Alleghany County High School - Alcova Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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Foreign Language Classes Strive For Fluency Miss Lucy E. Gleason Lynchburg College, A.B. Latin Sponsor, Latin Club Mrs. Camellia Ann Moon Middleburg College, B.A. V.P.l. French Mrs. Elizabeth Lawler Sumner Radford College, A.B. University of Virginia, M.Ed. Spanish; English Sponsor, Spanish Club David Wallis looks perplexed at Spanish vocabulary words, as Joe Massie, Linda Kilian, and Roger Whitehead seem confident. 24

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Goals Of English Department Miss Brenda J. Pauley Bob Jones University, B.S. English Sponsor, Junior Tri-Hi-Y Mrs. Elizabeth Shelor Radford College, B.S. English Sponsor, PATRIOT Miss Nancy Lee Monroe Bethany College, A.B. English Sponsor, Girls Basketball, F.T.A., Prom George Thomas Rudisill, II Emory Henry College, B.A. English Eighth Grade Basketball, Mrs. Eila Watts Sadler J.V. Baseball Madison College, B.S. English, Remedial Reading Mrs. Karter stifles a laugh as one of her eighth grade English students asks, “Mrs. Karter, how tall are you?” wliile the class works on a grammar lesson. 23

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TARTUFFS Highlights French Classes Tracie Dickson, Elvin Nicely, and Mrs. Moon prepare to enter Randolph- Macon Women’s College to see the play Tartuff. As the world slrrinks and more job opportunities are opened, it becomes more and more advantageous for a would-be employee to be able to understand and speak one or more foreign languages. A.C.H.S. students were indeed fortunate in that the school offered a choice of three foreign languages, two years of each. Through tapes, language labs, films, and extra- curricular literary material, students became familiar with the customs, culture, and national character of the people whose language they studied. Focal point of year in French classes was a trip to Randolph-Macon Women’s College to see the French play Tartuff by Mo liere. Foreign language students widened their vocabularies and grasped more easily the meanings of many English words, due to the fact that English is based, to a greater extent upon these three languages. They learned not only the tongues of other nations, but the customs, culture, and character of the people. But, perhaps most important of all, they developed the virtues of patience and perseverance, botli essential in the mastering of an unfamiliar language, and both invaluable, even if the language itself is forgotten. Miss Gleason uses flash cards to test her students’ Latin vocabulary. 25 Mrs. Moon directs the second year French class as they use the tape language laboratory at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College.