Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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After many hours of rehearsal, the Spanish club presented their version of “Snow White” as the Christmas assembly for the school. One of the more humiliating moments in French is to have your picture taken during a skit. Marshall Harris is caught he makes his grand entrance. Jjlxpansion and growth have been invading the school from almost all sides in the past few years except student population. It was therefore inevitable that the foreign language department would expand its courses in French and Spanish from two to three years. With Latin discontinued, it was necessary for the school to offer more advanced studies in the two foreign language courses that re- mained. In French, the third year has yet to “catch on” with the students. Some- how, only one was brave enough to continue after the second year. Spanish is a much more popular language at Brunswick Academy than French, and the third year has found more followers there. Still, in their five years of high school, students gen- erally prefer a one year rest between foreign languages. At present you must have two years of a language to get credit for the course, but perhaps soon three will be required. Within the classroom, modes of study vary between Mrs. Lee Warren (French) and Mr. Michael Lynch (Spanish). Mrs. Warren’s favorite pas- time in the classroom is singing fa- miliar French folk songs. During the holiday season, students became fa- miliar with French Christmas carols as well. In Spanish, Mr. Lynch relies on students to participate in oral exercises given in the book. These help students learn uses of verbs and words, and make them familiar with new vocab- ulary. The French and Spanish Clubs remain an important part of the school. The French Club presented the Thanksgiving assembly, and the Spanish Club presented the assembly for Christmas in the form of a comedic newscast followed by a stage presen- tation of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” ... FOREIGN LANGUAGES.. 24 - Foreign Languages

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Above: In his standard position, Mr. Woodruff watches his tenth grade play volleyball. After learn- ing fundamentals for two years, students then try to develop skills. I . . . THREE YEARS OF WORK AND PLAY MAKE JOHNNY A GOOD BOY One third of the school year on Phys. Ed. days was spent playing volleyball in the tenth grade boys’ classes of Mr. Woodruff. Above: Lyr.n Moore posi- tions himself for serving the ball into play, and Below: Charles Cross watches as Tom Edwards spikes the ball over the net. fter grammar school students enter high school, mostly dreading the upcoming three years of physical educa- tion. The required three years provide plenty of relief from the “braindraining” and mentally exhausting academic classes, but for some reason the idea of exercising for ten minutes and then getting hot from half an hour of some sport doesn’t seem very appealing to some. Mr. Jim Woodruff, who teaches boys for the three years, divides each week into 3 5 phys. ed., and the other two days for classroom studies. Miss Gwen Walton, who teaches the girls for the three years, allots classes the same way. In the eighth grade, the students all take their final year of health, which they have taken since the sixth grade. Usually by this time they are ready for advanced studies in the functions and movements of bones, muscles, and tendons. They divide the body into groups of single cells, tissues, organs, and finally organ systems, such as the digestive system. The following year is spent in prepar- ing the student for driving. The student is required to learn the rules of the road in the state of Virginia. Although it will be a while before he or she actually practices using these rules, the year of study pro- vides a firm background that puts other drivers to ease who know that future driv- ers are taking the course. In the final year, the most important course is taught — first aid. It deals di- rectly with life and death, and both teachers place strong emphasis on using skills in the classroom. This includes tying bandages in special patterns on other students and “dummies”. During all of these years, time is spent outside the classroom in many ways. Boys work mainly in Mr. Woodruff s fa- vorite sport, basketball. Some time is spent in volleyball, and occasionally golf or tennis. Girls play basketball and soft- ball, and exercise by “tumbling.” Once it is over, most juniors and se- niors look back unable to figure out why they thought it was all so bad. Physical Education - 23 t

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While her students were preparing their costumes for French I skits, Mrs. Warren tried to stick her Above: Again th photographer was ready for French skits. Martha Robinson was the victim in her western style French II presentation. Before the newscast and play were given. Pier Fer- guson opened the Spanish Club Christmas Assem- bly with devotions. head into someone else’s pumpkin. Barbara Frazier later wore this pumpkin head in her skit. Foreign Language — 25