Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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Math Department Adopts New Textbooks As part of their home economics training, Ann Calhoun and Gloria Hamlett put the finishing touches on the table which they are setting for the School Board Dinner. Biology students June Barker and Ralph Bogge study microscopic animal life. Care in the use of expensive and po- tentially dangerous equipment and supplies was stressed in all the science classes as students performed experiments, made dissections, and learned to use the micro- scope. Through home projects boys put into practice the latest methods of raising livestock, producing crops, and keeping records which they learned in agriculture classes. In the shop they built pig feeders, gates, tables, and bird houses. Kippy Keller and Andy Blanton build bluebird , Something's burning! Perhaps one cake houses in an agriculture shop class. did scorch; nevertheless, girls learned the Skills of cooking, sewing, furniture refin- ishing, home nursing, and budgeting in home economics classes. New terminology entered the classroom as the mathematics department was brought up to date with the adoption of new text- books. Space geometry became an integral part of plane geometry, and slide rules became familiar tools in advanced math. William Russell Garnett helps Bill Horst explain the operation of the slide rule to the algebra - trig class. 12

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Classwork More Meaningful for Students Nancy Agee, Nancy Simanske, Mary Frances Allen, and Michele Jones work on a model of the Parthenon for their world history class. In a scene from the one act play, ''The Perfect Gentle- man, G. A. Higgins watches Janice Jones, Pat Lane, Alice Putney, and Kris Frayser pick up spilled olives. Proper enunciation received major emphasis as the dramatics class perfected three one act plays: ''The Perfect Gentle- mane balcony scene, -and Rich Man- Poor Man. In the latter, dialects were spoken, and the play was such a success that it was presented before two civic groups. Mrs. Judy Whittermore, a student teacher from Longwood College, worked Elliott Irving shows interest in an issue of for eight weeks in the social science American Heritage which Mrs. Judy Whitter- classes. Current events were stressed in more, a student teacher from Longwood College, these classes, and special studies were PRS RAN Severe Ace MERRES ABSA g Ay, made of communism and of Virginia's history and government. Term papers were required of U.S. history students. In business education classes, students le arned to take dictation at the rate of 100 words a minute, to keep accurate records, and to type 65 words a minute. In their study of automation, they found data pro- cessing machines and punch cards in- teresting. Marie Barr attempts to balance a profit and loss statement in bookkeeping class. 11

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Serious Study Brings Rich Rewards Being faithful in preparation of class- work is rewarding in many ways. Scholastic letters were awarded to any Senior of Junior whose high school average on all subjects was 95 or above. Four Seniors and two Juniors wore these letters proudly on white jackets or sweaters. Ten Juniors whose average was above 90 were given the privilege of serving as Marshalls for graduation. Because of excellence in scholar- ship, citizenship, and achievement, Rodney Wise, Senior Class Valedic- torian, received the coveted Balfour Keve Regular class attendance is essen- tial to academic achievement. At Class Day exercises 27 students received perfect attendance certificates. Special recognition was given William Russell Garnett for having a perfect attendance record for his entire five years at Cumberland High School. Scholastic letter winners Alice Putney, Taffy Stimpson, and Claudia Seay admire the letters which Bill Smith, William Garnett, and Rodney Wise have already placed on their jackets. Because he has a five-year perfect attendance record, William Garnett receives special recognition from Mr. Meredith Robeson. Junior Marshalls are (FRONT ROW) Carol Smith, Claudia Seay, Peggy Harrison, Lois Watson, Mary Ann Bryant, and (BACK ROW) Tommy Moore, Alice Put- ney, John Barnes, Linda Broughton, and Johnny Payne. Mr. Jimmy Kindle presents Cumberland's first Bal- four Award to Rodney Wise. 13