Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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Tommy Moore leads and caulks a joint as Mr. Flory supervises, Members of the typing class are intent upon their work, Classwork Of the vocational classes, typing was a favorite of many students. In the vo-ag department, Doug Flory and Mason Ware, student teachers from V.P.I., were very helpful to the students. In shop classes, boys learned the principles of welding and the fundamentals of carpentry. Through agriculture classes, boys carried out pro- jects that were profitable and educational. Girls, in home economics classes, Mr. Houff explains to Lewis Crone and Neal Smith the leArnediCOnreri nich furniture, care for importance of hereditary factors in farm animals. small children, and do many other useful things. Another popular class was the driver education class which was offered at C.H.S. for the first time. Rodney Wise and Billy Horst inspect the driver educa - tion car, Dorothy Huddleston and Peggy Baldwin use the sewing machines in the home economics build - ing.

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Jeff Jefferies shows Carolyn Waid how to bisect an angle. W. L. Blair, Soil Conservationist, explains the gov- ermment's conservation program to a government class. Classwork Additional activities made class work entertaining as well as instructive. Government classes heard many guest speakers and observed the Virginia Legislature in session. Math students matched their skill with that of students from several states in a competitive examination. English classes presented plays, took part in debates, and listened Riley Wilson, Mary Ann Garrett, and John Barnes portray A ; a poor Chinese family in a play presented by a ninth to recordings of great literature. Mem - grade English class. bers of the Latin classes participated in a state-wide Latin tournament. Be- sides presenting a Christmas pageant and a spring concert, the music class entertained at many special functions. Mrs, Arehart plays the piano while members of the music class practice a song. Peggy Harrison conjugates a Latin verb as Joe Hazlegrove checks her work.

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Student librarians are Alice Putney, Nancy Holmes, Ruth Hed- rick, Billy Pepper, Harry Harrison, Juanita Higgins, Jeannette Kirby, Susan Agee, and Claudia Seay. Mrs. Louise Pearson, student teacher. shows a film to a general science class. Classwork Many new filmstrips were bought this year for the science department. In addition, a newly purchased view- graph machine was used extensively in this department. Mrs. Louise Pearson, from Longwood College, served as student teacher in the science and biology classes. The library is essential to ef- fective work in all classes. Through- out the year, an efficient staff of student librarians served all students and teachers of the school. In addi- tion to routine work, these librarians arranged interesting displays of books and made the library an at- tractive place for all who wished to use its facilities. Buddy Martin and Billy Pepper prepare iodine in the chemistry laboratory and study some of its properties. Nancy Vaughan and Julie Midkiff dis - sect a frog in biology class,