Snowden Junior High School - Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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W e see how ootzng LS clone first hand W e watch the election being held at the voting polls at school When the election was held in November the civics classes visit- X ed the polls to see how the elec- tion was held. Mr. A. A. Brugge took time to explain the procedure of voting. He explained that a voter had to check his registration to prove that he was eligible to vote. He explained how the vot- ing machine worked and how the votes were counted. It was very interesting to watch people vot- mg. Mr. Brugge is explaining the use of the voting machine to Susan Switzer, - Gail Silverson, Nancy Steadman, Sandra Bressler, Tom Holloway, and Reed Malkin. Lee Shaw and Susie Simmons are shown holding awards won by the Latin department at Snowdon for having the most out- standing celebration of Latin week, April 17-24, 1960. Students worked from September 4th to win this honor, which was un- usual, in that the three beginning classes were competing against all junior and senior high schools in the entire state.

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In class we apply the fanalarnentals learned in elementary grades to practical usage. ,, GA Brenda Gustafson is explaining to Richard Zini and Sharon Trevor how to figurethe amount of tax on prqaerty, a very useful thing to know these days. Susan Huntzicker and Charles Schiffman, who is the president of the Music Appreciation Class, are reading the opera La Serva Pa- drona to part of the classg Mike Rubin, librariang Marty Blood- worth, Treasurerg Rose Blount, His- toriang Larry Epstein, librariang and Alvin Jaffee, Secretary. Reading the plots and becoming acquainted with the characters stimulate our interest and apprecia- tion of better music. Susan Switzer is working a graph problem which shows Cynthia Cowgill is showing the correct way to write a para relationship between variables, as x and y 1n the problem. This graph, She has written the paragraph incorrectly first, then cor is used to demonstrate how humidity varies with temperature in rectly, explaining the errors. our study of weather or distance with time in arithmetic.

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W e girls are becoming acquainted with the fundamentals of homemaking. W e had no idea that this homemalling business was so complicated. Af,- agp Then comes the' fun of cooking our dinner. We carefully read our recipe, get our materials ready, and correctly measure and mix everything. It is so easy to do something wrong. Donna Daniels is taking a fudge cake from the oven while Janet Pritzker and Helen Foos put the pieces of cake on a plate. Meal planning is very important. There is more to serving a dinner than we realized. The menu must he made, the recipes for the preparation of food must be found, and the grocery list has to be made. After this is done we plan our table setting. We had no idea our mothers had so much to do. Anna Hatch is at the hoard, and Karen Harkleroad, Cheryl Pugh, Jamie Pierce, and Judy Linhoss are at the table. 'QU six Here we are: Cheryll Weeks, Carole Pearson, Lynette Gilman, ,loan Krasner, Libby Simonlon, Sandra Weisiger. Our class planned, prepared, and served a tea for the faculty on Valentine's Day. Everything we did turned out successfully. The teachers were so pleased and enjoyed the tea very much. 54