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

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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 '

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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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Eighth Graders Begin High School Life The eighth grade, as now organized, is an integral part of the high school and a prerequis- ite for any of the three courses offered in the last four years of high school. It was planned to help the pupil make the transition from ele- mentary school to high school without loss of time and effort, to strengthen and extend the skills, to enable the pupil to explore his interests and abilities by studying short courses in art, agriculture, general business, industrial art, home economics, and music. In addition, the pupil has time to broaden his work in the next four years. While Barbara Faulkner, Mary Cubbage and Betty Cook take notes, Mr. Colie Rock instructs his eighth grade English Class on the use of nouns and pronouns. A full year of study in English and social studies and one half year each of science and mathematics carry forward the Core Curriculum set up in the high school. The pupil adjusts him- self to departmental work and learns a great deal more about himself. The graduating class of 1951 is the first class which has enjoyed the advantages of the broad- ened program of studies made possible by the inauguration of the eighth grade program in 1946. 1 7 )§►-