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

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Course Features Advanced Literature “All These?” — Frank Marcus, Robert Cornwell, and Margie Haught collect the nine paperback books they will use in their Honors English class. Nineteen of the seniors who had entered the accelerated program in the eighth grade en- Individual Progress — Mr. Irvin Wolf aids George Herndon in PEG Reading as Granville Colvin and John Feaganes work to improve their rates and proceed to more difficult books. rolled in a new Honors English course. Instead of a standardized textbook the students used eight paperback books in their study of essays, short stories, poetry, biography, drama, and novels. Although they received no actual grammar instruction, they used a grammar reference book as their guide in composition work. Drama in the Classroom Levy, Jerry Amos, Pat Mi —English io students Larry rphy, and Susan Aylor read aloud parts in a play for author’s meaning. better understanding of the 18

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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

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Government Classes Study Tax Forms “Here It Is” — Charles Seale, Becky Cooper, and Dickie Michael locate on the globe the Cumberland Road, which they are studying in History 8 class. In addition to courses in United States history and government, college preparatory students were required to study world history, and general and business students took either world history or world geography. January Headache — Mr. Floyd Binns demonstrates the completion of a 1040 form to Alice Martin and Bobby Hawkins with an enlarged copy of the form. News of The Past — John Davies, Mary Robson, Emily Button, and Ann Reaugh examine newspapers of historic times which Ann has made as a history project. 19