Smithfield High School - Shield Yearbook (Smithfield, NC)

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Scci cccHce SCIENCE HELPS US TO UNDER- STAND THE WORLD AROUND US. Our Science Department endeavors to help its students find their places in the living, growing, and changing world; to understand and appreciate the interdependence of plant and ani- mal life; to understand and appreciate a man ' s total dependence on M other Nature; and to help the students find their relationship to the Creator of the World. In so doing, it is hoped that each student will find his proper place in life. Physics. Chemistry, Biology, and General Science make up our Sci- ence Program. Chemistry to most people means the performing of such dazzling experiments as the burning of magnesium, although it is actually a study of the properties and activities of the many substances around us. MRS. JOYCE BARBOUR A.B. Woman ' s College University of North Carolina Chemistry, Biology MR. T. RUDOLPH WIGGS A.B. Atlantic Christian College Physics, General Science, Bookkeeping MR. ROBERT G. BENTON B.S. East Carolina College BiolQgy, General Science, Civics Frequent lab sessions permit physics students to test the physical lava ' s which they learn in the classroom. ■ »

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MATH TEACHES US TO REASON. Seeking to explain the magic of num- bers, the Mathematics Department of- fers General Math, Algebra I and H, Plane and Solid Geometry. With the aid of three full-time teachers, and often practice teachers from State Col- lege, the Department endeavors to stimulate interest in and appreciation for mathematics as a basic tool in everyday living and to stimulate a rea- soning attitude which will be of benefit to students in everyday life. Mr. Creech takes on another class of freshmen. His victory comes when these young minds have acquired a knowledge of the basic fundamentals of algebra. MRS. ANDREA BOYETTE A.B. Meredith College Business Arithmetic, Geometry Patience, understanding, and a great knowledge of geome- try make up the qualities so admired in Mrs. Andrea Boyette. MRS. LEOLA LASSITER A.B. East Carolina College Algebra, Geometry MR. J. L. CREECH, JR. A.B. Atlantic Christian College Algebra

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THE STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEVELOP CULTURE Freshmen and sophomores burn the midnight oil in preparing Mr. Woodard ' s Latin assignments. Both of these courses, Latin I and II, not only give background in Roman culture, but students also learn to apply their Latin grammar in English and other language courses. Mrs. Peele ' s French classes take imaginary trips to France via books, maps, guides, and library materials. Various French records aid these classes in their pro- nunciation. Then there is that everyday drill on the all important verb and vocabulary study as well as the translation of French stories. Mr. Woodard always gets his point across. MR. S. C. WOODARD A.B. University of North Carolina Latin, EngHsh Telling the time is not such an easy matter when it ' s in French. MRS. LOIS PEELE A.B. Meredith College French, English II