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

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One Ancient, One Modern Language Taught To prepare the student for life in this modern world, two years of Spanish and three years of Latin are offered. To the student who selects these courses goes the best foundation and knowledge of principles of these languages. Both the first and second year Spanish clubs have organized and are carrying out many projects. The second year Latin class has organized an Olympic Council. From the activi- ties of these two clubs, the students are shown more about the daily life of people in the countries represented by these languages. Standing left to right are Charles Covell, Jeane Coffey, Page Borst, Miss Laura Thornhill, Mescal Dugan, and Nancy Keth as they wait to go to take a three hour exam at the Latin Tournament held annually in Charlottesville. Carrie Payne and Anne Carder work with two of the new machines, the mimeoscope and the mimeograph, respectively, during their office practice class. Commercial Students Use The Commercial Department offers many opportunities for students to prepare for positions in the business world. From the day a student begins the business course in the freshman year, he is taught an understanding of business procedures and how to prepare for a position not only as a stenographer or typist, but as a bookkeeper or small business manager. There are also many clerical jobs for which be Modern Equipment can equip himself. The courses offered in the Commercial Department are taken by students pursuing the college preparatory course as well as those who are preparing to enter the business world. These students receive a general knowledge of business to facilitate their work in college and afterwards.

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Wide Field Open To Mathematics Enthusiasts The Mathematics Department offers many choices in the realm of its field. Two years of mathematics are required of all students before graduation. For those taking the general and business courses, general and business mathe- matics are offered. Basic mathematics in the twelfth year drills on fundamentals. For those preparing for college, the deparcment presents two years of algebra, a year of plane geometry, and a half year each of solid geometry and trigonometry. Looking on as Mrs. Gordon Witt hands out math papers are. left to right: Otis Leake, Roger Baumgardner, Annette Myers, Rozelle Young, and Cora By ram. In Miss Virginia Lewis’s biology class Constance Coiner, Eleanor Rinker, and Jerome Jenkins dissect a frog. Scientists Experiment In The Science Department, headed by Miss Virginia Lewis, is of the highest quality. General science is required of every student, and biology, chemistry, and physics are of- fered to any student desiring them. Modern Laboratory The purpose of this department is to present to all those taking science a true picture of the universe, conditions contributing to the students ' environment, and factors which all can use to live a richer life.

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Tomorrow ' s Homemakers Prepare For Future The Home Economics Department is one of the beauty spots of CHS as well as a center of learning. Girls who take home economics are taught sewing, cooking, house- keeping. and all the other basic principles that are necessary for a good homemaker to know. The wish of Mrs. Thomas Sweet, head of this department, is to turn out girls capable of bearing the name “good homemakers of America.’ Watching the film. “Sharing Work at Home,’’ are Mrs. Thomas Sweet’s Home Ec II class: Priscilla Gingrich, Dorothy Corbin, Ethel Jenkins, Mary Frazier, Betty Richards, Annie Dodson, and Thelda Sutphin. Working with a drill press in the shop building are Lawrence Jenkins and Kenneth Taylor who are in the agriculture shop class. The purpose of the V’ocational Agriculture Department is to better prepare those who desire to make farming their vocation and build their future O” the soil. Agriculture is most important because of the dependence of all living beings on the soil. The projects taught the boys by Mr. R. R. Tolbert and Mr. S. C. Aylor, teachers in the depart- ment, are numerous and worthy of strict attention because each is a goal toward their future. 1 5 jC '