Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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Roberto Hatcher and Mrs. Pitman, o biology teacher at Covington High School, look over pamphlets they brought home from the Na- tional Youth Conference on the Atom held on November 8-10, 1962, in Chicago. The con- ference was sponsored by the nation ' s electric utilities for students interested in science and science teachers. The program included speak- ers from various areas of science and a field trip to the Argonne National Laboratory and the Museum of Science and Industry. One of the pleasures of toking home economics is being able to see materiol results of effort. Three stages in clothing construction ore being illustrated here. Wanda Garmon is studying a pattern before she cuts out her material. Nancy Hancock is putting permanent stitching in her skirt, and Polly Eggleston is modeling the party dress she just completed. 10

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Completed at lost, the addition houses o new gym os well os classrooms for mechanical drawing, home economics, science and business. During the early spring of 1962, the grounds and surrounding buildings of Covington High School began taking on a new look. Sidewalks were dis- lodged, trees uprooted and the first spring rains made a veritable duck ' s paradise between the main building and the Home Economics building. Students soon gained agility in leaping puddles and avoiding the deep bogs which developed from driving bulldozers and cement trucks through the mud. Keen interest in the progress of the construction work was shown by dawdling students whose side- walk superintending caused an increase in tardi- ness to classes. The halls were invaded by workmen carrying sledge hammers and pneumatic drills. Old walls and windows disappeared to make way for new walls, new windows, new doors. When school was dismissed for the summer vacation, the brick structure of the addition was just beginning to take form. In September C.H.S. students thronged back, eager to view the changes wrought during their absence. Building materials littered the halls. As they had learned to avoid mudholes, students as rapidly learned to dodge ladders and paint buckets, accepting them as necessary and part of their new environment. Soon there were fewer workmen. Sawdust was cleared from the halls for the last time and rou- tines were blissfully uninterrupted. The new build- ing was finished. And what a building! The new lab equipment, the bright modern gym, the new classrooms all blossomed forth in unprecedented glory. Bulldozers, mudholes, paint and varnish smells and the inconveniences were quickly for- gotten as students began using the new facilities. It took a long time, but the new addition was com- plete. And the verdict? — It was worth waiting for. 9

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Frankie Reid, Rob Gilliom, and Beth Davis combine their knowledge to solve a force problem in physics lab. Chemistry is a colorful and fascinating subject for those who explore its possibilities. Harry Hudnall, Teedie Johnson, and Hoye Graves experiment with solutions and filtering. d