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

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l nd uidance EDUCATION STRENGTHENS THE NATION is the slogan for American Educa- tion Week, and Mr. Lonnie Devall, assistant principal, does much to assure TJ students of a strong education. HARD AT WORK is Miss Jeannette Tenney, attendance secretary. SCANNING THE LAT- EST college and career bulletins are Mrs. Edna Hargus, counselor, Miss Louise Erwin, director of education guidance, and Mr. Arthur Morgan, counselor. I3

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I The administration of a large, modern high school, such as Thomas Jefferson, is complex and requires the joint efforts of many highly-trained and capable people. Much planning on the part of school leaders has contributed greatly to a successful year. Guidance and counseling are also of major importance at Thomas Jefferson. A comprehensive testing program and individual conferences help students map out their high school and college or career plans. I2 dministration MR. BEN KIKER, director of student activities, pauses for a moment during an assembly program. Mr. Kiker is in charge of assemblies, Congress, school dances, and many other student projects at TJ. MAKING PLANS FOR the school year are Dr. Frank Leathers, director of curriculum in secondary schools, Mr. A. E. Patter- son, business managerg and Mr. Alexander Koerth, assistant superintendent of schools. Dr. Leathers left Port Arthur to assume the position of superintendent of schools ln Lllfklrl-

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Proper Use of English Competence in the use of English is vital today in all fields of endeavor. Almost every job requires mastery of ' basic language skills, and college work demands proficiency in all phases of English. With these goals in mind, TJ of- fers a good foundation in English to all its students. English is a broad subject that includes a variety of study areas, such as expository and creative Writing, liter- ature in all its forms, and the mechanics of the language, grammar. Class and outside work provide students with much practice in all these areas and train them to use English effectively. MRS. ISABELLA BJERRING, chairman of the English Department, has long been a world traveler. Her classes benefit from her talks on life in other parts of the world. This year Mrs. Bjeriing represented Thomas Jefferson High School at the National Council of Teachers of Eng- lish convention in San Francisco. SETTING UP THIS student project of The King and Ii' did not really require all these hands, but it served as an amusing center of interest for a picture of these English teachers: Miss Doris Crisp, English III and IVg Mrs. Margaret Barry, English II and IVQ Mr. John Aikman, English IIg Mrs. Faye Lynn White, English II and Illg Mr. Kerry Kent Morris, English II and Illg and Miss Nancy Creswell, English II and III. I4