Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Distributive Education Classes Increase Enrollment Mrs. Short shows a smile of satisfaction as she adds more feathers to her “Speedy Turkey”. Our business teachers were kept busy training many students for further work in the clerical world. A new course, personal typing and notehand, was offered to students, especially seniors, but wasn’t as successful as was hoped. In Typing |, Mrs. Short and Mrs. Drumbheller’s students learned how to type term papers, footnotes, title pages, fill in forms, type letters, and post cards, and how to address envelopes properly. In shorthand, correct punctuation and spelling were emphasized, along with dictating and transcribing. Mrs. Drumheller supplied her general business students with useful information about such things as financial matters, transportation, communication, and social security. Mr. Dodson teaches economics and business management and law. The students of the latter course study law as it applies to individuals’ and discuss problems deal- ing with actual law cases. Economics expresses the ways people earn and spend money, how to borrow it, and the supply and demand for various goods. Mr. Flora’s class and his D.E. Club are on@ and the same. These classes, the largest D.E. classes that A.H.S. has ever had, attended a convention in February. In Distributive Education students studied advertising, public speaking, display, job interview, the free enterprise system, and the entire distributive system. Classes toured the Lane Company, Altavista Weaving Company, and Klopman Mills. They had many speakers and projects, two of which were making displays in the down- town stores and writing ads to be put in the papers. MR. HUGH DODSON B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Business Management and Law Math 12 History 8, Economics Mr. Dodson takes time out to rest as his class in Business Management completes a test. 18 MRS. LOLETA W. SHORT B.S., Radford College Typing, Transcription, Book r , Mr. Flora checks the schedule in his 5th period study hall. - MR. J. B. FLORA, III Virginia Polytechnic Institute BeSa) Ve Pale Distributive Education ete SL MRS. PHYLLIS M. DRUMHELLER B.S., Radford College General Business, Typing, Shorthand Mrs. Drumheller shows Jimmy Kinlaw how to use the Tab Set on his typewriter. é

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the Finer The Industrial Arts Department, under the direction and supervision of Mr. Bernhardt, has completed many projects this year. Various metal and wood projects have been made by the students with the aid of new pieces of equipment that have been added. Among them are portable jigsaws, sanders, and an electric grinder. A portable router has been added which, Mr. Bernhardt says, has proved to be a valuable addition to the department. The students have made minor pieces of furniture, such as cupboards and bookcases. Our Industrial Arts department not only deals with the construction of different products but also involves the study of industries, their tools, machines, materials, and organization. Mr. Bernhardt demonstrates new equipment. MR. DONALD M. BERNHARDT B.S., North Carolina State Industrial Arts, Mechanical Drawing Mr. Bernhardt supervises use of portable router. 17

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Co-Ed Physical Education is Introduced at A.H.S. MR, LAWSON ANDREWS B.A., Lynchburg College Health and Physical Education A new system of rotating the gym for physical education was introduced this year. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the boys exercised in the gym, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays the girls used it. Fridays were set aside, either for rotation by the week or for co-educational purposes such as singing and dancing, sometimes enjoyed by eighth graders. On alternate days when classes weren’t in the gym, pupils were given lessons in health. Health classes studied and learned about different diseases and mental health. Mrs. Lane, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Drumheller are the health and physical education instructors, who often received help from Senior students, no longer taking the course. — I IAL OH Ch og ad do Qe BAL be 004 Con gens hitless ath of ot “Apuat aki, 7 Mr. Andrews explains the use of the Driver’s Education machine to his ' Health students. ’ mG harman ; hyrvld arm tiric b« A ‘bt Mr. Andrews watches his boys exercise while the | girls exercise in the background. The picture was taken on “Co-ed” day. | Here we see Coach Drumheller in his other role ibesides that of coach. He also teaches World History. MRS. JULIANNA W. LANE B.S., East Tennessee State College Health and Physical Education Mrs. Lane points out an important part in a question given on a Health test. Mrs. Lane supervises her freshman girls as they exercise. MR. HAROLD K. DRUMHELLER B.S., University of Virginia M.S., University of Virginia World History, Physical Education