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

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Eloise M. Davis Betty. Blanton Jones B.S., William and Mary B.S., Westhampton Col. Science To keep abreast of the times, the Science Department has made several changes in its offerings. There is a new twelfth grade physics course called PSSC, Physical Science Study Committee. The emphasis in this class is on exploring and discovering physical concepts through the use of films, challenging laboratory experi- ments, and a specially written text. A new approach to biology is offered in a course called BSCS, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, which is an alternate of the regular tenth grade biology. Serious laboratory investi- gations form the basis of classroom study. The other science courses are being updated. Astron- omy, earth science, and chemistry—the ninth grade sciences—include more laboratory work dealing with basic techniques. For students who are not on the college preparatory program and who have been un- successful in biology, there is a new tenth grade course in physical science. Some chemistry and some physics form the basis of this class. The regular eleventh grade chemistry involves much laboratory work, and em- 7 5 phasis is placed on the development of concepts. Ad- Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. A eonal chemistry wa One college fedelais pursued by Jimmy Pugh works intently on an important experiment in the advanced chemistry class. those students on the advanced placement program. Jimmy Brown, Bill Baughan, and Ronnie Cloude record data from meteorology instruments in their AES class. Cynthia Elise Stephenson Mary Jenkins Warinner B.A., Westhampton Col. B.A., Westhampton Col. M.A., U. of Louisville Head of Science Dept.

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28 Annie Belle Atwill B.S., Radford Col. M.S., U. of Richmond Maridell Estelle Bugg B.S., Westhampton Col. Hazel P. Corbin B.S., Radford Col. M.Ed., U. of Virginia Mary Virginia Daughtrey B.A., Westhampton Col. Buddy Baker and Ted McGarry perform a physics experiment involving the principles of weight and balance. In Mrs. Corbin’s third period BSCS class, Billy Finnégan and Hugh Turner examine a cross section of a plant stem.

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30 Among the many activities of the Latin classes is the preparation of interesting display cases. Susan Gamble and Mike Nuckols set up a forum scene. Languages The Foreign Language Department offers Latin, German, Russian, and two romance languages: French and Spanish. Fluency in speaking the language, gram- mar and composition, and an understanding of the culture of the people are stressed. Although a language may be begun in any grade, no credit is given unless the language is studied for at least two years. An experimental class in French, “Voix et Images,” is being taught again this year. The students con- centrate on pronunciation and the understanding of words and phrases without translation into English. Grammar is learned by usage rather than by memoriza- tion of rules. Selected students may take another special course in French beginning in the seventh grade. The purpose of this course is to provide a longer sequence of study. There is also a new class in fifth year Latin. This advanced placement group, which studies the an- cient classics, does work on the college level. The well-equipped language laboratory—containing tapes, records, and thirty-six booths—offers the students an opportunity to improve their pronunciation and oral comprehension. Robert Grattan, III B.A., Randolph Macon Col. Janice Benton Harris B.A., Longwood Col. James Coleman Harwood, Jr. B.A., U. of Richmond ‘Jean et Marie quittent la maison . . . Repetez.’”’ Harry Johnson improves his French pronunciation by using language lab tapes.