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

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Fine Arts Encourage Creative Students Discovering and developing the talents of the creative individual is the aim of the Fine Arts Department. From the excellence of the perform- ances presented by the music department and the astonishing amount of ability revealed in the art exhibits, it is evident that many CHS students are indeed talented. The students in both vocal and instrumental music who have been singled out for state hon- ors is ample proof that Covington High musi- cians directed by Mrs. Fleshman are both talent- ed and well-trained. Of course, art students work on individual projects, but Mrs. Ervine and her classes work on joint ones as well. They paint the large back- drop for the Minstrel and the murals which cover the sides of the gym for the Christmas Formal and the Prom. In addition to the routine checking in and out of books, the third member of the fine arts group, the librarian Miss Payne, is kept busy catalog- ing new books and ordering the books which teachers from all departments select as necessary and desirable additions to the CHS library. BUDDING MUSICIAN . . . Mrs. Fleshman gives Steve Arritt individual help and encouragement. TOGA-ED TEACHERS . . . Going along with the spirit of the Latin Club banquet, Miss Drewry and Mrs. Ervine dressed in Roman style. Mrs. Nell K. Fleshman, B.M.Ed., American Con- servatory of Music, Westminster Choir Col- lege, Madison College; Vocal, Band, Public Speaking. M rs. Mary M. Ervine, Catherine E. Payne, Radford College; Art. B.S., Randolph - Macon Woman’s College, Uni- versity of Virginia, Rad- ford College, College of William and Mary; Li- brarian. 29

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Foreign Languages Fulfill Diploma Requirement OLD ROME ... To make her classes more interesting, Miss Drewry uses many audio- visual aids such as this slide of the Coliseum she took when she toured Italy. Lois A. Drewry, B.S., Madison College, Uni- versity of Virginia; Lat- in I and II; English IIA; JCL. Mrs. Alicia Plott, B.S., Radford College; Span- ish I and II, Physical Education; Spanish Club. Latin, Spanish Are Offered For a student to obtain a college preparatory di- ploma, he must have two years of a foreign language. To fulfill this requirement, the Covington High School student may choose between Spanish and Latin. Miss Lois Drewry teaches Latin I and II. In addi- tion to the expected grammar and translations, the Latin scholars also study the history and culture of the ancient Romans. Spanish also has its share of grammar and trans- lations, but Mrs. Alicia Plott puts just as much em- phasis on conversation. After a short time in Spanish I students can carry on simple conversations, and Spanish II people actually have considerable com- mand of the language. 28

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William W. Fitzgerald, B.A., M.Ed., University of Richmond, University of Virginia; Industrial Cooperative Training; D. O. Club. Leonard J. Rose, B.S., Roanoke College, Uni- versity of Virginia, R. P. I., V. P. L; Distribu- tive Education, Social Studies lA; D. E. Club. EXHIBIT . . . Mr. Fitzgerald inspects James Gibson’s project on kinds of newspaper type. DE, ICT Give Chance For Career Training Distributive Education provides specialized training for persons entering the field of retail or service occupations. The main objective of this program, called DE, is to prepare high school students for permanent employment in the large field of distribution. It involves a combination of classroom instruction for which the student receives school credit, and actual supervised work experience with a local busi- nessman who pays the student for his work. Like the DE program, the Industrial Co-op- operative Training program, or ICT, offers a combination of school credit and part-time em- ployment. Unlike DE, however, ICT is not re- stricted to employment in a single field. These students find employment in diversified areas that this year range from the usual gas station attendant to the somewhat less usual appren- tice radio and television repairman and typeset- ter for the local newspaper. Students in both classes may participate in the programs for as many as three years — in grades ten through twelve — and receive as many as six units toward graduation. Often the employer-employee relationship has been so mu- tually satisfactory that the student continues his work on a full-time basis after his graduation. “NOTICE THE WORKMANSHIP” . . . Mr. Rose grades him as Pat Knighton gives a talk to his DE class on the art of selling. 30