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

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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.

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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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play-back. Mary Anne Moorman and Linda Gar- land, Russian lll students, admire the bulletin board prepared by the Art De- partment. In Latin ll class Benson Wire and Cindy Tower wait for Rinn Turner to call their names. George Richards who has already answered begins the day's work. Judy Davis, Patty Dooley, Allen Oberlin, and Diane Davis improve their Spanish accent by recording their voices, then listening to the Miss Edith Shanks asks Nancy Moss, a fourth year Latin student, to scan the first lines of the sixth book of Vergil's Anneicl. Mrs. Nettie O. Bowles English, Latin, B.A., Roanoke College. Chair- man of Language De- partment, Advisor La- tin Club. Mrs. Natalie Peterson Russian, Bartashoff Col- lege, Tientsin, China, University of Virginia, Roanoke Branch. Mrs. Myrella L. Roberts French, Teachers' Col- lege, New Brunswick, Canada, Advisor French Club, French News- paper. Miss Edith Shanks Latin, B.S., Longwood College, M. Ed., Univer- sity of Virginia, Advisor National Honor Society, Latin Newspaper. Mrs. Anne F. Spencer French, B.A., Longwood College, Degre Elemen- taire, Universite de Paris, Advisor French Club. Miss Judith M. Wolfenden Spanish, B.A., Roanoke College, Advisor Span- ish Club. Miss Velva J. Wood Spanish, B.A., Radford College, Advisor Spon- ish Club, Student Gov- ernment Association. i' I f -YI .. n M E ll ll -fs ?2 SPM Q' 9 x 353 , . 1 I an . . sg, X , 49 Qi? .o M u t x ' . I -. .5 - 2 it Q.. I , . S 0 'us' - ' 4 o , e