Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Miss Frances Aiken shows Margaret Kindley the correct way to type a business letter. 13

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interest On Business And Language Qvew To develop the students’ proficiency in speaking, writing, and reading a language other than English is the purpose of the Foreign Language Department. The department offers Latin, Spanish, and French, with Spanish receiving the greatest em¬ phasis this year. The purpose of this emphasis is to eventually develop a five-year course that would enable students to acquire a fluent speaking knowledge of a foreign language in high school. This year a successful experiment was conducted in an eighth grade Spanish class which used a text consisting mainly of dia - logues that stressed the importance of speaking the language. Although Spanish is the only foreign language offered in the eighth grade, freshmen may begin a two or three year study of Latin; however, students are not eligible to take French until they become sophomores, and only two years of French are offered. Students in Business Education courses receive practical experience and training for clerical and secretarial work after graduation. In addition to academic work, girls in office practice and shorthand classes serve their school in many ways. The ad- vanced typists work for the STAR, HALISCOPE, and other school departments. In advanced shorthand, students take dictation from Mr. Swanson and other members of the faculty. General record keeping which offers training for general clerks, bookkeeping procedures for small businesses, and bookkeeping practices for personal use, is a pre-requisite for the standard bookkeeping course, offered to seniors only. Peggy Jones and Wingate Eakes are reviewing written and oral Spanish in the laboratory language class that eighth grade students could elect. Morty Miller, president of the Latin Club, displays a modern Roman camp for second- year Caesar students Linda Whitlow and Mary Vicks. 12

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Lorraine Murray and John Green get ready to play a Beethoven sym¬ phony in the music appreciation class. To create a more stirring interest in music and to de¬ velop the students ' skill were the main purposes of the Music Department at Halifax County High. This year the band was divided into three units. The Cadet Band and the Senior Concert Band used their class time to practice for performance, to perfect their skill, and to learn the mechanics of marching. On the other hand, the Beginner’s Band learned the fundamentals of music, be¬ came familiar with the mechanics of their instruments, and studied the fundamentals of marching. The choral division of the department was separated in¬ to four units. The Concert Choir and the Mixed Glee Club spent all their time for rehearsal and improvement of in¬ dividual skill. Two eighth grade choral classes, organized this year as a performing group for the first time, spent their time in rehearsal. Two eighth grade music appreciation classes used a text book from which they studied modern music, modern composers, broadway musicals, classical music, and the lives of classical composers. Music And Art Art students Barbara Llewellyn, Barbara Buckner, Carolyn Franklin, Sammy Henderson, Sandra Johnson, June Moore, and Margaret Hughes work on class projects. 14