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

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s Essential to uceess I Q x THE NEW ELECTRIC laminator in the English office covers important papers with a protective plastic coating. Miss Peggy Bruce, English II, reads the instructions as Mrs. Margaret Parker, English III and IV, pulls the lever. Looking on are Miss Tommye Hogue, English II and III, and Mr. William Green, English III and IV. CHECKING THE PILOT'S coverage of the jun- ior-senior play are Mrs. Ethel Redman and Mr. Louis King. Mrs. Redman teaches English II and journalism, and Mr. King teaches speech and drama. 1 THE PAPERBACK LI- BRARY in Miss .layne Smith's room is attrac- tive to teachers, as well as students. Selecting hooks to recommend to their classes are Mr. Kenneth Parker, English III and IV: Miss Ann Jones, English II and IV, Miss Jayne Smith, English III and IVg and Miss Margaret Miller, English II. I5

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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

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KEEPING UP-TO-DATE on the latest developments in the complex field of mathematics is no small task, but Miss Lavern McMillan, chairman of the Math. Depart- ment, has a wealth of newly-published books for use as source material. GRADING FINAL EXAMINATIONS is often as tiresome to teach- ers as is studying for them to students. Miss Mah Lynn Hill and Miss Irene Smith, two of TJ's algebra teachers, find the job lighten- ed somewhat when they see some of the amusing, if incorrect, answers written by students. I6 ath Helps Students BULLETIN BOARDS AND charts often help in teaching mathematical concepts. Evaluating a student's project are three new teachers in the department this year: Mr. Gary Corley, geometry and consumer math.g Mrs. Myrtle Arnett, geometry and consumer math.g and Mr. Michael Johnson, geometry.