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

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Parsons Hall students and their Dean examine a display on health careers prepared by Dr. Moseley. The display was set up in Parsons Hall during Health Week. Miss Cooper's lab assistants Shelia Wilkinson, Linda Maclin, and Jean Bailey, refill regent trays to be used in the day's experiment while Jim Davis tackles o solution problem. Q ,fmt ' we K

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l i l l 5 l 1 l l i i l P.H. Probes World Cf Man and Matter Crashing test tubes, the aroma of a newly disected fish, and an assembly of levers and pulleys- sights and sounds of Patrick Henry's science department. Chemistry, biology, and physics divisions cont i n ued to make strides in preparing students for future careers. The chemistry en- rollment was twice that of last year, showing increased scientific interest among students. This year two Patriots pratici- pated in the Student lntern Pro- gram in which they learned lab techniques at a local hospital. Jean Bailey placed lst in the girl's physical science division in the city fair. Mike McClung and Boyd Nichols both placed 3rd in their respective divisions. Mr. Waldron, graduate student, supervises a physics ex- periment performed by Jim Davis, Bbbby Rutherford, Horace Thomas, and Jim Kulp. l A 'o-- li Mrs. Dickerson points out bones of the skeleton to biology students. if r ei s J T at g ililflh' A ' P 'L -JU - 'f,. K f-Vfilittli x W7 ' 'Q ' . Q x lt J 'W - ,hw ' , lf ,S - f K 1 Fx Department s M' W-...,qf'gm fix, inf' i Martin Marshall College i6 Miss Margaret Anne Mrs. Mary Kay Biology, Guidance, A.B. Chemistry, Physical Sci- Hall, B.S. Hampden- Concord College, M.A. ence, B.S, Duke Miss Bettye Carolyn Via Miss Frances J. Cooper Mrs. Nancy S. Dickerson Biology, BS., Roanoke Chemistry, B.S,, Flora Biology, B.S., Concord College, M.S., V,P.I., Macdonald College. M. College, A.B., West Va. Chairman of Science A. Columbia University University, M.A. Uni- versity of Virginia ph Mr. Ben L. Taylor, Jr. shephefd Physics, Dean Persinger Sydney College, M.Ed., V.P.l.

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DD Mrs. Anne Spencer leads one of her four first year French classes in translating-The Count of Monte Cristo from French to English. 703 Bilingual Patriots Chatter at P.H. ln her fourth year French class Madame Roberts lectures on the compara- tive works of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Chateaubriand. I8 Enrolled in one or more of our four foreign language courses of- fered at Patrick Henry are 703 of our 1304 Patriots, 53'Xa of the student body. For Seniors who had taken French in the eighth grade in jun- ior high school, a fifth year was offered for the first time. ln addition to regular class- work, Spanish students developed their pronunciations and vocob- ulary in the modern language lab. In Russian classes students are challenged not only to master the Russian alphabet and language, but also to understand the Rus- sian government and culture. Third and fourth year Latin classes meet in combined ses- sions, studying Vergil and Cicero in alternate years. This is Vergil year. Latin Week and the Latin Banquet celebrating Florilia, the Festival of Flowers, ended the Latin activities for this year. With 3l Russian, 2l7 Latin, 225 Spanish, and 230 French stu- dents the language group is one of Patrick Henry's biggest and busiest departments.