James Madison High School - Montpelier Yearbook (Vienna, VA)

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SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAM Mr. William U. Anglin Geography University of Alabama-B.S. and M A.. Mr. Glenn C. Bowman History Bridgewater College-B.A. University of Virginia-M.A.T. Mrs. Blanche O. Garland Geography Meredith College-B.A. Mrs. Priscilla Lang History-Geography Greensboro College Mrs. Joan L. Lohmann History Wittenburg University-B.A. University of Freiburg, W. Germany-B.A. 24

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Mrs. Alice Granger English George Washington University-B.A. Mrs. Nancy Nateman English Greensboro College-B.A. Mrs. Margaret Y. Wallace English Millsaps College-B.A. University of Mississippi-M.A. Mr. Thomas Jackson English-History Williams College-B.A. Miss Gaynelle D. Johnson English Madison College-B.A. Miss Barbara Scholz Mr. Kenneth P. Stryjewski English English Mary Baldwin-B.A. George Washington University-B.A. Mrs. Mary Phillips White English Millsaps College-B.A. Mrs. Cynthia Wood English Colorado State University-B.A. 23

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CONFRONTS PROBLEMS OF SOCIETY Student participation is emphasized in the social studies department, this year. Here, Mr. Nickle is leading a class discussion. “Social Studies is concerned with people as social beings — how they interact with other people individually and in groups,” commented Mr. James T. Miller, Madison’s efficient Social Studies Department Chairman. For as man is constantly in contact with dissension or opposition, in the form of misunderstandings, a retrospective view of man’s history will give insight into current and future problems. It is for this reason, according to Mr. Miller, that “the Social Studies program gives increased attention to unsolved problems of society through the study of economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology sprinkled throughout the varied courses which are offered.” Mr. Miller states that, “An attempt is made to accelerate students to think for themselves, and that the inquiry and discovery approach to social studies is being used.” This method of study should make all students realize the importance of social studies — that they are a part of a world making history — now. Miss Eleanor W. McAlpin Mr. James M. Miller History and Geography Social Studies Madison College-B.S. Randolph-Macon College—B.S. Mr. Norman S. Nickle History Duke University-B.A. Mrs. Helen S. Stanley Social Studies Connecticut College-B.A.