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

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Faculty Serve as Activities Advisers M iss Mary Martha Korte, chairman of the science committee, teaches chemistry, biology, and Math 8. She has been awarded a fellowship in science to attend Duke Univer- sity during the year 1961-62. She sponsors the varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders, and provides transportation for them to the away games. She is vice president of Catalpa District in the Culpeper Education Association. Miss Gertrude Lewis, chairman of the guidance committee, can be found helping students in the guidance office three periods a day, besides before and after school. She also holds the office of vice presidency of District N guidance section. Miss Lewis teaches English II, and sponsors the newly organized club, Future Teachers of America. She is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, and American Association of University Women, being Mrs. Howard McCall completes her register for the month. Mrs. Joseph Metzger, fourth period guidance counseler, examines college catalogs. Miss Mary Martha Korte, top picture, performs an experiment after school which she plans to demonstrate to her chemistry students the next day. Miss Gertrude Lewis, bottom picture, examines vocational material concerning opportunities in the field of math. chairman of its Higher Education committee. Mrs. Howard McCall, co-sponsor of Future Business Leaders of America, was named one of the “ Sponsors-of-the-Year ” at the State Convention in May, i960. She also accompanied the FBLA group to the National Convention in Chicago in June. Mrs. McCall teaches business courses. These include book- keeping, Shorthand I, and Typing I. She is on the business teachers committee. Mrs. Joseph Metzger, a new faculty mem- ber, comes from Richmond, Virginia, where she taught seventh grade students for two years at Tuckahoe Elementary School, and eighth and ninth grade English for two years at Tuckahoe Junior High School. She now teaches English 8 and 10. Mrs. Metzger is the assistant sponsor for the SCA. 15

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Native Virginia Teachers Number 26 Mrs. William Houck types faculty minutes. Mrs. Mason Hutcheson seeks information for her History 8 class in the card catalogue in the library. Mrs. William Houck, business department head and vocational office training coordinator, teaches Shorthand II, Typing I, office practice, and VOT. Besides being an assistant adviser to the Colonnade, she sponsors the P’BLA. Mrs. Houck’s community activities consist of being a member of Fellowship Club, Farm Bureau, PTA, and board of directors of Vir- ginia Business Education Association. She is chairman of Culpeper County Education Asso- ciation public relations committee, and business teachers section of District N. At the FBLA State Convention, May, i960, she received a “ Sponsor-of-the-Year” award. Mrs. Mason Hutcheson, a former student teacher here at CCHS, has returned to take on full responsibilities in the classroom. She has charge of the Ann Wingfield library during the morning. During fourth, fifth, and sixth periods in the afternoon, she teaches English and history 8 at the high school. Mrs. Hutche- son assists M iss Mildred Jones with the senior class play in the spring. M iss Mildred Jones, chairman of the English teachers committee, teaches English 12 and English 8. She, with the assistance of Mrs. Mason Hutcheson, directs the seniors in their annual spring play. She is a member of Ameri- can Association of University Women and chairman of personnel policies committee in the Culpeper Education Association. Mrs. Richard Jones, head of the art de- partment, teaches Art I and II and English 9 and 11. She is sponsor of the freshman class, and she instructs the public speaking section of the forensic meet. Mrs. Jones is also an active member in the American Association of University Women and the Culpeper Players. She is chairman of District N art section, and she is on the State Department Planning Committee for the State Art Conference. Miss Mildred Jones makes last minute preparation for her senior English class. Mrs. Richard Jones displays a mosaic done by sixth period art students.

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Teaching Corps Aids Local Projects Mrs. Malcolm Mitchell with Edward Willis inspects film projector after its use in the classroom. Miss Lucille Murphy corrects eighth grade math papers. Mrs. William O’Bannon shows first-year Spanish students William Kirkpatrick and William Bryant how to use the tape recorder for Spanish exercises. Mrs. Malcolm Mitchell, chairman of the mathematics department, teaches General Math 8 and 9, and Algebra II. She works in the audio visual de partment in room 5 one period a day. Mrs. Mitchell is sponsor of the junior Dramatic Club, and secretary of Cul- peper Education Association. Miss Lucille Murphy came to Culpeper from Churchland High School in Norfolk County, Virginia, where she taught mathe- matics. At CCHS she teaches Algebra I, Math 8, and History 8. She sponsors the eighth grade class. M rs. William O’Bannon teaches Spanish I and II and three English 10 classes a day. She was awarded a National Defense Educa- tion Act scholarship to attend Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the summer of i960. Mrs. O’Bannon sponsors Los Panamericanos, and assists the junior class in their projects. Mr. John Peifer teaches plane geometry, advanced mathematics, and physics during the afternoon, since he is only a parttime teacher. He also is looked to be many boys for leadership in the Hi-Y Club. Mr. William Robertson, chairman of District N mathematics section, teaches gen- eral math 9, Algebra I, plane geometry, solid geometry, and trigonometry. His extra cur- ricular activities consist of sponsoring the Dramatic Club and working with the advertis- ing section of the Colonnade. Mrs. Aubrey Ross teaches English 8, U. S. history, and preparatory eighth grade English and reading. She is the new sponsor of the Pepergram, co-adviser to Quill and Scroll, and chairman of the program com- mittee for Culpeper Education Association. Mr. John Peifer explains the uses of a mechanical triangle to his geometry class. Mr. William Robertson proudly shows off his twins, Blair and Bess. Mrs. Aubrey Ross reads papers handed in by sixth period U. S. history students in the cafeteria. 4 16 !