Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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Physical Education Program Expands Since organized physical edu- cation classes are required from grade six through ten, it was a real challenge to provide a pro- gram that would both meet the needs of the students and be of real interest to them. Students enjoyed instruction in basketball, volleyball, tennis, softball, gym soccer, stunts and tumbling, rope jumping, and square dancing. With proper instruction and prac- tice, students were soon perform - ing stunts that looked quite difficult and were participating in activities that a short while before had been quite new. An intramual program was in- troduced as a supplement to physical education classes, anda field day was held for running and field events. Class teams competed inbasketball, volleyball, and softball. gy ree Sixth graders form a pyramid: (KNEELING) Kathy Matthews, June Rowan, Karen Phillips, Sherry Sutton, Betty Ann Scott, (FIRST ROW) Kelly Wallick, Charlotte Robertson, Joanie Marion, Donna Faye Oertal, (TOP) Karen Williams and Judy Giles. Enjoying a game of volleyball in the gym, McKinley Brown and Tim Sumner are positioned and ready as the ball comes near.

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Students Learn by Doing Shirley Speas and Julia Rowan carefully measure the in- gredients for a cake. Practice makes perfect, and Reuben Anne Johns and Vocational classes were extrem ely Jack Moody strive for speed and accuracy in typing. popular; every typewriter in the typing classes was used; home economics and vocational agriculture were taught six periods a day. Students in these classes learned new and easier methods for such standard jobs as putting in a zipper, adding a column of figures, and raising a better crop of corn. Those taking vo- cational classes found that their efforts had tangible rewards: typing and short - hand proved useful in other classes; re- pairing home appliances and farm ma- chinery became simple; and certainly designing and making one's clothing was an enjoyable experience. The agriculture department at Cum- berland was chosen by VPI to train two Student teachers. In shop classes, Special emphasis was placed on the study of small gasoline engines, electrical wiring, and wood lathing. The cooking skill of the more advanced home economics students was tested when these girls prepared and served the School Board dinner. Other home eco- nomics students studied child care and home management, and girls of all classes proudly wore clothing which they had made. In shop class, Jimmie Morris gets practice in electrical wiring. 17

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Biology Students Visit Smithsonian New books were put into use in all Science classes, and the eighth and ninth grade science courses were re- organized. Space science and biology were given special emphasis in the eighth grade, and the ninth grade course included an introduction to chemistry and physics. The study of chemistry became more technical. Recent progress in all fields of chemistry was reflected in the new textbook. In addition to the local field trips On a biology trip to Washington, D.C., John Burks taken by biology classes, a trip to admires the figures in the Wax Museum. Washington, D.C., on May 14 was arranged for the students by Mr. Paul Thompson. While in Washington, the students visited the Smithsonian Insti- tution and the Medical Museum. A trip to the zoo brought to a close an en- joyable and informative visit. Nancy Agee and Jerry Davis display the symmetrical drawings which they made for geometry class. Taking an under-the-hood test in a drivers! educa - tion course, Lee Amos points out the important parts of the engine as the instructor, Don Robinson, scores him. Dissecting a worm is an easy task for biology student Pinkey Baldwin. 19