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

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DEBUT OF SPANISH III CLASS HIGHLIGHTS 1971 Spanish II students help Mrs. Sumner celebrate her birthday with punch and cookies. Mrs. Sumner appears momentarily shocked by a student ' s response. Alleghany ' s Spanish curriculum took on a new appearance last year. A Spanish III course was added to the Spanish program. Spanish III was helpful to those who planned to take Spanish in college. Students studied the customs, geography, and history of some of the Spanish-speaking countries. Spanish i provided a background that was accomplished through the use of simple constructions involving nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Spanish II students increased their vocabulary and worked with more advanced constructions. Spanish III went into a more intricate study of the language. Students developed an appreciation for the language through learning it. Elizabeth L. Sumner Butch Warwick is grateful to Mrs. Sumner for her help in translating a sentence. Sally Showalter and Denise Noel work on their Spanish III homework. 28

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IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG MINDS AND BODIES One of the most difficult hurdles that a physical education student must meet is the 600 yard run. Walter B. Poage Coach Teters prepares to show a film on the mechanism of the heart. Physical education students watch the running of the 100 yard dash as Bill Dressier prepares to get the runners ' times. Larry Maddy attempts to block Mr. Phillips ' shot as Billy Simpson Roger M. Phillips waits for the rebound. J. Edward Teters 27

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U TIN AIDS IN UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH Janet Miller, Evonne Irvine, and Debra Treynor drill each other on the declension of a Latin verb. Barbara May Latin students learned that Latin was not really a dead language. Even though it was not used as a spoken language, numerous phrases and words were used everyday in the medical and scientific worlds. Many English words were traced back to their Latin origins by Latin I and II students. Declensions, conjugations, and translations formed the basis of the students ' investigation of Latin. Because English was dependent on Latin, a comprehensive study of Latin helped one to better understand English. The Latin I and II courses at Alleghany provided this important study. George Quinlan busily works on translating a passage from Latin to English to help him learn his Latin vocabulary. Miss May lectures her students on how an under- standing of Latin can help them with English. 29