Pulaski County High School - Cougar Pinnacle Yearbook (Dublin, VA)

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MRS. JEAN BLANKENSHIP Radford College, University of Virginia, V.P.I. and S.U., University of Louisville, B.S., M.Ed.; Sponsor of Married Students Group MR. DALE CONRAD V.P.I. and S.U., Radford College, B.A., M.S.; Senior Guidance Counselor, Guidance Department Sponsor of Key Club MRS. FAYE HANKS Emory and Henry, Radford College, B.S., M.Ed.; Sponsor Chess Club MRS. RUTH HOWE Radford College, Emory and Henry, B.A.; Co-sponsor F.T.A. MRS. CANARY NEWMAN Radford College, College of William and Mary, B.S. MR. THOMAS OWEN V.P.I. and S.U., Radford College, B.S., M.S.; Vocational Guidance Counselor Secretary of the Guidance Department: Mrs. Mary Cox. Guidance Department moves into new Records room.

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Guidance Department: Mr. Thomas Owen, Mrs. Canary Newman, Mrs. Ruth Howe, Mrs. Jean Blankenship, Mrs. Faye Hanks, Mr. Dale Conrad. Guidance Department Directs Students Toward Realistic Choices The Guidance Department offered counseling for students concerned about college, work, or personal problems. In addition, counselors functioned as media distributors dis- pensing career information. The department was aided by Mrs. Mary Cox, who occupied a new position as the first secretary to the guidance office. College Night, a guidance-spon- sored service, was held on October 29, 1974, at Blacksburg High School. The P.C.H.S. Guidance Department informed students of the event, helped them choose the college rep- resentatives, and worked out trans- portation difficulties. All sophomores were registered for the Armed Ser- vices Vocational Battery, which mili- tary personnel administered on December 4 and 5. Additionally, counselors worked scheduling and advising persons for orientation in September, for draft registration (eighteen-year-olds), for Parent-Teacher Conferences, November 14 and 15 and April 10 and 15, and for College Boards given several times throughout the school year. They also interpreted test scores and attempted to direct students toward realistic decisions. Through all of this activity their main goal was to help. The following poem summarizes the aim of the P.C.H.S. Guidance Department: JARGON As the client you will be Probing, explaining, discussing, revealing, Catharting, cathecting, resisting, regressing, Defending, adjusting, transferring and struggling As the counselor I will be Listening, supporting, reflecting, accepting Questioning, confronting, under- standing, analyzing, Clarifying, summarizing, interpre- tating and empathizing Together we will both be Engaging, relating, exploring and learning Progressing, expressing, developing and sharing — Vet — behind all the jargon which defines our roles — Will you be able to let me know that you are hurting? Will I be able to let you know that I am caring? — Susanne Mars 28

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English — Biggest and Best (?) in ' 74-75 Like other departments, the English department moved into their new quarters in the Fall of ' 74. The largest department at P.C.H.S. also offered the greatest curricular variety. Ninth grade students all participated in a standard I.L.A. course. Sophomores took one semester of basic or inter- mediate grammar. For second-semes- ter sophomores and all other upper- classmen, English was a series of semester length electives. English teachers designed a variety of courses and students selected classes. Ideally, every student took the class he chose. Realistically, he took the course he chose which met the hour he was scheduled for Eng- lish. English teachers alone did not share their pod and rooms with other departments. Eighteen teachers shared their fourteen room facilities and planned in the elevated office space which they dubbed The Crow ' s Nest. Some of the new classes offered under the English elective system were; Tales of Mystery, Suspense, and Horror, The Mixers and Fixers of the Play Set, (Drama), Technical English, American Novel, Mythology, Speech for Occupa- tions and Professions, and The Brit- ish Novel. English Department: (SEATED) Mrs. Katherine Sutherland, Mrs. Carol Hurst, Miss Vada Boyd, Mrs. Ann Armbrister, Mrs. Mary Ann Lemons, Mrs. Odette Graham, Mrs. Elaine Jackson, Miss Jean Lackey (STANDING) Mr. Thomas Wuest, Mr. John Swope, Mrs. Maxine Dishon, Mrs. Susan Ficke, Mr. John Newberry, Miss Suzanne Steele, Mr. Dennis Folsom, Ms. Patricia Herron, Miss Kristina Troyer 30