Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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{Riiiw and (JULhmsdid A broad field of subjects from which to choose their courses is offered to the students of Culpeper High. Three main courses of instruction are offered: the general course, the commercial course, and the college preparatory course. The general course is the basic high school course. It is designed especially for pupils who wish a practical education rather than the specialized college preparatory or commercial work. The general course equips boys and girls to be good citizens and homemakers and prepares them to enter any one of a number of practical vocations, including retail selling, farming, apprenticeships for mechanics, printers, plumbers, carpenters, and other trades. Some of the subjects required to graduate in the general ccurse are: four years of English, one year of mathemitics, one year of science, and one year each of civics and U. S. History. The commercial course is planned for pupils desiring to specialize for secretarial or commercial posi- tions. The standards in this course are very high so as to give assurance that only those pupils who are sure they wish to enter the secretarial and commercial fields take the course. Pupils taking the commercial course must demonstrate ability to do careful, accurate, and speedy work in the required subjects. The subjects necessary frr graduation under the commercial course are: one unit of senior civics, one of science, two of typing, two of shorthand, one of bookkeeping, and one unit of vocational bookkeeping and office practice. Students taking the commercial course are allowed two electives. The third course in Culpeper High is the college preparatory. This course includes the subjects considered necessary for doing successful scholastic work in a top grade college. The scholastic require- ments for this course are high and only those pupils who average C” or above in the required subjects will be recommended for college entrance. The subjects offered in this course are four units of English, two units of science, one of U. S. History, senior civics, two of algebra, one of plane geometry, and one half unit of solid geometry and trigonometry. Some of th; electives offered to these students are world history, Latin, Spanish, chemistry, physics, and typing. As the eighth grade now stands, it is an integral part of the high school. It serves to bridge the gap between elementary and high school education. Eighth grade pupils are given an opportunity to explore their interest and abilities by try-out courses in art, agriculture, general business, industrial art, home economics, music, and science. The eighth grade course places special emphasis upon the under- standing and practice of good citizenship in a democracy. The school has a program of physical education. In these classes students participate in sports and have health lessons, all of which is for the betterment of the students’ health and physical fitness. These classes are held in the gymnasium during the winter months. To serve the nearly five hundred students of Culpeper High in their school work, there are more than 5,000 volumes in the library. These volumes consist of some of the most up-to-date references, fiction, and non-fiction books. The library subscribes to 5 0 magazines and 3 newspapers. The science work is carried on in a laboratory with modern equipment and a large supply of chemicals. A 13 y

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fcvsiL ihsL J ' acuJJti V lombsiAA, Wjcwsl JksuUL. JjjqhJtsiJc Vlflnmswhu A. Mr. Newlon displays the wild turkey brought in from a day’s hunt. His dogs share the spotlight. B. Mr. Null halts on his way to the dressing room. C. But for the fishing rod and bait can, Mr. Binns appears too dressed-up for fishing. D. Mrs. Witt pauses on the walk of her new home. E. Miss Bolen and Mac” enjoy the rare sunshine of a January day. F. Returning from church one Sunday morning, Mrs. Hudson stops outside her doorway. G. Mrs. Warren rides forth. H. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Chilton bask in the Florida sunshine. To afford an insight info the way in which the faculty spends time outside the classroom and away from regular work, we present these pictures and sidelights. Four teachers have two interests in common. Growing flowers and teaching Sunday School classes are the interests, and the four teachers are Mrs. J. W. Ross, Miss Virginia Lewis, Mrs. Gordon Witt, and Miss Mary George Bolen. Mr. R. R. Tolbert and Mr. J. H. Combs expressed a liking for reading. Finding it hard to stay away from their chosen work even when off duty Miss Margaret Hawkins, Mr. A. T. Howard, and Mr. Edward Null enjoy working in sports. Mr. Howard also enjoys hunting, as does Mr. Howard Newlon. They will tell any willing listener the merits of their dogs. At this point Miss Bolen will enter the conversation, but along the line of collies versus setters. Mrs. George Hudson doesn ' t get very far from the work of a home economics teacher when she says that she enjoys her home. Three ofher teachers listed their homes as among their major interests — Mrs. Witt, Mrs. Robert Chilton, and Mrs. J. A. B. Davies. Mrs. Davies also likes a good game of tennis. Enjoying a game of bridge as a pastime is the preference of Miss Gertrude Lewis, Miss Ellen Whitmore, and Miss Ellen McMullen. Seven faculty members have rhythm in their bones, proven by the smiles of Miss Rebecca Chappell, Miss Martha Anderson, Miss Ashby Griffin, Miss Joan Lane, Miss Laura Thornhill, Miss Martha Warriner, and Mr. Hunter Pote which lightened the dance floor on the night of the Sweetheart Cotillion. Drawing is a diversion for Miss Warriner, Mr. Charles Weisiger, Miss Sutton Bland, and Mrs. L. N. Warren enjoys a ride on one of the horses on her farm. Mr. Floyd Binns says he likes fishing, but anyone who has seen him in action when his softball team is playing knows where his real interests lie.

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JhsL JIvuul fiX. in. fikiwuL A — Albegra II class of first period is pictured above. Taught by Mrs. J. A. B. Davies, it is one of the classes in the college preparatory course. B — The above picture is of a Civics IV class, taught by Mr. Floyd Binns. Civics is one of the subjects required of all graduates, and is usually taken in the senior year. C — The Spanish class shown above is the only foreign language other than Latin offered here. Spanish and Latin are usually taken by college preparatory students. D — The 8th grade music students pictured above are learning some of the fundamental principles of music. This is an exploratory course of the eighth grade and it runs for a nine-week period. Miss Rebecca Chappell teaches this class. E — Typing is one of the main subjects in the commercial course but is an elective for the other courses. Mrs. Robert Chilton is teaching a class of Typing I students in the picture above. F — Another of the subjects required of all graduates is English IV. Miss Gertrude Lewis teaches this course. This class studies principles of grammar and learns to appreciate English literature-