Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Freshman Lana Hall concentrates on her work, or is she taking a break and day- dreaming about her secret admirer and next week-end? The students in shop learn techniques from the use of mechanics. They learn to share ideas, to help each other and to sweat together. Preparing herself for what lies ahead, Junior Janice Carter is a whiz when it comes to shorthand. Acquiring skill in communica- tion with others; role playing, class discussion, debate, ex- temporaneous speaking, pre- pared talk s, presiding over clubs and classes, reporting . . . learn- ing to evaluate your own per- formance and the performance of others in what you see, hear or read . . . using varied sources . . . see the worn-out Reader ' s Guide . . . Cathy Shaner and Becky Barrett spending after- noons in the libraries of W L and VMI reading short stories to bring back to class . . . scav- enging the W L paperback bookstore, McCrum ' s and the Book Store for material to use as resources for special reports . . . attending local theaters to dis- cuss in class the merits of “Anne of a Thousand Days” as compar- ed with what is learned in the books about Henry VIII . . . watching T.V. specials to criti- cally analyze . . . “Gideon” . . . new filmstrips, cassettes, films aid in 28 academics

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and skills for the individual to go right on. Hearing Patrick Coleman on the pleasures of golf . . . entering the matharama . . . working on sci- ence projects to enter the Sci- ence Fair . . . Miss Snapp staying up until 3 a.m. getting special interest materials ready ... to each his own . . . Opportunity for learning basic skills and concepts through dis- cussion, reporting, T.V., films, collages, filmstrips, cassettes, experiencing . . . skill on musical instruments . . . choral accom- plishments . . . use of saw, drill, planer, sander, paint brushes . . . appliances in Home Ec., sewing machine, vacuum cleaner, egg beater, blender . . . development of the eye to see you better and the ear to hear you better with . . . motor skills learned in physi- cal education classes . . . how to use your spare time in recrea- tional sports and hobbies . . . Nannette Agnor and Martha Beebe, a place in your schedule for regular mu- members of the Kazoo Society, melo- sic so what you do is organize and pro- diously follow along in the school song duce your own. at a basketball game. There isn ' t always A future poet emerges as Freshman Ed Craney inspects the ABC ' s and XYZ ' s of poetry during his daily English classes. Physics may be interesting to some, but Freshman Jeanne Slater takes time out during class to give herself a manicure. academics 27

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Mr. Chip Baker, with his flair for the dramatic, soon establishes himself with his new English classes. Mrs. Yonina Cooper gives assistance to two of her students when they have dif- ficulty with a thorny problem. David Rhodenizer, Anna Sensabaugh, Jeanette Poindexter and Alice Dunn work frantically to finish those papers for the April 26 deadline. student acquisition of skills of learning. academics 29