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

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Frederick H. Shaw, B.A., Ha- verford College, Emory Uni- versity, Earlham College; Math I, Senior Math (General), Physics. MUD PUPPIES . . . Danny Clark, Miss Hepler, and Jackie Jones prepare a water table to demonstrate soil erosion by water. Wonders Of Nature Found By Experimentation Thomas W. Robertson, B.S., Lincoln Memorial University, Syracuse Uni- versity; Head of Depart- ment; Biology; J.V. Bas- ketball Coach, Assistant Football Coach. William L. Jordan, B.S., William and Mary; Uni- versity of Virginia, Madi- son College; Science lA. Harriet C. Hepler, B.S., M.S.; R.P.I., Radford Col- lege, University of Ten- nessee; General Science I, Earth Science II. William C. Walker, A.B., Virginia Seminary and College, Hampton Insti- tute, Virginia State Col- lege, New York Univer- sity; Chemistry. 29

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CHS Boasts Many Budding Scientists The students of C.H.S. are privileged to have such a program of sciences and physics offered to them. By working in the laboratory, making science projects, and taking courses in chemis- try, biology and physics, students learn about the world and their environment. In order to graduate, all students are required to take two years of science, beginning with earth science. Some students take biology and most college-bound students also take chemistry. MR. SPOCK . . . Georg ' e Hicks explains a difficult physics problem as Mr. Shaw looks on. ' PINKERTOY . . . Harold Lambert, Mr. .Jordan, and Eddie Hemp demonstrate the advantaR’e of using a pulley on an incline plane.

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iComo se dice en espanol ? . . . Mrs. Plott assists Bonnie Persinger with her pronunciation in Spanish. HIT PARADE . . . Mrs. Burrowes helps her students with their accents and pronunciation by using: French records in class. Mrs. Alicia Plott, B.S., Radford College; Spanish I, II, III; Spanish Club. Mrs. Janet Burrowes, B.A., State College of Iowa; French I, II. Lois Drewry, B.S., Madi- son College, University of Virginia; Latin I, II, Eng- lish; JCL. Foreign Languages Courses Are Expanded Because of our ever-increasing awareness of the world around us, the study of foreign lan- guages has a wide appeal. Colleges and industry are requiring more and more knowledge of dif- ferent tongues. Reflecting this enlarged need for the command of language, the C.H.S. Foreign Language Department has been greatly expand- ed. New to the curriculum at Covington High are the French courses, taught this year first by Mrs. Burrowes and then Miss Myers. Two years of this language are offered, during which the students learn the fundamentals of speaking and writing it. These basics are put into practice through conversation and the writing of para- graphs on pertinent topics. To the Spanish studies, a third year of this tongue has been added. Mrs. Plott, a native of Puerto Rico, emphasizes the practical uses of the language, such as conversation, reading, and writing; however, she insists upon correct gram- matical usage and a wide vocabulary. There is also, of course, Latin. Often called a “dead” language, no requiems are in order, how- ever. Latin lives on and is a great aid in the study of other languages, medicine, theology, lit- erature, and other such fields. 30