William Penn High School - Penn Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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In biology an attempt is made to survey the plant and animal kingdoms with special emphasis being placed on metabolism, growth, structure and re¬ sponse. This year, sophomores explored the essentials of botany and zoology, Mrs. G. P. Davis A T State University, B.S. Further study - University of North Carolina at Greensboro at Chapel Hill North Carolina State University at Raleigh SOPHOMORES FOUND A REAL CHAL Members of the B.S.C.S. biology class prepare the investigation, “A Garden of Micro-organisms.” 03 i ' . JM [

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Mrs. L. M. Jones A.B., Bennett College Further study: Gardner-Webb College TRODUCES STUDENTS TO CULTURE OF OTHER NATIONS The aim of the foreign languages department is to introduce students to the ideas and customs of other nationalities through the study of oral language and literature. A better understanding and greater apprecia¬ tion of the English language is encouraged through these studies. The language department has access to one well equipped language laboratory where each student has an individual microphone. This laboratory, together with modern teaching methods, enable the language students to enhance their ability to speak as well as write the languages they are learning. At Penn, French is offered three years and Spanish, two years. In French class, the students examine pamphlets relating to the lesson. Mrs. Melba B. Hill Spelman College, B.A. 39

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and concentrated largely on human anatomy. Microscopes allowed them to investigate minute organisms, and fully equipped dissection kits made it possible for the students to study plant and animal structure. Mrs. V. B. Kendall Southern University, B.S. Columbia University, M.S. Further study- Cornell University San Jose State University Wake Forest University LENGE IN BIOLOGICAL STUDIES Special techniques are be¬ ing used by these students in preparing slides of onion root tips.