South Edgecombe High School - Maccripine Yearbook (Pinetops, NC)

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English One of the main events in senior English is writing research papers. Here Richard For¬ bes and Kent Deans are busily working on theirs. The se¬ niors have aslo en¬ joyed studying MACBETH this year. This year as the seniors were reading MACBETH they were entertained by Mrs. Phillips, who read the part of the three witches to them. The class found this very en¬ joyable . Mrs. Brenda Stallings Who is Shakespeare ? This is a common statement made in Mrs. Stallings ' English class. Mrs. Stal¬ lings is a new addition to our fac¬ ulty this year. She teaches Senior and Sophomore English. Mrs. Stallings ' s classes enjoy her reading to the class. It helps them to understand the story or poem she reads. At the beginning of this year Mrs. Stallings ' classes had a unit on speech. Here Johnny Davis is giving a demonstration speech. He is demonstrating a B a ckhoe, a device that goes on a tractor. This is one of the many types of speeches the students were required to give.

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Mrs. Ellis Phillips Je ne vous comprends pas is a common statement heard in Mrs. Phillips ' s French class. Along with French she teaches English to budding young juniors. These French students must have discovered something they didn ' t know before. It looks as though it amused them quite a bit. In French the students learn songs in French, French foods, and they also learn a lot about France in general. French j Mrs. Phillips writes French on the board to I help her students get a better understanding of it. Wonder if the students can read and understand it after she writes it on the board One of the projects of this English class was reading a book in class. They also learned a lot about the newspaper and giving speeches.

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Vocational After one hour of working in ag. mechanics, these boys are shown how grimy this work can be, but the satisfaction of accomplishment is often great and the dirt is forgotten. Mr. James T. Abrams Mr. Abrams has completed anouther year of outstanding service in the agricultural department at South Edgecombe. In ag. mechanics, the boys are taught how to disassemble and repair a motor. Under the guidance of Mr. Abrams, the boys learn the parts and how they work.