Smithfield High School - Shield Yearbook (Smithfield, NC)

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Mrs. Avery flips the switch! It is as simple as that— TV history for seniors. How can we fully understand the present unless we know the past? United States, Latin America, the world ... all these are covered in social studies courses. Also included in the Social Studies Department is geography. Social Science . . . flight through the centuries Lands and far away places come nearer home in Coach Brown ' s geography class. Here Sammy Johnson and Billy Howell point out some point of interest. Juniors study the cultures of many countries, past and present, in World History. Elaine Grumpier and Bill Taylor brighten up the scene with a colorful bulletin board.

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Theorems, slide rules, axioms— these are the by-words of the math students. Realizing the importance of mathematics, students apply them- selves to serious investigation in ad- vanced courses. From a basic knov l- edge of Algebra I, they progress to Algebra II, General AAath, Plane Ge- ometry, and Solid Geometry. Airplanes? No! Margaret Lee Austin, Penny Adams, Marc Wallace, and Ben Baker examine solid figures— a new addition to Solid Geometry. Mathematics . . . basic tool

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J Through language studies we ac- quire a greater understanding of our foreign neighbors. Latin and French are offered in our school. They help us to understand the roots of our own language. Through the use of records we become acquainted with the spoken language. we8 stroi mao sciei psst sciei Board work in Latin! Translating is fun when the teacher does it, too. jCaii0uag€ . . . Wings to foreign lands Mike Blackman and Pat Staliings bring France to senior French by picture scenes. 4 12 n