Jefferson High School - Acorn Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Gynetha Coxwell and Jimmy Maddox are first violinists in the Jefferson String Ensemble accompanying the choir’s Christmas Concert. Gynetha and Jimmy are members also of the Roanoke Youth Symphony and the Roanoke Symphony. THE ARTS Mr. Feusler conducts in 6th period band class. Mr. Jack B. Feusler Mr. G. Clyde Director of Band Macdonald Director, String Orchestra Mr. Robert M. Griffey Mrs. Shirlee C. Young Director of Choir Art; Advisor, Acorn Magazine and Yearbook The Band and the choir received a shock last fall when the Fire Warden forbade pres- ence of more than 39 persons in Room 300, traditional practice hall. After weeks of homelessness and rehearsal on lawn and front steps, both found rented space in Cavalry Church. Orchestra class continues in Room 300. The Art Lab hums with activity. Classes in Basic, Advanced and Consumer Art, art staffs of Magazine and Yearbook, stage craft and design committees for all stage produc- tions—all work simultaneously in Annex 2. Alice Johnston and Carolyn Bell, absorbed in experimen- tation into collage and mixed media in the Art Room.

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Cathy Boyd, Jeanne Ostwald, Judy Smith, and Dick Os- born record a dialogue in third year Spanish. Miss Miriam Bowman Chairman Language Department, P.A.L. Spanish Mrs. Henriette Fallwell French—Fleur-de-Lys Advisor—L’Echo de Roanoke Mr. B. V. Michel, Jr. French and English Fleur-de-Lys Mrs. Natalie Peterson Russian, Russian Club Miss Edith Shanks Latin, Junior Classical League, Advisor Roanoke Roman Miss Velva J. Wood Spanish, P.A.L., Advisor, Student Cooperative Association Six hundred and fourteen of Jefferson’s students or over thirty-six percent, study a second language. Perhaps in your Berlin school, Petra, a greater percentage study a second language. Here at Jefferson, four years of Latin, three of French, three of Spanish and two of Russian are offered. Each language group has it’s own club, the Junior Classical League, Fleur-de-Lys, Pan American League and the Russian Club. Two groups have their own newspapers, The Roanoke Roman, winner of a second place at Columbia Press Association Con- ference and L’Echo de Roanoke, winner of a medalist rating. Marty Fant, Yvonne Crouch and Mac Mc- Nulty smile as they finish their language classwork,

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Mrs. Evelyn G. Giles Chairman of History Department Mr. Howard E. Emmons Junior Class Guidance Miss Anna Louise Haley Miss Mildred Kerlin Advisor, Junior Red Cross Chris Carton and Joe Hodges, after campaigning vigorously for their candidates, cast their ballots in the November 4 straw-vote. Three units in history are required for graduation: in American history, American government and one unit in either World his- tory or World Geography. History and gov- ernment classes are organized on three levels. In history, there are B classes, the standard courses; A classes for those students who show superior ability in the social studies field; and the Honors History for those who evidence even higher scholastic achievement, ability and interest. In Government study, there is one special class which covers curricular material, regular classes in which the majority of students are enrolled, and one group of students taking Honors Government. This year students engaged in many activi- ties leading up to a straw-vote on the Presi- dential Candidates. They studied platforms, made posters, campaigned, handed out litera- ture, and urged adults to vote. Another project was the collection of arti- cles for an exhibit to mark the beginning of the Centennial Celebration of the War Be- To emphasize the importance of voting, aus Marvin Smith pins on Judy Hensley’s shoulder tween the states. a tag which reads, ‘’! can’t vote. Can You? 20 Will You?”’