Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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English Is the Basic Subject TAKING A BREAK for water are Mrs. Sue Abbe , Mrs. Lois Means, Miss Billie Williams, Miss Jayne Smith, and Mr. Kennem Parker. Group teaching is becoming popular in the EngHsh departmem. MRS. ISABELLA BJERRING, long a member of the English Depanmem, was chosen f0 sutceed 'he former Miss Pelton as depart- mem :hairman. u , r withafmure ha-MW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IS becoming more essential Vo our inspires smdenfs Io 1ake up careers in me medical field. Her become m while anendxng school, society. Mrs. Judd Miller, school nurse, main job 25 to give reIief to Wow who

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THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT has had a successful year in several instances. The inservice 1raining program for Yeachers has been a study of 1he Ia'r- est methods of Teaching English and various courses of study from OUT- standing high schools. A strong res?- ing program has been developed both for mid-term examinations and finals,- consequently, the pupils have obfained more Information, and are better prepared for college, For High School Students ENGLISH IS USED in everything we do, yet ii is one of the most difficult courses for the average student. To help studenfs overcome vhis difficuhy ave Miss Doris Ciisp, Mrs. Sam Bush, and Miss Margaret MHler, instructors in We English depart. menr. MRS. LAWRENCE McKUNE, formerly Miss Mac Belle Pelton, resigned iusv before Chrislmas, aher heading 9he English department for more than 30 years. THAT GOOD SPEECH IS imponam agree mesa members of the English depanmem: Mr. James Irvine, speech and drama, Miss Doris Ann Jones, EngHsh, Mrsv E'hel Redman, Journalism, and Mrs, Flonelle h Greer, Enghs .

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Preparation to Compete in THERE IS PROBABLY no1hing more puzzling, diffi- cult, or stimulating than good 'ole mathematics, Math- ematica! courses attempt 10 develop speed of thought and accuracy of each of its students. Bearing In mind that most colleges require math- ematics as entrance requirements, Thomas Jefferson is out to offer studems helpful courses, These include Algebra I and II, plane and solid geometry, Trigonom- etry, and even Matrix Algebra. Various laws govern- Ing mathemafics are taught in Probability and Statis- tics, and Elementary Functions. Students who do not plan To enter college are urged to fake Consumer Mathematics, NUMbtK THE USE OF the slide me is becoming es. semial ya all mavh students. Mrs, Kitty Siephens, M755 Irene Verna Kiefer are seen here gening some ad- Vance prauice them- 59 ves. MR, WARD, WHO has been teachfng mavh In Thomas Jefferson for a number of years, is head of ihe Math depanmem. He is very versame in selening pvchems for his studems '0 pvactice on. WONDER WHAT'S SO amusing abvu' me papers um Mr. James Green, Mrs. Manha Taylor, Mrs. Nora Greg- cry, and Miss Mab Lynn Hill are look- ing at These math teachers try to teach s'udems 1he always and forever diffkul' mathemavics.