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

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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.

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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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Library, Art Develop Special Skills Library Staff searches diligently for any material that is needed. Staff members; Wanda Bowers, 1-onda Curtis, Linda Elmore, Doris Meadows, Ashby Tyree, Margaret Wood, Carmen Chambers, Myra Davis, Linda Hicks, Pam Hoke, Louise Jordan, Debbie Smith, Elvin Nicely, Stephen Boone, Routh Ann Dainty, Ardeth Gladwell, Phyllis Hepler, Barbara Howard, Sharon Kirsey, Leo McCoy, Jewel Hannah, Margie Vass, Donna Booze, Carolyn Byer, Kitty Charles, Steve Dressier, Debby Fridley, Barbara Mottern, Debbie Lefler, Patricia Plymale, Elizabeth Sartain, Carolyn Tyree, Vernon Morris, Preston Boone, Wanda Carter, Valerie Newman, Frankie Tucker, Alma Watson. Marshall Leitch, Jeannette Armstrong, Dorothy Harris, Mary Kern, Winona Kirby, Priscilla Plott, Linda Reynolds, Molly Swartz, Carla Tliompson, and Betty Vess. Miss Wolfe and the library at ACHS were the last word in efficiency and organization. Miss Wolfe capably supervised a library of over ten thousand volumes and at the same time trained students of Library Science who served as her assistants. Many talented students found the Ait classes to be an enjoyable and informative outlet. Under the direction of Miss Smith, the classes painted and made the scenery for the choir class production of “Oklahoma!” displaying fantastic imagination and realism. Students were trained to work in several art media and displayed their works on WDBJ’s Saturday Session and at the annual school art show. Miss Smith explains the design of the “Okla- homa!” scenery to Donna Terry and Linda Thompson as Eva Fury and Debbie Fridley watch. Miss Elizabeth C. Smith Mary Washington, B.S. Parsons School of Design Art Diploma .Art, English Sponsor, Art Club Miss Mary Helen Wolfe Randolph Macon Woman’s College Radford College, B.A. Library Science Miss Wolfe discusses the annual magazine campaign with Mr. Hammon. 26