Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Tommy Miller labors over a practice form in Miss Crickard ' s bookkeeping class. Mary Hutchens seems to be puzzled by some of the directions in her book. MISS JOYCE LOREE COOK General Business Madison College B. S. MISS SUE ELLEN CRICKARD Typing I, Shorthand I, and Bookkeeping Madison College B. S. 15

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MRS. OLIVE H. COUCH V. O.T. Co-ordinator Shorthand University of North Carolina B. S. Madison College M. S. Connie Harris takes a five minute timing in Typing II class. Business Courses Are Important and Practical. MRS. FREDA H. ELFRINK Typing Madison College B. S. MISS LOUISE D. TERRY Typing Madison College B. S. 14 No one seems to question the value of the business courses of¬ fered at Lee High. The students see a very definite purpose in their work and really take an interest in it. The department has been train¬ ing the students in practical skills. Practice in the classroom and participation in the part-time job program will prepare them to be future leaders in the business world. College-bound students already are realizing the value of shorthand and typing when English papers are to be typed and history notes taken. Gen¬ eral business, bookkeeping, and vocational office training have given the students an in¬ sight into future careers in office work. The Distributive education courses provide training classes in employee- employer relationship.

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Journalism and Drama Courses Are Added The English department has expanded this year at Lee. There are two new courses, Journalism and Drama. The journalism classes learn by doing. Along with their textbook studies, pupils write for the stu¬ dent section of the local newspapers and present their own radio program. The drama class ' purpose is to become famil¬ iar with drama as a literary form. They do not present plays but make critical analyses of them. In the regular English courses, study ranges from grammar to Greek. Stu¬ dents study short stories, poems, plays, and novels. They read such classics as GREAT EXPECTATIONS, SILAS MARNER, THE SCARLET LETTER, and MACBETH. Grammar and self expression are also stressed. The advanced senior English classes are designed to develop ability to read and write more adeptly. This is in preparation for the demands of college work. They study several Greek plays to give them a better conception of drama and prepare them for the English literature. MRS. LOUISE M. CRISP English and Journalism Westhampton College B.A. Susan Menk listens attentively as Miss Morris helps her in English. MRS. RUTH G. AREY English Madison College B.S. MISS MARY AURELIA BARTON English Mary Baldwin College A. B. University of Virginia M. A. 16