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

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Gloria Alberson admires the steak Su- san Hock has just taken from the broiler. AMANDA MOSELEY BS—C.S.C.W. Home Economics Students Learn The Art of Fine Cooking A girl taking home economics is indeed well prepared for the world she must live in tomorrow. But not only is she well- schooled in the particulars of “housewifery,” she is also aided in the all-important choice of a career. Cooking and sewing are not the only units taken up in home economics, as most outsiders seem to think. Besides the special unit in home entertaining, great emphasis is also placed on mother-babv care, interior decorating, and home planning and designing. Eddie Mann double checks his cal- culations to be sure a room is large enough. N. C. SMITH BS—Ga. Tech Drawing Provides Experience As Well As Enjoyment ARC’s course in mechanical drawing is of great importance to those who participate in it. On the whole, only boys take ad- vantage of this course ( although a few girls have been attracted to it). Most students who take drawing are planning to seek a career in architecture, engineering, or some similar profession. The boys learn to apply the principles of drafting to real sit- uations in life-size dimensions. At the same time, each one is thoroughly enjoying his work and benefiting from it in every way possible. 26

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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

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Sixth period Driver’s Ed. class makes a “pit stop” during a track run. ROBERT BANKS BA—U. of Ga. Teenage Drivers Learn Courtesy And Safety Rules Of The Road Beware of low-flying cars! This could be the war cry of ARC’s driver education class, hut it isn’t. These students learned not to fly low and why they should exercise caution and courtesy behind the wheel. The course consists of classes on the various phases of driving and the practical experience of piloting Richmond’s drivers education car both in traffic and around and around the oval track next to the football field. Drivers Education is one course that is beneficial not only to the students but the entire community as these young people demonstrate their knowledge of the automobile and display their courtesy. Tommy Cook watches Julius Mann work on his shop project. ELLIS PARKER BS—Ga. Southern Shop Program Renovated During The Summer The large room which once housed Richmond’s woodshop has taken on a new look. During the summer the shop was completely modernized. Nearly all new tools and equipment were installed and areas for the study of metal working, electricity, and power mechanics were introduced to supplement the original course in wood working. The addition of this new equipment considerably broadens the shop program at Richmond, making it possible to instruct each of the four essentially different types of shop work during one school year. 27