Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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. ..smsfsfgsfg-ee.s 1--:Q-1 fgffs-is ff 1 511- rl. . Sarah Land steadies a 50 ml graduate while her lab partner, Allen Hayes, attaches copper strip during one of many experiments performed this year in Miss Cooper's chemistry classes. Patrick Henry's Science De- partment continued as one of the most modern in the state. This year, a course in nursing chem- istry was offered to those who plan to enter the nursing profes- sion. The chemistry, biology, and physics divisions placed special emphasis on preparing students for careers in this age of scien- tific experiment. Chemistry stu- dents were assigned projects on which they spent many long hours combining research and their own experiments pertaining to the theme of their projects. Hospitals in Roanoke work closely with the Science Depart- ment, and again this year a Student-lnternl Program was of- fered to interested science stu- dents at Patrick Henry. Allen Hayes was chosen to work in the lab at Jefferson Hospital. This program offers' students inter- ested in a medical career the opportunity of actually working in a hospital. The Science Department init- iated a school-wide science fair which was held in March. AI- though this was not a prerequisite for entering the city science fair, many students did enter and all phases of science were repre- sented. Pete Ostaseski, Bill Baumgardner, and Shelby Dickerson odiust a resonance apparatus to determine wave length for physics experi- ment. hT'W 2l Miss Bettye Carolyn Via, Biology, B.S., Roanoke College, M.S., V.P.l., Chairman of Science Department. Miss Frances J. Cooper, Chemistry, B.S., Flora Macdonald College, M.A., Columbia Univer- sity. Mrs. Nancy S. Dickerson, Biology, B.S., Concord College. f o lb - in ' .4-Q I ,. .es t .. ny.- 6 L t t KA Mr. J. N. Harker, Jr., Physics, Business Math, Basic Moth, A.B., Lynchburg College, M.A., George Peabody College. Miss Margaret Anne K Martin, BiolOQY, Guid- A 6-N, once, A.B., Concord 15537, College, M.A., Marshall A- , lfi -I -f College. -fit 'X i 15. -.: gt Nj, Q is .28 . Mrs. Mary G. Shepherd, Chemistry, Biology, Physical Science, B.S., Duke University. I 1 . - x NYS Mr. Benjamin L. Tay- lor, Jr., Dean Persinger Hall, General Science, English, B.S., Hampden- Slygqey College, M.Ed., ..-,

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Knowledge of a language helps to prepare a student for the fu- ture and to promote a better un- derstanding of peoples of foreign countries. At Patrick Henry the Language Department is continu- ally enlarging its curriculum. This year was the first time that three years of Russian have been offered. Classes were ex- panded because of a growing de- mand for this language. Team teaching was experi- enced as part of the curriculum in the Latin Department. Four years of this language are of- fered. Usually coinciding with the founding of Rome, the culmina- tion of Latin Week, the last week in April, was Floralia, the Festival of Flowers, which Latin students celebrated. Offering three years of this language, the Spanish depart- ment emphasizes pronunciation by using the programmed pho- netic course. lntergrating the oral, aural and written aspects of the language, the lab impresses on students that lt is not a lan- guage unless a person speaks it. ln one of her four Latin classes Mrs. Bowles drills second year students in vocabulary by playing Latin Bingo. Reporting on a Roman island, Nancy Moss and Claudia and Sue Grammer offer students the favorite food of Sardinia. gt, lily, we .. I . K .. . A if . -1 . li -1 nz. , - 2 5 W . . A Miss Wood assists one of her Spanish students in the language lab. Students improve pronunciation by listening to tapes recorded in fluent Spanish. 23 .av . RUP, V ,S- . Q8-3, . sf