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

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Mary Lowndes Peple Muriel Irene Sanders B.A., U. of Richmond M.A., Columbia U. Senior English students learn a great deal of Britain’s background when they study English literature. Jo Coffey, Warren Corr, and Rusty Hayes look at sketches of the characters depicted in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Special spelling lists are distributed in all English classes. Edward Gray and Dayle White prepare for a spelling quiz. B.A., Westhampton Col. Bonnie Marguerite Ramey B.A., Converse Col. Anne Wirtz Vaughan B.A., U. of Virginia M.A., U. of Richmond

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English In the freshman year literature is organized according to themes and in the sophomore year according to types. Junior students may choose courses emphasizing business English, creative writing, journalism, or modern litera- ture instead of the regular course of American literature. English literature is studied in the senior year. Juniors and seniors may study speech as an elective. A new class in the humanities introduces students to the best in philosophy, art, and music of the past and present. Elizabeth L. Atkins B.A., Women’s Col. of U. of N. C. Elizabeth Virginia Collins B.A., U. of Richmond Nancy Jean Donahue B.S., West Chester State Col. Juanita Tiller Elmquist B.A., Westhampton Col. M.A., U. of Chicago Mr. Cooke explains the part music plays in the humanities to Chip Lanier and Brenda Wright. Mary Gladys Lambert B.A., Emory and Henry M.Ed., U. of Virginia Head of English Dept. Virginia Marion Lewis B.A., RPI. M.A., U. of Richmond Ruth Estelle McEwen B.A., U. of Richmond M.A., U. of Virginia Karma Deane Ogden B.A., R.M.W.C.

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History The History Department aims to improve human re- lationships and develop an understanding of the demo- | cratic way of life. | 3 John Marshall offers freshmen a combined course in “ECOME world history and geography. This makes the study of i heer United States and Virginia history on the eleventh grade ia ) ' level more intelligible to students. The optional tenth grade course, Twentieth Century World, attempts to provide a study of events of the present century. The complexities of modern economic organization demand the teaching of government, economics, and communism in the twelfth grade. James Frederick Barrett B.A., Wesleyan U. Minnie Rosalind Carter B.A., William and Mary M.A., Columbia U. Miss Carter and Vera White discuss trade agree- ments as Vera points to a map of the Common James Osborne Cook Market countries. B.S., Newberry Col. Head of History Dept. Katharine Walton Fontaine B.A., Longwood Col. Kathleen Hill shows the school’s copy of the Declara- tion of Independence to James Childress. Wynn S. Gregory B.A., U. of Richmond Elizabeth Virginia Hart B.A., Meredith M.A, Columbia U. Katharine Denny Horne B.A., M.A.T., Duke U. Elsie Virginia McClintic B.A., Westhampton Col.