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

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Mrs. Gay A. Parker, B.A., Madi- son College; Head of the depart- ment; U.S. history, Government; Tri-Hi-Y. Francis Joseph Albert, Jr., ( Boodie ) B.S., University of Notre Dame; Social Studies lA, World Geography; Head Football Coach, Head Wrestling Coach, Boys ' Monogram Club. Mrs. Margaret H. Hancock, B.A., Mary Baldwin College; U.S. History. Mrs. Wilsie M. VanOsdol, A.B. Marshall University; World His- tory, U. S. History. Miss Ward ' s history class is over, but Barbara Drumheller and Jay Hardy are loath to leave without first learning their quiz grades. Mrs. Parker encourages parallel study of current events with the regular government text, and a ' timely political cartoon in Senior Scholastic evokes a grin from Johnny Kessinger. 27

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SOCIAL STUDIES MERGES PAST WITH PRESENT Covington High School offers a variety of courses in the field of s ' ocial studies to aid students in under- standing current events and the way in which past events have affected them. This year there has been a change in the social studies requirements for fresh- men: college-prep students must now take world his- tory instead of the previously required world geography. United States history remains a required course in the junior year and serves as a steppingstone for U.S. government in the senior year. In this class students parallel their comprehensive study of the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia with the study of current events as chronicled in Senior Scholastic and other national magazines. Gov- ernment teachers have also emphasized the primary elections held in the various states and their signifi- cance insofar as the up-coming national elections are concerned. Thus, graduates will become better informed citizens with a positive enthusiasm for pol- itics. Teachers and papers seem forever joined. Mrs. Van- Osdol has just one last test paper to check before going home. Mr. Albert ' s look of complete attention encourages a student to express his thoughts. 26

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Maude E. Mahoney, B.A., West- hampton College, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Univer- sity; Head of the department; Plane and Solid Geometry, Ad- vanced Algebra, Trigonometry; Cafeteria Manager. Mrs. Edna A. Friel, B.A., Bridge- water College, University of Vir- ginia; Math I, II; Freshman Spon- sor. Mrs. Louise V. Curfman, B.S., Longwood College, University of Florida; Algebra I, II; Future Teachers of America; Senior Sponsor. Mrs. Margaret F. Ives, A.B., Lynchburg College, Richmond Professional Institute; Mathema- tics I. Mrs. Edith W. Noel, B.A., Mary Washington College; Algebra I, Commercial Arithmetic; Sopho- more Sponsor. For a class demonstration Miss Jones has Marion Paxton and Gary Stone explain a commer- cial arithmetic problem. i I I 28