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

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l 2 1. Learning a dance to teach students at West End School causes these FTAers to work after school. 2. Susan Carter, treas.7 Pam Nuchols, vice pres.: Bonnie Bowers, pres.g Ann Sowder, rep.7 and Gail Cook, treas. plan visiting schedules. 3. Members gather at the reception table at the Faculty Tea sponsored during National Education Week. Learn By Doing Sometime or another many students think about becoming a teacher. During school years, teachers have a major role in pro- viding our education. The Future Teachers ot America worlcs to promote interest in the career ot teaching. A tea honoring the taculty, Career Day when members taught classes, and the FTA Convention at Hotel Roanoke gave these tuture teachers a chance to learn more about their proposed tield. They learned to work with children by going to West End and Raleigh Court schools atter school and during study halls, and through pre- sentation ot a story hour on Saturdays at the Raleigh Court Branch Library. is 58 y

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From Buffet To Playday 44' Miss Ludwick and the Y-Teens are astonished at the results of iheir stuffing. A Y-Teen is a girl who can dress up like a Greek maiden, siomach an Around-Jrhe-World Bullet make a fool of herself by iripping over her feel in fronl' of eighl-year-olds. and slill enioy ill Y-Teens did all lhese Jrhings by malcing a proieci on Greece 'For ihe Y.W.C.A., holding a buffer, and pariicipaiing as ieen aides in Playday, a program for small chil- dren. ln addilion 'ro rhese proiecls, Y-Teens Tried lo achieve iheir goals ol maiuriiy, fellowship, and love of God. Officers were: Rinn Turner, pres.: Myrna Moses. vice-pres.: Mary Mays, sec.: Nancy Cundill, Jrreas.: Grace Kelley, ICC rep., Laura Keyes, program chm.q Diane Dern, chaplain: Kalhy l-lills. world fel- lowship chm.g Barbara l-lills, reporlerg and Connie Waring, service proiecl' chm. Miss Ludwiclc, Mrs. Diclcerson, and Miss Bailey served as iaculiy advisors. Corinne Brown was a teen-aide for Playday. One proiecf found the Y-Teens stuffing cloth animals which were sent to a nursery. Miss Sarah Dowdy, Teenage Director of the YWCA, gets help from Myrna Moses in stuffing an animal. 57

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Nl 'NHN4 3 Nj Gaining Practical Skills i. The representative from the Simplicity Pattern Co. gave a fashion show of new winter styles. 2. Gaye Keaton, treas.7 Suzanne Riley, vice pres., Betty Bailey, sec., and Janice Wilbur, pres., pack food for a field trip. 3. Members wait paitently to go to the Mary Louise Home. 4. Mrs. Mitchell discusses possible degree achievements with Janice Wilbur. Gaining ability in homemaking and putting skills to' practical use through such projects as the sale ot sandwiches at the beginning ot the mid-term break describes the pro- gram ot the Future l-lomemakers ot Amer- ica. Many special guests attended the club's meetings. From them the members have learned to choose clothing styles. to apply make up, to cover old shoes. and to make Christmas decorations. Ditterent vocations that the Homemakers might want to pursue have been discussed.