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

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

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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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Team Teaching Brings Imagination to Learning The Intelligence. MRS. HARRIET DECELL: American History; Sponsor, Debate Team; B.A., University of Mis- sissippi. MRS. JO ANN PRICHARD: American Literature; Sponsor. YAZOOAN; B.A., University of Mississippi. Early one morning in Septem- ber 1967, approximately fifty bright-eyed juniors walked into their first session of a most unusual class, which combined American history and literature. TTiis Ameri- can Studies class, better known as Team Teaching or kindergarten,” was the brain child of Mrs. Harriet DeCell and Mrs. Jo Ann Prichard. The cafeteria turned classroom really resembled a kindergarten with its brightly painted book shelves and pop art posters. Stu- dents soon found, however, that the work was no joke, but their extra efforts were rewarding. Classes were stimulating experi- ences as well as fun. Mrs. DeCell and Mrs. Prichard must be commended as innovators in education. Their baby” was one of the few classes of its kind anywhere and the only one of its kind in Mississippi. Its importance is attested by the fact that the De- partment of Education of the Uni- versity of Southern Mississippi made a film of it. OK rats. I can’t write two themes, do a presidents chart, and finish a term paper in one night,” sighs Kathy Lee. 24