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

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D.O. student Ruby Williams, who works as a technician after school, x-rays patient Vicki Ferguson at the South Boston Hospital. 16

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Provided Students Wiffi 3iner Arts Painting and sculpture are the two types of art offered at Halifax County High; how¬ ever, these two divisions are divided into many different types qf art. Among the activities of the student artists this year were oil painting, still-life draw¬ ing, pen and ink drawing, pastel painting, clay sculpture, tooth pick sculpture, straw sculpture, collages, mosaics, and charcoal drawings. The Art Department had two exhibits during the year. One exhibit was at H.C.H. S. while the other one was at the Citizens Bank in South Boston. Also the art classes took part in a poster contest sponsored by the Halifax Cancer Association. Judy Cren¬ shaw, a senior won first place for her poster display. During the year the art students helped with the publicity for plays, dances, and assemblies at the school. Art is offered to grades eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve. While the eighth grade students could take the course for only half a year, the other pupils could elect to take art the entire year. A total of 150 students were enrolled this year. 15

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Vocational Classes Were important Halifax County High School’s Vocational Departments encompass home economics, co-operative training, and agriculture. The purpose of the department is to prepare its students for part-time jobs before graduation in some instances and full-time vocations afterwards in all instances. In scope, the subject matter presented in the classes of the department is extremely practical, as it must be in guiding students to¬ ward the specialized fields of their choice. The four years of home economics are closely related and offer increasing degrees of concentration on domestic industries: cooking, sewing, selecting and caring for cloth¬ ing, basic electrical repairs, budgeting finances, and pre¬ serving health. Family Living emphasizes methods for solving domestic problems and improving relations between family members. Diversified Occupations trains students both in the class¬ room and on the job for vocations other than selling. This special work of selling, or distribution, is taught by Distribu¬ tive Education through textbooks while in school and practical application while on the job. PracticalNur s ing closely parallels the course taught by professional nurses’ training schools. As in D.O. and D.E., class room instruction is supplemented and enriched by on-the-job application of the principles learned. Vocational Agriculture 9 and 10, meeting two periods daily, lays the groundwork in fundamental concepts and principles of raising crops and livestock needed for special¬ ization in Vocational Agriculture 11 and 12, which meet one period each day. -30- Sammy Seay and Gerald Crews prepare to use the power saw in agriculture shop. ! Mr. William Lowe, D.E. Co-ordi¬ nator, teaches correct telephone manners to Lorraine McKinney and Peter Sizemore on a special machine made for this purpose. 17