Sam Houston High School - Co Lon Neh Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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-'15 EDUCATION DRIVERS Mr. W, Clyde Davis iB.S., Univ. of Houstonl, Mr. George Brown CBS., Sam Houston Statel Mr. Alan Neveux fB.S., M.Ed., Univ. of Houstonb, Mr. Billy Barfield CB.S., PHYSICAL EDUCATION ated pro ram helps students to fulfill the four A Well iggiiled physigal education, through Whiih pllyeicai CSIS 0 . . . d t 5 1I'1t 0 ilitness and recreation building are developed an el pthl t. sportsmanship is encouraged. The inter- and intra- mura aameogc ' ' UI10' 311 ' ' have been instrumenta 1n crea D rofrrams this Year Ilihelie of fine, healthY eempetition' Mrs. Carol Callahan CBS., Univ. of Oklahomal, Mrs. Estelle Banes CBS., Northwestern State, La.D, Mrs. Doris Manison fB.S., Univ. of Texasg M.Ed., Univ. of Houstonl, Mrs. Lavada Agee CB.S., Oklahoma College for Womenl Univ. of Houstonl, Mr. Arnold Dyson CB.S., Sam Houston Stateg M.S., North Texas Statel, Mr. Sanford Carr QB.S., Univ. of Houstonl e N.D.C.C. Closely allied to the physical fitness program is one which allows a large number of students to become members of the National Defense Cadet Corps. In this program they receive rigid, comprehensive training which stresses leadership and citizenship. Too, they learn the roles of the various. services in National Defense and in the third year begin basic military training in mili- tary science. An outstanding record for Sam Houston has been achieved this year by this group's having won the rating which designated it as an .honor unit for the second consecutive year. This honor, belonging only to Sam Houston, was determined by a comprehensive series of tests which met the inspection standards of the Fourth United States Army. Sgt. E. L. Edmiston fB.S., Texas A.8zM.J, Capt. 3 26 Harold Ferrin fB.A., Univ. of New Hampshireln Mr of MI Te Mr T Mr. Mor :hi toni SLI Ne! Sw Par I'ni xg.. lzzi lil lim

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SPEECH AND DRAMA Mrs. Catherine Hill CB.A., Southwest Texas Stateg M.A., Columbia Univ.D, Miss Lela Blount fB.F.A., M.F.A., Colorado. Statel SOCIAL SCIENCES . 'GTO develop fully your own character, you must know your ' country's characterf' Dwight D. Eisenhower. CIVICS The social sciences present to students a curriculum in which Mr, Byron T. Parker fA.B., LL.B., M.A., Univ. of the past is stressed as an introduction to the future. The com- Nebraskab, Mr. Jim Wells CB.A., Sam Houston Statel, plexity of economic and social relations on an international level Mr. James Willis CB.A., M.A., Univ. of Texasl, Mr. has prompted the addition at Sam Houston this year of World Joe West CBS., Stephen F. Austin, M.Ed., Hardin History to the Social Sciences Department. Simmongl HISTORY ' Mrs, Shirley P1-estwood fB.S., -M.S., Univ. of Houstonb, Mr. John H. Davis CBS., Univ. of Houstonl, Mrs. Jeane Boles CB.S., East Central State Okla.J, Mr. John H. Kamps CBA., Michigan State Univ.g Doctor of Divinity, Duke Univ.P, Mr. Ben Custine fB,S,, Sam I-Ioustdn Stateg M.A., Colorado Statel, Mr. Richard Miller CB.A., M.Ed., Rutgers Univ.5 25

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE Students of a foreign language have the new adventure of leaving the easy familiarity of their own world and entering the new excitement of another, through. the ability to understand anotheras language and vernacular, they have the satisfying experience of gaining a deeper understanding of all peoples. At Sam Houston, students have the opportunity to select either Spanish or Latin, and each year, as many of them participate in the I.S.L. events for foreign language, they .dndicate a proficiency which is indeed noteworthy. ' LATIN Mrs. Dagmar Root CB.A., Colorado College, M.A., Univ. of Californial SPANISH Mrs. Virginia Haley CB.A., Univ. of Texas, M.A., Texas Tech.l Mr. Lawrence O,Bryan CB.A., Southwest Texas Statel I 1 i Ro ot, Haley, O'Bryan COMMERCIAL The commercial sub 'ects J - bookkeeping, t y p i n g , shorthand, and secretarial training - prepare students to enter the business world with a thorough background of the practical knowledge so necessary in developing successful business capabil- ities. There is a thorough grounding in the techniques, with emphasis on efficiency and speed, of the diverse business and office ma- chines, the number of which having almost doubled since the Commercial Depart- ment was first established at Sam Houston. TYPING AND SHORTHAND Mr. Jerry Wing CB.A., M.A., Morehead State, Ky.l, MTS- Mal'- tha Strange CB.S., Univ. of Hous- tonl, Mrs. Patt Gatlin CB.S., M.Ed., Univ. of Houstonl, Mrs. Nelda Franks CB.S., Mississippi Statel. Not pictured: Mrs. Marie Parsons CB.S., Louisiana State Univ.D BOCOKKEEPING Mr. Clarence Duggan CBA., M-S-, Univ. of Houstonl, MT- Harold Adam CB.S., Louisiana State Univ.l -wmmwwmmwwwshx