Suffolk High School - Peanut Yearbook (Suffolk, VA)

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GRAMMAR. COMPOSITION. LITERATURE Miss Anna Anderson Miss Frances Armistcad Miss Winston Cobb M iss Kml West LANGUAGE ARTS We students are that we go t« a school where the study of English grammar is not neglected. Sometimes we get pretty tired of juirts of speech, phrases, ami clauses, but down deep in our hearts we appreciate those teachers who drill us in these essential things. No longer do we seem bored in our study of English, for our new system of language arts classes combines literature, grammar, sj elling. and oral and written composition all in one. We like this method much better because it gives us more variety. When we get to be juniors and seniors, we begin to do more creative writing. Some of us even w rite short stories, poems, and maybe a one-act play now and then. We also learn how to speak in public, how to conduct and take part in open discussions and debates, and how to carry on meetings by parliamentary procedure. Then, most of us, but not all, like literature, for through reading and studying good literature of the past and present we can broaden our fields of interest. For these reasons and many others, junior high students devote two periods a day to language arts, while four years are required of senior high students for graduation. Pro and con? brittle and round table discussions are carried on in Miss Anderson ' s Public Speaking classes.

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ARITHMETIC. ALGEBRA. GEOMETRY. TRIG Mrs. Estelle Seward MATHEMATICS Kuo” times Foo” equals Goo ; therefore Goo” equals Foo” squared or something. This is just about how much our math teachers think we know. But they just don’t understand! It ' s hard tor us to concentrate on square roots now a-days. And what can we do about teachers who complain that there aren ' t enough examples in the book for us to work and make up a lot of extras? But in spite of all our complaints, no high school curriculum would be com¬ plete w ithout a good math course, and that is just what Suffolk High has to offer. Selections may be made from a variety of courses—general mathematics, algebra, business arithmetic, plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. There are no finer teachers anywhere, ami we have proof of this. Our bo vs and girls who go away to college where higher math is required are always well- prepared. So—thumbs up to math! This is just one of the many problems which Mrs. Seward’s Solid Geometry class tries to solve.

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HISTORY. GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT MissTa| cllc I’rudcn Miss Thelma Pruden Miss Gladys Yates SOCIAL STUDIES “Why is a man the individual that he is?” “ I dunno, do you?” This, my children, you will discover, accidentally or otherwise, when you grow” into the social studies classes. In junior high the desire to become good citizens is instilled in us through social studies. We are encouraged to become alive to the things going on about us by being radio, newspaper, and magazine conscious. Then, in our history classes we study man’s beginning, his rises and declines. In order to better understand the state of affairs today, we know that we must study and learn something not only alwiut the present but also about the past. This we do in our history classes. Government teaches us the aims and ideals of citizenship, democracy, and Ameri¬ canism. Geography and general business help us to find our way around in the physical, economic, commercial, and political world of today. So take heed, students, and start your learning. One will never finish Suffolk High and not at least begin to see the answer to Why is man the individual that he is? hi crick ration of Pan-American Week. Miss Yates’ Government classes broadcast a special program over WI.I ' M on April 18 , with memlier of the classes taking part. Ill