Watauga High School - Musket Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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English Department Places Emphasis on Literature, Speech, and Creative Writing Patricia W. Brookshire Elizabeth E. Elliott Fred T. Poplin M.A. A.S.T.C. M.A., George Peabody BiSuWALOuEG, Our English Department offers a variety of learning experi- ences through the many daily activities which include pre- paring research papers and themes, studying the lives and works of literary figures of the world, giving oral book reports, and general discussion of assignments. The value of this knowledge contributes to our success in other classes, as well as in life. Mrs. Bradham diagrams predicate nominatives and adjectives for her sophomore English class. Katie J. Peterson M.A., George Peabody en Mattie Lou Wilson Many types of visual aids are used by the aS. ANSTO English Department in teaching literature. 22

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Faculty and Curriculum Harlan E. Ledford V. Louise Hurd Marie G. Hodges M.A., East Tenn. State University M.A., George Peabody BrSwiAcoacs Students Gain Valuable Skills for Careers in Business The Department of Business Education prepares students for careers in the diversified, challenging commercial field. The skills they gain can be applied to college, job, or house- hold duties. Whether typing a manuscript, taking dicta- tion, balancing a ledger, or working with office machines, business students gain the skills necessary to make them competent office personnel. T. Richard Tickle Janet H. Auten ; M.A.. AS.T.C M.A.. AS.T.C. Dorothy Payne works feverishly to transcribe her wait we notes in Mr. Tickle’s shorthand class. In keeping a dummy set of books, Carolyn Davis finds Students in Mr. Ledford’s typing classes learn all the rules to be followed in pro- she must write many checks to her company’s creditors. ducing well-typed business letters and reports. 21

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Term papers, term papers. And what a term paper it I idn’ Pelee t yAiai) tiave to grade them. Paul Sink reports on Shakespeare to his sophomore Engish classmates. Nan M. Bradham Iris B. Hill John C. Smith A.B., Winthrop College BiSriAcoalnG: M.A., A.S.1.C: Mary M. Wilson Delila E. Lesley Betty Lou Wells B.S: A-S.l.G: BiSmeASainGe M.A., A.S.T.C. 23