Blackstone High School - Ivy Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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French Verbs and Latin Nouns Mean Work Blackstone High School offers two years of Latin. First-year Latin is usually undertaken by freshmen, while sophomores continue with Caesar in Latin Il. Both Mrs. Izelle Hutcherson and Mrs. Virginia Jordan teach classes in Latin. The French Department consists of three years taught by Mrs. Izell Hutcherson. The students receive a French newspaper, La Jeunesse. With the use of the tape-recorder, much time is spent on pronunciation. Some parallel reading and re- ports are required, which help the students un- derstand the French people better. Also some of the students started corresponding with na- tive French teen-agers. College-bound students leaving BHS find that they have had an excellent background in foreign languages and are able to continue their studies with no difficulty. Mrs. Hutcherson watches as Shelley Dellaripa and Linda Forrester put sen- tences on the board in French II. Joe Manson and Jim Crinkley find that the window in French III class is the best place to study. Mary K. Lampkin uses the tape recorder to improve her pronunciation in French Ill while Joe Manson and Jim Crinkley look on. Academics—13

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Math and Science Challenge BHS Students Mr. Thomas explains a difficult physics principle to Rick French and Ray Chamberlain. 12—Academics Though the math and science courses at BHS cause many headaches for those ambitious stu- dents who undertake them, they prepare them well for the future which awaits them. Some math and some science is a prerequisite for graduation, but the majority of students who take the courses are the college-bound ones. In the math department, preliminary courses and introduction courses to algebra are offered as well as the more advanced courses of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Equipped with two science laboratories, BHS is able to offer a very thorough science curriculum. In addition to general science, students are able to take biology, chemistry, and physics. Mrs. Anna D. Weatherford and Mrs. Dorothy Tunstall teach all math courses, while Mr. Robert Thomas and Mrs. Olivia Harrison head the sci- ence department. Constructions made by the geometry class brightens up Room One at Christmas-time.

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History and English Make Good Citizens Blackstone has an extremely strong English department. Mr. Max Clayton teaches eighth grade English, while Mrs. Kathleen Hamlett, Mrs. Virginia Jordan, and Miss Martha Hammock teach the other classes. Grammar is taken during the first semester and literature is taken up during the second semester. Students make an exclusive study of American literature their junior year and English literature their senior year. Civics and world geography are taught by Mrs. Crowder. Mrs. Hamlett teaches world history. United States history, which is taken by all jun- iors, and government, which is taken by all sen- iors, are both taught by Mrs. Cobbs. Current events is a large portion of both classes. All grad- uates of BHS must take history and government in order to graduate. The government students mus? prepare bills and hold their own session of the General Assembly. They must also write a term paper on a matter concerned with government or a current world situation. A full six-week course in Communism is also a part of this class. Mrs. Crowder teaches eighth graders civics. Speaker of the House of Delegates, Branch Watkins recognizes Delegate Gary Dalton in government class. ees igec ee ee we Baill 1 Jim Crinkley uses techniques learned in speech class to con- Ray Chamberlain helps Miss Hammock prepare a record of Old duct an SCA Council meeting. English dialect for the senior English class to hear. 14—Academics