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

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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

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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 Tapes, Enter Contests “Pongan Un Lapiz Encima De La Cabeza” — Jerry Amos, Mary Robson, Red Tipton demonstrate their knowledge of Spanish commands. With oral work composing one fourth of their course, Spanish I students strove to spend at least 45 minutes per week working with the tape recorders in Room 5. These tapes, cover- ing grammar drills, aural comprehension, and Spanish pronunciation, supplemented the students’ study of basic grammar from the textbook. Second year Spanish students, in addition to more advanced grammar, worked for aural comprehension through translation of tapes. In an effort to understand the current events of Latin American countries, the students studied the geography and the history of each. For the first time students in Latin I, II, and III entered the creative writing contest sponsored by the Classical Association of Virginia. They were required to write without assistance an original story or poem in Latin. Latin I students worked to learn basic grammar and vocabulary with special emphasis on Latin derivatives in the English Language. Latin II featured a study of the writings of Julius Caesar with an introduction to Vergil and Ovid. Cicero — Miss Laura Thornhill, standing , assists Pat Akers in translating English sentences into Latin as Phyllis Cothran, Dick Bell, Emily Button, and Scott Crafton work on theirs. 20