Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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Audio-Visual Equipment Opens (ABOVE) Mrs. Ethel Jeter finds the opaque projector a valu- able teaching aid. (LEFT) Derek Oliver watches the ball intently as he and his classmates play softball during the activity period. In preparing a transparency, Mrs. Dorothy Putney uses an automatic thermal copier. 12

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Takes Part in Assembly Programs The art program, which is new, has proved challenging to students enrolled in the classes and has created an interest in art among facul- ty and students who have enjoyed the displays of sketches, landscapes, and watercolors. In this first year, drawing, painting, sculpture, printing, and craftwork have been emphasized. The mixed choral group which has been orga- nized in the music class has also been very busy. The fine voices of this group have lent themselves to many of the special programs this year. From their performance at SCA as- semblies to the beautiful and inspiring Christ- mas pageant, this group and course of study have contributed immensely to the betterment of the school. Music classes were held in each of the ele- mentary grades. However, in the seventh grade which had a chorus, music was an elective sub- ject. Music of Holland made an interesting study for third graders, and sixth-grade students stud- ied the great composers. (RIGHT) Lynn Meadows sets up the movie projector for classroom use. (LEFT) Using the technique of crayon resist, Carol Ownby works on a Halloween drawing. 11

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New Vistas in Learning Television classes were certainly an important part of the increasing modernization of the grade and high school curriculum. Though used only sparingly in the high school, the TV classes have been very effective in the grade school. The sci- ence classes in grades four through seven have used the TV at least once and often twice a week. As it is necessary to have extensive equip- ment and laboratory area for some science ex- periments, the TV classes have enabled elemen- tary students to observe scientific procedures that they could not have seen before. A new series of grammar and composition books which emphasize linguistics has been adopted. This series begins with the third grade text and continues through senior English. An important part of the English and reading program was the remedial reading class for the third and fourth grades. Mrs. Ethel Wilson, the remedial reading teacher, has also worked with grade school children handicapped by speech defects. (ABOVE) Working independently, Anne Barker and Susan Good- man use the cyclo-teacher, which supplements classroom instruction. (ABOVE) With the help of modern equipment, Joan Meadows learns cooking techniques in home economics class. (LEFT) Shop student Larry Gauldin uses a square to prepare a piece of wood for sawing. . 13