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

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New Course Combines Plane and Solid Construction — John Rothgeb instructs Peter Gyory and Leta Fitzhugh on the construction of a triangle in Math 8 class. Spheres and Circles — Contemporary geometry students Boyd Carpenter and Bernard Cook demonstrate to Joyce Brown the similarity between fundamental principles of circles and spheres. The standard year of plane geometry and single semester of solid geometry were com- bined into a one-year contemporary course for the first time. Slide Rule Confusion — Mary W illis, right, thinks she understands as she tries to explain to Judy Pugh and Henry Weaver how to calculate with the slide rule. 16

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First Accelerated Students Graduate Quick Relief — Mary Willis finds rest on the bed in the office as Judy Barfield offers her an aspirin. Climaxing five years of study with honors courses in mathematics, science, and English, members of CCHS’s first accelerated class graduated with their classmates. By taking Algebra I, Science 9, and English 9 in the eighth grade they were able either to graduate Assistants to the Assistant — Office workers Wilson Stallings, Charles Abernethy, and Billy Barron take over the desk and duties of the assistant principal as they check absentee excuses. in four years or to pursue more advanced studies. Vital Equipment — Margie Price, assistant secretary, instructs office workers Mary Backe, Evelyn Jenkins, Katherine Cubbage, Joan Bennett and Patsy Delf in the operation of a duplicating machine. 15

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Students Study College Level Science The arrival of the first class of accelerated students — those eighth graders who in 1958 skipped eighth grade math, science, and Eng- lish — brought on the creation of the Honors Science course. Designed to follow courses in biology, chemistry, and physics, it offered advanced study in each of these fields. The first twelve weeks were devoted to the study of genetics, organic evolution, and com- parative anatomy, highlighted by the indi- vidual dissection of white rats. Chemistry featured a study of periodicchartsandquantum mechanics, and the physics course emphasized a plan of study provided by the Physical Science Study Commission. The students supplemented their study by writing research papers and by creating pro- jects for entry in the annual science fair. “What’s This?” — Honors Science students John Weis, seated , Richard Rhoades, Teddy Hodge, and Henry Weaver Physics Lab — Mickey Cunningham and Katherine Botts perform an experiment to determine the specific heat of brass by the method of mixtures as William Troxcll records the results. wonder where Frank Marcus found a white rat with so much intestines. 17