John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Our drama class that pertain to the theater in these classes. An extra added attraction in some of the history classes this year has been the show- ing of movies that are connected in some way with the phase of history that is being studied. Some history 8 classes visited the General Assembly of Virginia so that they could better understand the civics they had been studying. Some students may think that mathe- matics is nothing but a headache, but they soon realize that the “‘math’”’ they take at John Marshall proves to be very beneficial. A full course is offered at John Marshall including geometry, algebra, and trigo- nometry. Future architects are greatly aided in these classes as they are taught to use geometric instruments and figures. Language students, particularly those students of Spanish and French, have an opportunity to enjoy several extra added attractions. There are both Spanish and French clubs that meet on Thursdays to carry out different projects which the pupils are not able to accomplish in the class room because of the lack of time. Each term the Jayem vs. Teejay Does it fit?

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J-o-h-n Meacr-seheart «io Our Pin-Up and her dog Quill and Scroll initiation Our art students find subjects at the wildlife exhibit At John Marshall there is a wide variety of subjects, those preparing a person for college, a commercial career, or any career that one may wish to follow. Besides the regular English classes there is the journalism class. The pupils in this room learn to write stories for papers, and from this class The Monocle staff is chosen. Some of these students will probably be our newspaper journalists of the future. Public speaking classes are especially interesting. The training in these classes gives the pupils poise and grace. Particularly interesting are the plays given by the pupils who also learn about drama and things

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ee Our boys learn a trade pans The nurse decides! classes meet together in the auditorium to learn songs in the language they are studying. This year the classes were able to see movies concerning Spanish speaking and French speaking countries. Some of these movies were in the foreign language. Also two French movies with a Spanish short were shown at a local theater. In April the modern language classes sponsored a banquet. Guest speakers spoke in their native tongues. Several commercial subjects are offered to those pupils who wish to follow a business career. The more recent subject offered in this course is the class in busi- ness fundamentals. A general idea of what goes on in the business world is taught in this class. Two years of bookkeeping are also offered in which the students attain more knowledge of what they will be expected to do if they decide to follow a career of this type. Another new commercial subject offered this year was a course in office machines which was taken at a local office machine company. Typing classes are kept busy striving to reach their goal of perfection. Two years of shorthand are also offered. Shorthand 3 and 4 students also take a special leachers enjoy the students’ tea room Our future engineers { 18 }