Crewe High School - Railroader Yearbook (Crewe, VA)

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Mrs, Elizabeth Wilson and Renny Tremble inspect a college guide. Guidance Helps Understudies Make Wise Choices In the fall of this year, tests of various kinds were given to the students. Thirty- six juniors tookthe Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test as a preparation for the College Boards. This test is put out by the College Entrance Examination Board andis given by the guidance counselor, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson. All of the sophomores took the Kuder Preference Tests in order to give each student some idea as to the occupation toward which he has a natural tendency. The eighth graders were given the Differential Aptitude Tests. These form evaluations from which the student can be guided as to his subjects through high school. The ninth and eleventh graders were given theS.T.E.P. (Sequential Tests of Educational Progress)and theS.C.A.T. (School and College Ability Tests). These tests are scored bya computer in Iowa and are sent back to the school some time in December. The juniors also hadthe oppor- tunity of taking the National Merit Scholar- ship Qualifying Test. This is a competitive examination administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. ‘The results and names of semifinalists are sent to various colleges for scholarship con- sideration. Out of last year's junior class, Danny Shipp received a letter of commen- dation for his achievement on this test. Mrs. Wilson administers the Kuder Preference Test to Sophomore Donna Chitwood.

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Danny Shipp and Mrs. Better Performances A new overhead projector has been placed in Mrs. Jennings' room for her use in teaching math. As Mrs. Jennings draws or writes on a glass plate in front of her, the figures are focused on a screen above her on the wall. The screen can be easily seen by everyone in the room. Six television sets have been furnished Dyeche. Pb, 1 2Ay and N7 DIE. A. (National Defense Education Act) for use by Grades 1 through 6. Through this medium our school is being kept up-to-date with the newest teaching methods. A new olive green Chevrolet has been furnished this year by Dixon Chevrolet Corp. for use by students taking driver education. Mrs. McKie Farley, the Notto- way County driver educationteacher, com- pletedthis summera course in driver edu- cation and first aidat Old Dominion College in Norfolk. Her knowledge of the funda- mentals and fine points involved in being a good, safe driver reaches between one e Jin eet) 22 , a ia SS — rg aS a eet oe E eo “= we ae ““€e a ae ZF BS . $ “. i = nae a ae Cee Less =} Ae E “sa se aXe Secs et ae Te aa at ay Sc rete ong Caz, e mag TD han SF Be i an eS Se A e Wee ys = McKie Farley enter the new hundred and one hundred fifty students in the classroom and about sixty students behind the wheel each year. When a student has completed thirty-six hours of class- room instruction and seven hours of instruction behind the wheel, it enables him to receive a ten per cent discount on his automobile insurance rates. Mechanical drawing has been added to the industrial arts course of study this Ved pitwis Deine taught by “Mry) [u.s, Clingenpeel, who took a refresher course in drafting this summer at Virginia Poly- technic Institute. This course, which deals with isometric and orthographic drawing, introduces the students to the fundamentals inthe use of instruments such as the draw- ing board, teesquare, architect scale, and plastic curve design. Inaddition, this study familiarizes the students withthe universal figures used in drafting the world over. The drawings of some boys have been dis- played on the front bulletin board. Televisionin Mrs. Emily Good's Seventh Grade classroom is one of six sets given to the elemen- tary school for TV teaching. driver-education car for behind-the-wheel instruc- tion.

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