South Houston High School - Palladium Yearbook (South Houston, TX)

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Ably serving as head of the social studies department is Julius Knebel. He holds a B.S. and a M.Ed. from Southwest Texas State College. Be- sides teaching world history, he spon- sors the bowling club. Sally Warner teaches Texas history and journalism and sponsors the Trojan Torch. She received her B.S. degree from Sam Houston State College. Now, what was that chapter about? wonders Dickie Muehlenbeck, caught in a spot during c1v1cs reports. American history teacher Robert L. Baker has a reputation of being an authority on the Civil War. He received his B.A. from Baylor Univer- sity. Among the new teachers at South Houston this year is Thomas Birdsong teacher of world history. He attended Arkansas ASM, where he received his B.S. degree. Howard R. Satterwhite teaches both American history and world 'history, as well as being junior class sponsor. He obtained his B.S. degree from North Texas State College and his M.Ed. from the Unia versity of Houston.

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tudy of History Gives Confidence for the Future Pasadena Independent schools re- quire students to have four credits in geography, history, and civics for graduation. South Houston High of- fers a Well-rounded program of social studies to fulfill these requirements. World history is offered for sopho- mores, American history for juniors, and civics and a choice of Texas his- tory or economics for seniors. This past year was Thomas Fai-mer's first year of teach- ing at South Houston. He ob- tained an A.B.A. from Lon Morris Junior College and a B.S. in history from the Uni- versity of Texas. Mr. Baker gets really enthusiastic over the Shenandoah Campaign and gives a DETAILED description of the battles to his American his- tory classes. Teaching seniors about the American government is the duty of Ruth E. Montgomery. She acquired her BS. from the University of Houston. Madelon Feazle teaches both Texas history and world history. She attended Baylor University and received her B.S. from the University of Houston.

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Math Opens the Door Ovid Horne received his BS. from the University of Houston. He teaches Algebra I and Algebra ll. James Smith, University of Texas grad- uate, holds a B.A. degree. Mr. Smith teaches plane geometry, solid geometry, and algebra and sponsors Mathematics Unlimited Club. 26 to Science and lndustry HMathematics,', wrote the English scientist Roger Bacon in l267, Mis the gate and key of the sci- ences. Most scientists depend on math for exact descriptions and formulas. ln industries, mathe- matics is a necessity in research and planning, in business all transactions that involve buying and selling call for math. Algebra ll, plane geometry, applied math, trigonometry, solid geometry, and advanced math are all offered at South Houston to enable students to solve prac- tical problems anfl explore the mysteries of the space age. Mr. Carson demonstrates to Cynthia Vinson the Winding Function Machine, invented by a friend of his.