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

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Mrs. Persinger ' s geography class struggles over a test as she watches MISS JANNA DePRIEST World Geography; French Bridgewater College B.A. MRS. BEVERLY N. JOHNSON World History; Geography Westhampton B. S. MR. E. E. MAY Government Bridgewater B.A. Miss Pleasants types a test for her American history ' class during her free period. MRS. JEAN S. PERSINGER World Geography Radford College B. S

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MRS. La VERNE W. CACCIAPAGLIA American History Madison College B. S. I Mrs. Cacciapaglia gives notes to her American history class. MISS FRANCES ANN CALLAHAN Government, U. S. History Madison College B. A. Students Meet New Challenges in Advanced History Course. As the world becomes smaller and smaller and the nations of the world are brought closer together through continual improvements in communication and transportation, it becomes increasingly important that the rising generations have a deep understanding of the countries which make up our world. The Social Studies department at Lee strives toward this goal. The world geography classes work with maps in detail and study the physical features and main sources of income of the individual countries. In the world history classes, students follow the story of mankind from prehistoric times to the present day. The American history course gives the student a detailed knowl¬ edge of the history of our own country. It begins with the reasons behind the dis¬ covery of America and continues with the nation ' s development from a struggling colony to the greatest nation ever known to man. In the government classes, the student learns the basic make-up of our system of government and the responsi¬ bilities and privileges of citizenship. This year a new course, advanced Ameri¬ can history, is offered to challenge stu¬ dents who are particularly interested in history. The class strives for a deeper understanding of America ' s story with stress placed on the reasons behind different phases in our history.

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Eunice Wagner, Blanche Hoover, the dietician, Willie Kiser, and Florence Peyton make the rolls that are so popular with the students. Cooks and Custodians Perform Behind-the-Scenes Activities. Certain members of our personnel who inconspicuously play a definite and impor¬ tant role in the school ' s everyday life are the custodians and cafeteria staff. Besides the education of over one thousand studentf everyday, Lee takes on the enormous task of providing a well-balanced lunch for the students „ Our cafeteria staff, headed by a trained dietician, offers a wide variety of planned meals designed to keep the student body healthy. Keeping a school of this size neat and clean is another behind-the- scenes task that must be performed each day. Besides taking care of small duties such as raising the flag and delivering notices, the Lee High custodians strive to keep our building in tip-top shape. Catherine Houff, Roxie Puffen- barger, Blanche Hoover, and Alice Murray pre¬ pare the salad for lunch. 30