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

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English served as basis for school Mrs. Margaret O. Garrett B.A., UNC-G M. Ed., UNC-G Student Council Advisor Reading, speaking, listening, writing, and thinking are all passports for one’s entry into the realm of communication and understanding. These five phases of English are very important to the future of an individual. Sophomores studied Silas Marner and Julius Caesar. A good background was gained in the fundamentals of grammar through practice and appli¬ cation. American literature was the focal point of junior English. Students traced the growth of our literary heritage through the early writings of Indians, historical documents, plays, novels, Miss Tommie Foscue A.B., Greensgoro College Pages by Page Literary Advisor Mrs. Olive Betts B.A., Converse College M.A., Columbia College Quill and Scroll Advisor short stories, and poetry. By writing frequent compositions, pupils developed their own individual styles and exer¬ cised originality. Seniors familiarized themselves with some of the great names in English literature, including Chaucer, Shakes¬ peare, Browning, and Kipling. They studied all the major works from Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales through George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. A study of basic styles as they are revealed in poetry, essays, dramas, biographies, novels, and the short story were also reviewed in the senior year. Miss Gwendolyn E. Currin B.A., UNC-G Sophomore Class Advisor Mrs. Iris D. Hunsinger A.B., East Carolina College M.Ed., UNC-G 24

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Library was haven for studious Steve Forest, Johnny Wall, and Lin Willet profit from use of library facilities. Mrs. Susan Rankin A.B., Salem College M.Ed., UNC-G Library Club Advisor Miss Florence Shelburne B.A., Lynchburg College B.S., M.A., Peabody College Library Club Advisor Miss Florence Shelburne and Mrs. Susan Rankin, with the help of two D.O. students and twenty-five volun¬ tary assistants, guided the students in the library this year. By the end of the year, there were 9,000 books, seventy- five different magazines, and three newspapers available for student use. From time to time, examples of stu¬ dent art work were displayed along with other student projects. Audio- Visual aids, including records, films, and projectors, were offered to the teachers for supplementing the regu¬ lar classroom lessons. The library patio, with its furniture and shrubs given by the Beautification Committee, was used by the students for doing homework on warm days. 23

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curriculum Debbie Daye traces the history of English Literature in her senior English class. Oil) INGUSH IWI 1 u MV| ur C1NOU5H I ' KU lAU lrv m ly. f i, sco Htfcotr Ut I 4 tfic raw ittnor I ATI OLD ENGLISH MISCU J anfous prose EARIY MIDDU ENGLISH PRH POETRY DRAMA EARLY modern . ENGLISH Krfrf) t Miss Anne P. Mclver A.B., UNC-G M.R.E., Presbyterian School JCL Advisor Debating Club Advisor Mr. Joseph E. Robbins, Jr. A.B., Elon College Dramatics Club Advisor Debating Club Advisor 25