Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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SEATED at the desk are student librarians Claudia Seay, Judy Morris, and William Garnett. Those STANDING are Alice Putney, Peggy Harrison, Rose Barrett, Jeanette Kirby, Rita Taper- ino, Billy Horst, and Mary Ann Bryant. Classwork With the help of student librarians, books and other materials were made readily available to students and teachers. Formal classes in library science were taught to eighth graders, and special in- struction in research was given to upper class students. A class in advanced algebra was taught for the first time at CiH.sS. Instruction in the use of the slide rule was a part of this course. Geometry students created and displayed designs illustrating geometric principles. New equipment, including many new models, made all science instruction more effective, and live and preserved speci - mens of strange animals opened up a new world to many biology students. ap John Broughton, Allen Hazlegrove, and George Thomas are intent upon an experiment in chemistry class. To improve their understanding of the flower, Sandra Judy and Larry Atkins examine a model acquired this year for the biology class. John Glenn receives help in advanced math from Miss Lucy Swink, a student teacher from Longwood College.

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In the ninth grade English class, Reginald Varner listens to a recording of Sea Fever” as Vivian Blanton spins the record. STOP LOOK LISTEN FOR THE NEWS Bettie Keller studies a bulletin board display which she helped make for the government class. Pat Thomas, Judy Broughton, and Diane Coffey prepare a pictorial history of the evolution of transportation for their eighth grade social science class, Joe Hazlegrove, Mary Ann Bryant, Alice Putney, and Rodney Wise bone up” for the state-wide Latin Tournament. Classwork It's not for me was the conclusion reached by students of the government class after a six week's course in Com- munism as practiced today. These students were the first to receive such a course. Observing the county court in action, visit- ing the Civil War Centennial building, and illustrating their work with models, maps, and graphs were special projects of social Science classes: Research projects made Latin classes interesting, and four students entered the state-wide Latin Tournament. English students often sang lustily as they played recordings from such literary gems as “The King and I, but later groaned as they tackled assigned essays and term papers. 22

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Shirley Poulston, Patti Ownby, and Linda Broughton enjoy cooking in their home economics class. Here they are making cream puffs. Henry Morris and Edward Gardner, student teachers from V.P.I., supervise the work of Glenn McHenry and Wayne Clayton as they put the finishing touches on the trailer which they are making, Classwork A total of 187 projects were completed by boys studying agriculture. Two student teachers helped in this department. Cooking and sewing were the most popu- lar activities in the home economics classes, and even eighth grade students proudly wore blouses of their own making. In addition to usual work, business stu- dents for the first time organized their own Clubys theare Balas The dramatics class was not only a new class, but also a very popular one. Besides presenting one act plays before the student body and hel ping with the Senior Play, the class entered a play contest. No awards were won, but the experience gained was invaluable. g Mm Pat Lane and G.A. Higgins act parts in The Dust in the Road, a one act play presented by the dramatics class at Christmas, The typewriter looms large in the minds of typing students William Garnett and Skid Garrett. 24