Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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55 mrs. Smallwood explains the different tenses of verbs to latin club members. classical language interests many “sic semper tyrannis” and “e pluribus unum” are two latin phrases well known to each Virginian, at phs, the 1971 latin club sought to interest more students in the so-called “dead” language. under the direction of mrs. j. Smallwood, the latin club attempted to learn more about roman culture, lit- erature, architecture, religion, and government, the students explored the many unknown, interesting fields of latin. latin club, front row: j. giles, v. jones, w. jones, j. cohen, v. wilson, m. Williamson, a. edmonds, p. boswell, f. heath, b. scott, a. garris, I. jackson, h. asbeil, b. smith, c. griffins, second row: w. gee, b. Silverman, r. home, d. moseley, j. stuart, c. walker, f. shiner, I. ridley, j. smith, b. kizzie, m. haase, r, reames, p. shell, k. madison, z. boston, k. mccray, mrs. smallwood. activities

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activities 54 library staff, left table: z. barlow, e. perry, k. garner, s. dean, right back row: mrs. dodge, d. walker, d. maclin, s. walker, f. conway, c. table: p. williams, b. jones, n. blanks, d. lemons, d. edmonds, s. arney. moore, m. lawrence, v. clarke, d. smith, m. vik, j. burroughs. volunteers aid phs student body the phs library staff, under the direc- tion of mrs. r. dodge, performed various essential jobs for the student body, the girls on the staff worked on a voluntary basis, giving up their time during their study halls and before school. checking out books, straightening shelves, and taking a bi-annual inventory comprised the main tasks of the library staff. the maintenance and distribution of audio-visual aids were the jobs of the projection crew after a period of talking, conducted by mrs. g. maclin, the projection crew took the responsi- bility of taking care of the many types of audio-visual aids at phs. projection crew: m. chan- dler, m. Starr, g. martinez, r. siegal, e. sharratt, b. gillram, w. grandison.

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activities 56 french club, front row: r. booker, b. cole, m. parker, c. ehrenworth, j. jackson, I. laderach, t. urquhart, g. fauntleroy, s. powell. second row: v. scott, I. davis, s. Wiggins, b. price, d. duncan, b. graboyes, j. backerman, m. johnston, h. bernard, j. sheintoch. third row: a. goldstock, j. mcguigan, r. clarke, n. howard, d. wells, d. small, r. bowles, s. drake, v. minter. fourth row: mrs. brower, s. keller, b. poole, d. gilkenson, k. cornett, b. cheeley, r. jones, b. toombs, v. edmondson. french club offers study of customs under the excellent guidance of madame brower, the french club was able to plan an activity for every month, starting with the autumn months, the french club exhibited slides of europe, dwelling mainly upon france. one of phs’s cafeteria workers, madame siedow, was asked to speak at a french club meeting, a native of france, she told about french customs and traditions. a Christmas party or “une fete de noel” was also held this year in addition to a demonstration of french goumet cooking, the well organized and well executed plans of the french club proved to be interesting as well as educational for all those involved. club member betty cheeley listens with interest in french class.