Virginia High School - Virginian Yearbook (Bristol, VA)

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Left to right: Mr. Blair Prks- lON, Mr. Aulick Burke, Mr. Joseph B. Van Pelt, Mr. Ro- i.AND Galliiier, Mrs. James Austei.l, Mrs. A. G. Stuari, Mr. James Boyd. Page 8

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IMPORTANT FACTORS As life becomes more complex, schools must provide increasing numbers of subjects in their curricula, brgiuia High School offers training not only in academic fields but also in manual arts, fine arts, secretarial and commercial courses, music, speech and drama, domestic sciences, physical education, dri ing, di crsificd occupations, and guidance. Basic in any high school education is its Knglish Department, which includes at MI.S. Mrs. W. W. Filhngcr, Miss Virginia Anderson, Mrs. Rosa Baldwin, Miss Louise Brewer, Mrs. Lllcn Pearson, Miss Audrey Doak, Miss Doris Neal, Miss Mozclle Porter, and Mr. A. L. Mitchell. Foreign languages, including Latin, French, and Spanish, are taught by Mrs. James David and Mrs. Nora DcBusk. I ' hc department of history and social studies includes ; Mrs. L. B. Boatright, Mrs. Nora De- Bnsk, Miss Emily Gilmer, Miss Mayme Mc- Coy, Miss Irene Brown, Miss Betty Huff, Miss Doris Neal, Mr. A. L. Mitchell, Mr. Robert Coleman, and Mr. John Poland, replacing Mr. Robert Hnrlbut. rhe Mathematics Department, offering gen- eral math, business math, two years of algebra, plane and solid geometry and trigonometry, comprises a staff of Mr. W. C. Rasnick, Miss Ftfa Hillman, Mrs. L. B. Boatright, Mrs. A. J. Eaton, Mrs. William Pippin, and IMiss Betty Huff. Sciences, including introductory science, general science, biology, chemistry, and physics, arc taught by Mr. W. S. Powers, Miss Emma Smith, Mr. J. Roscoc Hall, and Mr. Kenneth Hewitt. Manual training, print shop, and mechani- cal drawing arc under the supervision of Mr. Carroll Campbell and Mr. LB. Moore. Instructors in fine arts, including painting, sketching, and crafts, are Miss Emily Gilmer and Miss Mayme McCoy. Commercial courses offered to sophomores, juniors, and seniors arc bookkeeping, office practice, general business, and two years of typ- ing and shorthand. Mrs. J. M. Creger andMiss Susan French are instructors in this department. The Music Department, giving training in band, chorus, piano, and music appreciation, consists of Mr. Hamp Richardson, who re- placed Mr. John Shultz; Mr. Raymond Kreiner, Miss Eleanor Curtin, and Miss Audrey Doak. Directors of speech, drama, and expression are Mrs. Ellen Pearson and Miss Eleanor Cur- tin. Sewing and Cooking are under the instruc- tion of Miss Martha Baxter and Miss Hazel Emitt. The Department of Physical Education in- cludes: Mr. Homer Harris, Mr. Robert Cole- man; Mr. John Poland, replacing Air. Robert Hurlbut; Miss Dorothy Cowden, and Aliss Irene Brown. Also an instructor in this divi- sion, and dri ’ing teacher, was Mr. Louis Ko- vacs, whose duties were assumed in February by Mr. Harris. Mrs. Frances Boyd serves as director of di- versified ocenpafions, which provides part-time jobs for students. Guidance and educational testing are car- ried out by Aliss Mozelle Porter, Mrs. Rosa Baldwin, Aliss Doris Neal, and Mr. W’. C. Rasnick. Seventh grade teachers are: Airs. Ted Fran- cis, Mrs. Frances W. Mynatt, Miss Sally Hickam, Miss Doris Mauk, aiifl Mrs. Laura ' i ' oms, replacing Mr. John Poland. The library is under the supervision of Miss Leone Cooper. In addition to their teaching duties, almost all these faculty members give untiringly of their time and energy in advisory capacities. In more ways than one, they are truly impor- tant factors in the lives of all the students. Page 1 0