Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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The future depends upon the past and present The Social Studies Department consists of United States and Virginia history, World History, eighth grade history, civics, and World Geography. Three of these subjects are required. United States and Virginia History is taken by juniors, United States and Virginia government is taken by seniors, and credit in World History or World Geography is needed by all students. All other social studies courses are offered to students as electives. Social studies classes unveil the past, present, and future. Teachers in the Social Studies Department are Mrs. Jarratt, Mr. Harman, Mr. Enoch, Mrs. Hewett, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Houston. Civics students study Here and There in the World. Government students discuss international trouble spots. As the background proves, world geography is an interesting and vivid study. H w ORlD GEOGRAPHY World history is not only a study of ancient history, but it is also a study of history in the making. 24

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Advanced apparatus animates ancient laws The Science Department includes General Science I, II, III, which approach the problem of science education from the point of view of environment, and introduce the laboratory science courses: biology, which is a study of living things; chemistry, which develops the power of observation of the student, trains him to solve problems in a logical manner, acquaints him with the basic principles of chem- istry; physics, which encourages creativeness, initiative, scientific curiosity; human anatomy, which is a study of the human body. Expensive laboratories and equipment enable students to make more specific studies and individual experiments. Two credits in science are required for graduation. Teachers in this department are Mrs. Rakes, Mrs. Rutrough, Mr. Thomas, and Mrs. Turman. Biology students use microscopes to detect germs. They also dissect small animals, such as frogs. General Science students use the bulletin board to present their experiments and discoveries. Edward Weeks, Kay Simpson, Betty Wimmer, Roger Vest perform Brenda Roberson names the different bones an experiment to discover the amount of liters found in a substance. of the skeleton for the human anatomy class. 23

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Nimble fingers and expert thinking Typing I students use charts to trace their progress in speed work. Mr. Harman explains an economics problem to Larry Thomas. The Business Department has course offerings in Typing I, Typing II, personal-use typing, bookkeeping, Shorthand I, Short- hand II, office practice, business math, and general business. For the first time, economics was offered to students this year. These business subjects are all electives since no business credits are required for graduation. Business classes train students for future careers. Teachers in this department are Mrs. Albert, Miss Slusher, Mr. Leedy, Mr. Statzer, and Mr. Harman. Margie Cook and Joyce Perdue illustrate a real office situation in office practice class. Bookkeeping students use their workbooks to prepare their daily lessons. Dictation is an essential part of Shorthand II. 25