Academy of Richmond County High School - Arc Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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JEKHIBENTLEY BFA—U. of Ga. DOLLY HOGAN AB, MA—U. of Ga. ANN HOLLOWELL A B— lender JOAN KAUFMAN BS—Ohio Stale U. WINNIE OVERSTREET BS—G.S.C.W. MA—Emory Foreign Language Studies Enable Communication with The World I he world gets smaller every day because of improved communica- tion and transportation systems. To keep pace with this fast-moving trend, we must be able to communicate with our neighbors throughout the world. This is one of the purposes of the Modern Foreign Language department. In addition to teaching the fundamentals of the language itself, the instructors of French and Spanish, up to now the only two subjects offered in this field, strive to teach their students to appreciate the homeland and to understand the people of the countries where these languages are spoken. French students A1 Dasher, Sherry Mays, and Wanda Lee Lucas compare American and French magazines. Frances Wren and Ben Kay admire souvenirs from France. Miss Overstreet exhibits mementos of her trip to France to her sixth period class.

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MILBA McGAHEE BS—U. of Ga. JACK REYNOLDS BS—U. of Tenn. MA-U. of Tenn. R. R. WEHMEYER BS—Jacksonville St. Teach. Col. A. L. WILLIAMS AB—Wake Forest MA—Peabody Ben Kay and Martha Dills pay their respects to Broad Street’s most familiar landmark. In the background stand statues of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. ii :—N Nesbit Dasher (sitting) and Tommy Dearing debate the War Between the States at the General Joseph Wheeler monument on Walton Way Extention. 23

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Misty Doric columns symbolically loom in the background as Patty Wilson reads from Homer’s Odyssey. Present Culture Reflects The Continuing Influence Of Past Civilizations Not too many years ago, the staunch belief that a student hadn’t finished his education without a Latin background was common. To- day the belief has softened a bit, but ARC’s Latin and Classical classes are still full. Latin still helps anyone to comprehend English better, and it definitely adds to an individual’s vocabulary. A classics course speaks for itself. It gives the student a better background in the Greek and Roman cultures and a sound knowledge of mythology and all it entails—including the stories and the various gods. Discussions of the meanings of certain passages of Homer, Virgil, and Plato provide the student with deeper insight into human nature. Academy students are fortunate in having the teachers they do, to say nothing of these two fine courses. ELAINE McNALLY BS—UCLA Jesse Self notes the sway that the Latin language once had on the ancient world. RUTH McAULIFFE AB—Agnes Scott MA—U. of N.C. 25