Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Mr. Ernest Howard Richmond Polytechnic Institute Government, Geography J.V. Basketball — Coach Mr. Nick Lawyer University of Virginia American History, World History J.V. Football — Coach Mr. Vernon Yost Emory and Henry College American History, Government Football — Coach Miss Elsie Maissey College of William and Mary Government W THE T(3WCH OF LOVE EVERY- ONE BECOMES A POET OTHER PEOPLE With the topic of impressionism in art, Skippy Rawl illustrates his comments with an actual painting of the period. Social Studies 27

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Mr. Anthony Mancuso Department Head George Washington University American History, Humanities In an attempt to balance the creative with the materialistic part of man, and with the knowledge that a study of the heritage of western civilization would contribute to a better understanding of the world today, the social studies department added a new course to its curriculum — humanities. Following the outline provided by a set of films created for this very purpose, Mr. Mancuso divided the year into sections for the study of art, philos- ophy, drama, music, and literature. Individ- ual research resulted in valuable enlightment. As in years past, the curriculum also in- cluded geography, for freshmen, and world history, for sophomores. In order to gain a clearer picture of controversial questions, the juniors in Mr. Mancuso’s American history classes participated in debates. The seniors in Mr. Gwin’s government classes held mock trials. Bills were passed in the model Con- gress set up by Mr. Yost’s classes. Through such courses, the social studies department attempted to make its students good citizens of “tomorrow” through a fuller understand- ing of “yesterday”. Social Studies Curriculum Adds Humanities Mr. Charles Bolton University of North Carolina Geography Basketball, Baseball — Coach Mr. Charles Bowman University of North Carolina World History, Guidance S.C.A. — Sponsor Mr. Lewis Gwin Pennsylvania State University Government, American History Speech, Drama Dramatics Club — Sponsor 26 Social Studies

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Wood Shop Furn ishes Clubs With Gavels In home economics class Judy Sullivan puts to practical use her instruction on how to cut out a pattern. The finished dress will do much to en- hance her wardrobe. From the learning of proper household management to the making of useful wood and metal projects and the drawing of ar- chitectural designs, students enrolled in wood shop, metal shop, home eco ' nomics and me- chanical drawing are given many opportun- ities to design and create products of worth- while value. In wood shop this year the boys assumed the project of making gavels for all of the clubs in school. They also showed that even bowling pins — of which they were given several hundred — can be turned into such articles as lamp bases and salt and pep- per shakers. Girls in home economics dis- played their talents in homemaking through the planning, cooking and serving of meals to both parents and teachers on many oc- casions. Through these activities and through other class work, “home ec” girls learned the best ways of making a house a home. Ad- vanced mechanical drawing students dis- played their talents in the spring when they constructed scale model houses from their own design. And the boys in metal shop dis- played their skills in the numerous articles designed and made from metal and in the repairing and rebuilding of various metal objects. Mr. Robert Branch East Carolina College Industrial Arts Bible Club — Sponsor Mr. Clovis Canterbury University of Florida Industrial Arts Mr. Hollis Ergenbright Virginia Polytechnic Institute Industrial Arts 28 Manual Arts