Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Mrs. Baker teaches attentive students. The members of the English department of Bruns¬ wick Academy realize a democracy needs citizens trained in the skills of listening, reading, thinking, and the precise forceful expression of their ideas. To carry out a program wliich will benefit students in the achievement of such a goal is one of the major objectives in all of the English classes in the Academy. Moreover, it is the purpose of this department to stimulate high school boys and girls to attack zestfully the job of mastering the language skills. In order to accomplish such a purpose, emphasis is placed on the importance of understanding the fundamentals of functional grammar and punctuation, as well as the techniques of compositions. The need for the enrich¬ ment of vocabulary is stressed daily. Creative writing is encouraged and research is required. Since literature is not something apart from other school subjects, nor from life itself, the English department has scheduled a good literary program in all of the five English classes, which fosters the enjoyment and appreciation of good literature. Mrs. Jones hammers in knowledge. Mrs. Do.ss witli the tenth graders. 19

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Mrs. Raiford gives demonstration. Busy hands seldom pause. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Commercial Department offers a variety of courses for vocational students. Mrs. Mary H. Raiford is the sole instructor in this department. Two years of Typing are offered. In these classes, students become acquainted with the skills of touch typing and also learn procedures for typing business letters, invoices, memos and other forms. For the future secretary, a two year course in Gregg Shorthand is available. Bookkeeping familiarizes the future accountant with the basic procedures in the bookkeeping cycle. General Business provides the background essential for all business employees. The typing room, this year, is fully equipped with electric typewriters, an adding machine and a duplicator which are all put to practical use. Commercial students gather in Typing room. 18

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Latin students take dictation from Mrs. Butler. Our curriculum includes three foreign languages, Latin, French, and Spanish. In the Latin courses, taught by Mrs. Helen Butler, the first year students learn the basic fundamentals of grammar and vocabulary. Second year students are challenged with more vocabulary and delve into the campaigns of Julius Caesar. The French classes are organized similarly to the Latin classes. These students study vocabulary and grammar of the Romance language--French. Second year pupils enlarge their vocabulary and make a more detailed study of the language. Mr. T. R. Witten is the teacher. This year only second year Spanish is offered. Much emphasis is placed on the art of speaking. Often the students tape their Spanish conversations in order to improve pronunciation and diction. Mrs. Paula Doss is our Spanish teacher this year. Mrs. Doss lectures Spanish II class. Mr. Witten’s French students ponder translations. 20