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

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to English Curriculum MRS. ANNA CURRIN English University of Chattanooga B. A MRS. JEANJ. DANIELS English and Drama Madison College B. S. David Bradley and Mrs. Crisp compare the original copy to the newspaper article. The journalism classes send their material to the two local newspapers and the two local radio stations. They edit and present live their own radio program, the LEE JOURNAL. MRS. VIRGINIA C. MARTIN English Mary Baldwin College B. A. MISS MARGARET N RUNNELS English Bridgewater College B. A. MISS ELIZABETH WHITELAW English Record Adviser Randolph-Macon Women ' s College B. A. Columbia Univer¬ sity M. A. MISS BEATRICE A. MORRIS English Madison College B. A.

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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

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Maggie Para della, the girl with the cutest accent, tells a story to the Spanish III class. MISS KATHERINE E. DRAKE Latin Mary Baldwin College A.B. Vickie Jarvis and Mrs. McClung locate Provence on a French map in first year French. 18