Yazoo City High School - Mingo Chito Yearbook (Yazoo City, MS)

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Language Courses Provide Basics MISS MARY ELIZABETH BARRETT: English and Latin; B.A.. University erf Mississippi; Sponsor, Jr.-Sr. Dramatic (Tub. DR. GUSTAVO GARLIA: Spanish; Ph.D., University of Havana. MRS. JUANITA JENKINS: English; B.A., Mississippi College. MISS MARY LOUISE JONES: English and Speech; B.A., Delta State College; M.A., Auburn University; Sponsor. Writers’ Club. MISS CAROLYN SCREWS: English; Sponsor, Fresh man-Sophomore Dramatics Club; B.A.. Mississippi College. MR. VERNON SIKES: English and Spanish; Sponsor, Mingo Chito; B.A., Mississippi College. From the first attempts at simple sounds to garbled phrases to complete sentences, a child grows into a world in which he must be able to communicate. Realizing the need for this ability to communicate, YHS pro- vides three languages: English, Latin, and Spanish. Four years of English are required for graduation, since English is the mother tongue of most Americans as well as one of the world’s most widely used languages. Grammar, spelling, and literature are stud- ied to enable students to speak and write well and to give them an appreciation of great literary works. Latin, which is the basis of English and all the Romance languages, shows the deri- vation of our language from it. A study of ancient civilization goes along with the lan- guage study, and Publius” and Furi- anus” become old friends. Each year the students are required to make a Latin proj- ect. Because so many of the Latin American countries are Spanish-speaking, YHS offers this language. The textbooks used are en- tirely in Spanish and students find it en- lightening to discover the differences be- tween English and Spanish. A great deal of time is spent studying the cultures of the Spanish-speaking countries. Emsj841 wpq lgkhump( %ybn @ vm,3$?” says Dr. Garcia to Jack. 22

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Staffs Aid in Running School Efficiently MRS. H. C. HARRSTON: Supervisor of City School Cafeterias. MR. O. C. SHANNON: Maintenance Supervisor. YHS efficient janitorial staff: (left to right) Elizabeth Gibbs. DeWitt Collins, Silvia Jefferv. I. V. Collins. With the responsibility of feeding over a hundred hungry students each day, the cafeteria staff has quite a job. Mrs. Rosa Harrison and Mrs. Taylor Mobley prepare a well-balanced meal for the students. Every week, appetizing menus are carefully selected and posted in each homeroom. The YHS cafeteria comes under the supervision of Mrs. H. G. Harrston, Super- visor of the city school cafeterias. The janitorial staff of YHS is composed of DeWitt and I. V. Collins, Silvia R. Jeffery, and Elizabeth Gibbs. They are responsible for clearing the campus of litter and keeping the classrooms neat and tidy. Dur- ing holidays the staff devotes much of their time to waxing floors and various other special jobs before the students return. Mr. 0. C. Shannon, who serves as maintenance su- pervisor, checks out all mechanical apparatus and gen- eral machinery on campus, making sure thev are in top working condition. Smilr wh« n vou say that, sonny.” 21

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for an Ever-changing ’World Mr. Sikes has one of his after school chats” with student Peggy 1 isdale. 23