Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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English Classes Emphasize More Reading The key to all fields of knowledge lies in the thorough understanding of our own lan- guage. With this in mind, the English depart- ment at CHS endeavored to institute a pro- gram that would enable each individual not only to write with exactness, but also to read with comprehension. Thus the book of four novels was introduced to the classes of all grade levels. English literature, interspersed with such outside reading as Shaw’s plays and Ivanhoe, constituted a major course of study for sen- iors. In their study of American prose and poetry, those students in the junior class be- came familiar with Moby Dick. For both jun- iors and seniors the vocabulary workshop served as a means of strengthening their usuage. Sophomores and freshmen spent the year mainly in gaining an understanding of the essential grammatical constructions. In addition, such great works as Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Dicken’s Great Expecta- tions and excerpts from Homer’s Odyssey were read and carefully studied. Book reports, themes, and class discussions, along with the literature all served to expose the fundamen- tals of our native tongue. Mrs. Winifred Davis Department Chairman American University English IV Mrs. Shirley Aiken Tennessee Temple College English II-III Mrs. Evelyn Arledge College of William and Mary English II-III Truckers Tri-Hi-Y — Sponsor Mrs. Marian Ellis Woman’s College University of North Carolina English I Enjsrlish 23

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School Administrators Keep Restless Pace Mr. Lloyd E. Gaskins (left), Assistant Principal, and Mr. Frank D. Beck, Principal Mr. Beck, as the co-ordinating head of Churchland High School, and Mr. Gaskins, as his assistant, have much more to do than meets the eye or even the imagination of most students. Credit should be give ' n them for their ability to manage so many and varied activities with such skill. To begin with, Mr. Beck is responsible for everything that is in a ' ny way related to the school. He must supervise all instruction in the school and is responsible for Churchland’s public relations program. The care and main- tenance of the school are also under his sup- ervision. It is his duty to formulate the cur- riculum ; one of his biggest jobs, which takes months and months, is scheduling. Some of the duties of which most people are not aware include such things as counting all the houses being built in this area to estimate the num- ber of students that will attend CHS, and taking the census. Besides these duties, Mr. Beck must take care of routine office busi- ness. Mr. Gaskins shares some of Mr. Beck’s re- sponsibilities. In enforcing discipline and supervising transportation facilities, he lightens somewhat the principal’s burden. He also has such various duties as alternating with the principal in representing the school at meetings, observing the general manage- ment of the building, and assisting in class- room visitation and teacher evaluation. In addition to their professional activities, both Mr. Beck and Mr. Gaskins are perhaps CHS’s most ardent boosters and supporters, for they are always seen at the many extra- curricular activities in which the Truckers are involved. 22 Administration

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1 Mr. William Holbrook Marietta College English II, Journalism Trucker Topics — Advisor, Editor’s Choice — Advisor Mrs. Margaret Kaufman Randolph-Macon Woman’s College English I-II Mrs. Carolyn Knaub West Virginia University English III 24 English “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep . . quoth Mike Gompf as he and Bill Joe Waldo study for Mrs. Davis’ English IV test.