Walter Hines Page High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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and grammar are stressed in English classes MISS CAROL LEE LUCAS Junior English Senior English All junior class members tried their writing ability and creativity when they became amateur authors of short stories. Miss Carol Lucas and Mr. Bob Newton, who taught junior English this year, included in their course a thorough study of American literature. While studying Melville’s Moby Dick, one of the greatest American novels, the “white whale” was pursued not only by Captain Ahab, but by every junior. Poetry, es¬ says, and short stories were the three fields of literature stressed, and the giants in each field were studied. With the guidance of Mrs. Olive Betts, and Miss Carol Carson, the sophomores achieved a knowledge of great literature from all parts of the world. The highlights were George Eliot’s Silas Marner, a novel set in nine¬ teenth century England, and Julius Caesar, one of Shake¬ speare’s greatest works. The phonograph became very useful when “The King and I” was studied. MR. ROBERT A. NEWTON Junior English Canterbury Pilgrims” from Mrs. Gar¬ rett’s honors English 7 class feast at Tabard Inn. Voices blend in a Geoffrey Chaucer adaption of Davey Crockett” in Miss Lucas’ English 7 class. “All the perfumes of Arabia will not swee¬ ten this little hand.” Carolyn Crooke enacts the sleepwalking scene from Macbeth in Mrs. Hunsinger’s class. 13

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MRS. OLIVE M. BETTS Sophomore English MISS CAROL JOYCE CARSON Sophomore English Reading, writing, listening, speaking, and think ing— these are the five fields of communication. Since a per¬ son is judged by his ability to use his native language, a strong emphasis is placed on English as a required phase of the curriculum. English students were kept busy at Page this year writing compositions, building their vocabulary, memor¬ izing poetry, making outlines, and reading books for parallel reports. Seniors, under the instruction of Mrs. Iris Hunsinger, Mrs. Margaret Garrett, and Miss Carol Lucas, probed deep into their pasts for material to make their autobio¬ graphies interesting. They participated in skits and dem¬ onstrations of medieval times, as they portrayed Chau¬ cer’s Canterbury Pilgrims. Then members of the Class of 1961 became actors of the Elizabethan Age as they played scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The final as¬ signment of the year was to write a “college level” term paper. Extensive studies in literature MRS. MARGARET O. GARRETT Senior English MRS. IRIS D. HUNSINGER Senior English Ideas that may shake the world go down on papers as students take a test in Mr. Newton’s class. 12

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MR. HAROLD M. EVANS Chemistry Algebra MISS BEVERLY SEAWELL Biology Girls’ Physical Education Variety of courses provided by the The science department of Page High School of¬ fered biology, chemistry, physics, and advanced biology this year. To students interested in science, these classes helped create enthusiasm and interests that coincided with their study in a certain field. Students were encouraged to participate in the an¬ nual Science Fair; however, to avoid having medio¬ cre projects from less interested students, partici¬ pation was not mandatory. In Mr. Sharp’s, Mr. Stowe’s, and Miss Seawell’s sophomore biology classes, the students pursued the scientific study and relations of living things; plant, animal, and human life. The honors class went into a more detailed study of the above units under Mr. Sharp. Cats cats cats and more cats! During the first semester of Mr. Sharp ' s advanced biology class, the cat was given a thorough study. Plants, heredity, human body, bacteriology, diseases, and an econlogual study of forestry around Page were taken up. These units were primarily the students’ choice, this being the first year this course has been offered and the program had not been organized. In order to have more class participation, small groups taught the class. The main purpose in physics was to present the subject with a directness and simplicity so that all students would achieve a general understanding. Mr. Deans attempted to instill in his students a thorough conception of physics by explaining mat- Proving Charles Law, Robert Merritt measures temperature in Mr. Evans’ chemistry class. That amoeba just won’t stand still.” Jimmy Dagenhart trys to get a microscopic view. 14