by the use of reasoning and planning, hope to build a well-balanced individual.

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Speech techniques are learned in a special course thr- ough actual participation. Our teacher, Mrs. Kinder stresses efficiency in all types of ex- pression which good citizens will need in their social, rec- reational, and vocational pur- suits jCanguage is the Many skills are stressed in our P.B.H.S. English courses. In addition to the fundamentals of grammar, the pupil is taught to interpret and evaluate what he reads. Vocabulary and literary appreciation are aided by the many written and oral activities which are offered by the teachers of English: Cassie Aldrich, Joyce Brake, Myrtle Corbett, Mary Crowe, Oleta Daniel, Ruth Minetree, and Zora Stevens. French is the foreign language of- fered at P.B.H.S. under the instruction of Joyce Brake. The students who elect to take this subject acquire a knowledge of the structure of the language and a speaking command through translations. 16