George Washington High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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Electric Typing Simplifies Job of Tomorrow’s Businessman Woodpeckers had a hard time competing with the con- stant barrage of noise which flowed out of the typing rooms in Central. Combined with six other courses, all per- taining to the business world, typing classes filled the halls of GW with the sounds of learning— keys clicking, typewriter bells ringing, cash registers zinging and auto- AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, Teresa Rankin ' s hesitant peck, peck is trans- formed into an onslaught of rapid-fire precision typing. Mrs. Carolyn McCall observes as Teresa triumphantly finishes a three minute timing. matic machines buzzing. Personal typing, only a semester course, was geared to give the non-business major enough instruction to be able to type for all practical needs in college and afterwards. Numerous courses leading to post-graduate employment were offered.

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Complicated Tenses, Exercises Stump Unsuspecting Pupils THE LIBRARY PROVIDED resources to the Spanish curriculum for Mr. Larry Mann. Students Ellen Parrish, Marsha Hicks, Angie Gray, Lynn Feldman, Kathy Brown, Marvin Elliot and Keith Mumford find the research interesting. ANOTHER LATIN TRANSLATION! Katie Townes (who has already completed the assignment) smiles as Mildred Rigney, Steve Samuels, Laura Milam, Mark Moore, Lois Jarrell and Judy Owen face new perils. Technology and visual aids came to the Latin depart- ment-keeping Caesar alive forever! The newest addition to the Latin department was the new overhead projector. Along with the new projector, second-year Latin students experienced a new collection of tapes, maps and film strips. Stressing oral work, the Foreign Language department aimed for improvement both of the speaking and the writ- ing of the particular language. Tape recordings supple- mented the oral work in all advanced Spanish, French and German classes. Learning from experience was the new technique of teaching for the German classes. Third-year German classes made apfelstrudel to produce a new conception. Not only did the classes taste this German delight, while translating about foods, but also they tried various German cheeses. AMONG THE NUMEROUS commands familiar to Mrs. Margaret Kushner ' s German scholars is Wiederholen Sie, Bittel ( Repeat again, please! ) This request is especially useful after listening to a taped conversation. 28 Foreign Language

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Curriculum Incorporates Ancient, Modern Language Study. Introduction of a seminar course concerning man in western literature was an innovation in the English depart- ment. Emphasizing individual work and seminar sessions, the class of above-average seniors delved into the devel- opment of man as an individual and as a member of society. His course was traced through the literature and fine arts of western civilizations. Guest speakers, educa- tional TV, tape recordings, and films were just a few of the aids employed by the instructor, Mrs. Mary Leigh Boisseau. Juniors received new literature books, part of the same series enjoyed last year by the other English classes. Overhead projectors and additional tape recorders aided teachers in the instruction of literature. The Enrichment Series, six educational films of great literary works, was offered by a local theatre to enhance the high school student ' s study of literature. The first presentation, Macbeth, complemented senior study of Shakespeare ' s great tragedies. One film each month throughout the winter attracted large crowds of GWites as well as students from other local schools. WORDS MAY BE important, but not many students find their spelling lessons quite so inspiring as does Carol Martin. FRENCH IN THE ENGLISH department? Mrs. Mary Leigh Boisseau (above) is just expounding on Victor Hugo ' s Les Miserab es in her seminar novels course, offered to advanced seniors for the first time this year. GRAMMAR MISTAKES ARE difficult to uncover in an absentee list, but Mr. S. H. Perkinson, head of the English department, and Mrs. Hazel Tennant, a long time member of the department, are challenged (above) to make good use of their wide knowledge to find just a little one. 30 Language Arts