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

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Curriculum Offers Mr. Walter Thomas, band director, top, instructs Hugh Hawkins, Otis Feaganes, and Lucille Jones in the playing cf their band instruments. C. Chilton and G. Stover, bottom left, jump to hit volleyball across net to W. Leathers. D. Dillard, bottom right, serves as helper as D. Young does a somersault. The basic purpose of the high school is to train youth to become good citizens. The facul- ty and administration of Culpeper High School strive to achieve this purpose through an or- ganized program of classroom instruction and co-curric ular and extra-curricular activities. Through these media boys and girls at Cul- peper ffigh School acquire basic knowledge, skills, desirable traits, and appreciation that will help them in everyday living or further learning. Opportunity is present for developing abilities to read, to listen, to express one’s self in writing or orally, to use mathematics ac- curately, to make wise use of time, and to rec- ognize and solve problems. School experiences whether in traditional or informal class exer- cises, or in club programs and activity are de- signed to effectively meet the students’ needs. In order to graduate from Culpeper High School a student must have completed five years of secondary school work and must have acquired sixteen high school Carnegie units. Physical education and the eighth grade are required but do not give any Carnegie units. 16 K‘

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Guide Students for Present, Future Miss Sara Ward Sherman B.S., Westhampton College Physical Education Adviser Girls’ Monogram Club, Cheerleaders; Coach Girls’ Varsity Basketball; Physical Ed Faculty Committee Mr. James N. Stover B.S., .Madison College Physical Education, Athletic Director Adviser Ushers’ Committee; Coach Varsity Basketball, Junior Varsity Football, Field Coach Track; Physical Ed Faculty Committee Mr. Walter L. Thomas B.S., Mansfield State Teachers College Band, Glee Club, Music . ' dviser Band, Senior Glee Club, Junior Glee Club Miss Laura Thornhill B.A., Westhampton College; University of North Carolina; William and Mary Latin, United States History, World History .Adviser Olympic Council; Sponsor Junior Class; Guid- ance Faculty Committee, Social Studies Faculty Com- mittee Mr. Bobby J. Walker B.A., Glenville State College Science, Mathematics Adviser Junior Ionogram Club, Assistant Adviser Sci- ence Club; Coach Baseball, Junior V’arsity Basketball, Line Coach Football; Science Faculty Committee, Math- ematics Faculty Committee Mr. James J. Wayland B.A., Stetson University English, Social Studies, Phy- sical Education Coach Football, Track; Social Studies Faculty Committee, English Faculty Committee Mrs. Gordon B. Witt B.S., University of Virginia Mathematics, Algebra Adviser Dramatic Club; Spon- sor Freshman Class;Guidance Faculty Committee, Math- ematics Faculty Committee •( 1 5

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Various Fields of Learning Mr. Charles Stringfellow, top, shows Mr. John Long, ' incent Haught, and Ralph Atkins the newest tractor on the market. Miss Nancy Giles, practice teacher from Madison College, bottom, helps Edna Carroll, homemaking student, baste her dress. Culpeper High School offers three courses: general, college preparatory, and commercial. Basic graduation requirements common to all three courses are four units of English, one of United States history, and one of senior civics. For students not planning to attend college the general course is the most valuable of the courses offered. Before completing the general course, a student must have two units of math- ematics, and one of science, in addition to the basic subjects required of all. For the remain- der of the sixteen necessary units he may choose from a wide variety of electives includ- ing home economics, agriculture, shop, art, music, Latin, Spanish, chemistry, physics, journalism, biology, algebra, geometry, trigo- nometry, world history, DE, DO, and com- mercial subjects — business arithmetic, short- hand, bookkeeping, and typing — provided there is sufficient room in these classes. Boys and girls electing DE and DO, which may be taken during the junior and senior years only, come to school each morning and take a class in distributive education or diver- sified occupations in addition to their required subjects and then work in town in the afternoon.