Crewe High School - Railroader Yearbook (Crewe, VA)

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Photographers Pollard and Long- bottom examine General Business display. Jean Baldwin gladly turns switch to automatically operate the mime¬ ograph. Henrietta Bowman and Peggy Schutt pack recipe sheets in pre¬ paration for cutting. RECENT PROGRAM ADDITIONS CONTINUED The Music Laboratory Class learns to understand music through experiences in music. These areas in¬ clude singing, reading, writing, playing, listening, and performing. Through these activities they gain mean¬ ings, concepts, and principles relating to pitch, dura- tion.form, and interpretation in music. Applied learn¬ ings on the local, district, and state levels are impor¬ tant events of the year. In addition to the five units of English, two of lab¬ oratory science, two of math, one of U. S. and Vir¬ ginia history, and one ofU.S. and Virginia govern¬ ment required for graduation, the curriculum offers a total of thirty-four electives from which the student may choose. Both of the new business department courses added last year have been continued - -General Business (a course in elementary economics and general business information), and Transcription II which includes ad¬ vanced typewriting, transcription from shorthand notes, and the use of office machines. As a service project following instruction in the use of the mimeograph, the members of the Transcription class mimeographed 200 copies of a 105-page book of recipes for the Episcopal Churchwomen of Crewe. The physics class inaugurated in 1960 continues to be offered, and additional equipment secured under the National Defense Education Act has been added to the laboratory. Lewis Shipp, Bobby Bradshaw, Judy Longbottom, and Bucky Saunders experiment to prove Archimedes ' principle. The Music Lab group includes G. W. Pace, Becky Sowadski, Nancy Clements, Joyce Leonard,Sidney Rodriguez;(SECOND ROW) Sharon Mullins, Pat Sowadski, Mrs. Julia Brown; and (BACK ROW) Steve Woody. NOT SHOWN: Sue Hill. 9

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Seniors, Bucky Saunders and Bobby Lester are en- Sally Tod Pottage and Judy Longbottom examine grossed in the new circular graph used in trigonom- the globe used in spherical trig and solid geometry, etry. CLASSES BENEFIT FROM NEW EQUIPMENT Most of the new equipment in use in Crewe High this year was secured through the National Defense Education Act. This equipment has made the classroom teaching time more productive of results. These visual aids are excellent for faster initial learning. In math¬ ematics the transparent, three-dimensional models demonstrate concepts more clearly than any other method. Devices such as the extensible triangle and quadrilateral, universal circle, etc., give the student an opportunity to see more clearly the theorems and corollaries they are attempting to prove. Through the use of records and tapes which were secured through the aid of National Defense Education Act funds, the students make realistic approach to the study of the French language. They have the opportu¬ nity to hear French spoken by both male and female Frenchmen. On the new recording machine, by using earphones and double tape, the students can hear the spoken French, repeat what they have heard, and then play this back to check their own pronunciation. The students enjoy singing the recorded French songs. French becomes a more vital, living language as the students become better acquainted with lan¬ guage as it is spoken by the native Frenchman. Additional equipment secured under this same Act has been added to the lab and other science classrooms to further facilitate the approach to an understanding of science. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson adjusts the Lewis Shipp listens to the language Mrs. Mildred DuPriest explains the tape recorder for clearer French lab tape recorder with functioning properties of air with the aid of reception. box. the new charts. 8

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SCHOOL GUIDANCE Representatives from the Army, Air Corps, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy discussed military service obligations and opportunities. Dr. A. L. Walker, director of the Business Education Service for Virginia, spoke on office work ingeneral in the state. PROGRAM A VITAL FACTOR For the third consecutive year,Crewe High participated in the state testing program.Ninth and eleventh grade stu¬ dent s, as well as all new students in other classes who had not taken the tests last year, were subjected to three and one-half days of testing. The program was stepped up so as not to interfere with so many day ' s work as in other years. These tests--two known as SCAT (School and College Abil¬ ity Test) and five known as STEP (Sequential Test of Ed¬ ucational Progress) were administered in September. Tests were again scored in Iowa City, Iowa, and test results re¬ turned to the school for study and use. These scores are available for guidance use by both teachers and parents, forming a part of the permanent record of each student. On October 11, Crewe High School, through its guidance department, assisted by the Student Co-Operative Associ¬ ation, was host to juniors from Prince Edward Academy, Randolph-Henry, Cumberland, Blackstone, Amelia, Vic¬ toria, and Kenbridge High Schools. Representatives from sixty colleges, industries, and the services met with these students.Three conference periods were available for each student with individual interviews made possible by ap¬ pointment. All of Crewe High School ' s facilities were used, as well as several classrooms in nearby Pryor Memorial Presbyte¬ rian Church. The purpose of these meetings is to acquaint the students with what colleges, industries, and businesses expect of high school graduates, and to get the students who expect to attend college to start making contacts early in their junior year so that they will be able to make appli¬ cation for enrollment early. Mr. E. R. Sheffield and Mrs. Gloria Weishaar of the Bank of Crewe staff talked with students concerning bank employment. Mary Newcomb, Mr. Clark, and Carolyn Emerson talk with Chowan College representative. 10