Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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Academics Each student, inquisitive and ambitious, reaches out and seeks to ascertain what he himself knows in part but is eager to discover in whole. By offering a variety of classes, Cumber- land attempts to challenge each student in the classroom to do extra work in his pursued field or toward his future career. Realizing that his goals demand a well-planned curriculum, each student at Cumberland accepts the challenge of diligent work and intensive study. Thus, every individual is prompted to achieve his aims of high ideals and high academic standing.

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Students Gain Experience While Serving (ABOVE) Student librarian John Greer stamps a book for Ralph Vannoy who is signing the card. (ABOVE) Chuck Baldwin and Ray Clayton use the new lan- guage master as they work to improve their vocabulary. (LEFT) Typing industriously, Darlene Odom and Julia Rowan test their speed during a timed writing. Although delays in the delivery of materials meant science classes had their first sessions in the auditorium, the laboratory and science classroom was completed within several weeks after the opening of school. A cannery, which la- ter served as an athletic building, was complete- ly remodeled and furnished with group experi- ment tables, tile floor, acoustical ceiling, num- erous cabinets, and an ample supply room. Equipped with movie and slide projectors and with numerous charts, the classroom also has Standard desks as well as the experiment ta- bles. Fifteen new microscopes helped greatly in the studies of science and biology, while the new fume hood, used in the preparation of poi- sonous gases, eliminated some of the more tox- ic and noisome odors that are encountered in some chemistry experiments.