Galax High School - Knowledge Knoll Yearbook (Galax, VA)

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E Gusn The English classes not only were taught the fundamentals of grammarand modern linguistics but also ,explored .different periods of American and English literature. Students studiedthe con- tributions -of authors in American literature and themes of stories as they related to modern times.. Special emphasis was placed on composition in reach grade level. Writing began inthe eighth grade with sentence structure and paragraph writing and progressed through thetwelfthe grade with narration and essays for greater depth of expression. ' A pleasant smile from Miss' Bedsaul expresses her ability to cope with the daily teaching routine. . Z fig? N as Ss X X' sf K, ., is s I ,L ,N c lm? 19' 4 L 4 lf i t E ,ig 3 rw. K f f xg X , sa sr gi 1 1 'K X . Xb-N. . X -,g g s R EES L A Q Q sv Xe is 'X 'ESQ MRS. JUANITA WRIGHT MARSHALL . B. S. Radford College A . A A A . I L - The basics of speech and journalism are presented by Miss Hamm. MRS. CLARINE JOHNSON PICKENS MISS LEANNAH TODD M. R. E. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary B. S. Radford College 12 ..... ' Faculty . English English

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:Eg .GLISHV ' MissWA1E2ANETTEBEDsAUL'V'5'e Q. 1 , 'B.A.LOrigwo0g1College sg . fI?ng1ish' A', i L , ' Mrs. Dickenls bulletin board adds hurnorlto senior English students' study of Shakespeare. 'MRS1 LGOAD 552 ' MRS. KATE L. DICKENSi l B. S. Western Carolina University English' V ' Q .Miss LOUANNA HAMM - B. S. Radford College ' ' English Mrs. Godd instructsiher students in the fundamentals of linguis- I UCS- Faculty. . . , . 1

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FOREIG LANGUAGE SPANISH Spanish was offered for the first year at Galax High School. Varied activities taught students .the basics of Spanish, These activi- ties ranged from the elementary activities of coloring pictures, with the Spanish color namesg and working crossword puzzles, using Spanish wordsg to the more advanced activi- ties introduced byhlms? speakers,fandf pen- pals.. - A. A . ' - Miss Richardson calls out.Spanish words in a spelling-bee. A - 'MISS PAMELA Y. RICHARDSON D - . - B. S. Radford College I V Spanish, English S LATI Only one class of second' year Latin was offered this year. These students sharpened their Latin vocabulary with a review of the . first year vocabulary plus the addi-' tion of many new words. From these words, the students learned p that many English words were de- rived. This study of Latin' vocabu- lary and grammar gave them addigj - tional background -. for 'studying' modernflanguages. Throughiparallelih 'reading and Sclassflectures, the stu- p dents gained knowledge about the . V V. LINWOOD DAVIS J E Q pk I H r A H . V .Latin people and their way o 1 e . A. Washingtonand Lee University Mr. Davis explains the subjunctive mood of Latin to his second-year students. , U U , A , Latin, Civics, U. S. History . , - - ' FRENCH Conversing in French and trans- lating selections from French litera- ture expanded the students, know- ledge of the culture and history of France..The 'study of French is pre- sented in three different levels,each more difficult than the preceding one. The languageflaboratory aided students in learning correct pro- nunciation of French words. Mrs. Edwards uses tapesctor sharpen the translating ability of third-year K S- ' MRS' JANE EDWARDS - Students. A. B. Hollins College - ' , , French X Faculty ..,.. 13.