Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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SENIOR PLAY Our Senior Play, A READY MADE FAMILY , was a great success. After many try-outs, the following cast was chosen: Agnes Martyn, a young widow .... Edith Lindsay BOD, NEP SON ewcecerecccssessces Jesse Cowart farilee, her elder daughter .... Lucy Jones Gracie, her youngest -.eesesseees Alice Baker Lydia Martyn, an old maid .eeee. Alice Tanner Henry Turner, Widower ..eceees Tom Phillips Sammie, His SON sesesesesseeeees Cecil Reynolds Doris, his daughter cessecssvess Nancy Wright Begonia, the Martyns! cook eeece Julia Frazier Nicodemus, the Martyns' handiman Billy Davidson The play was directed by Mrs. Clara Drinkard and Barbara Clay was the prompter. Mr. Gardner and his F. F. A. boys helped with the set, and Miss Mosley asststed with the make-up. Dim the lights! Everyone ready? Curtain!! It seemed just a few minutes before our play was over and the curtain was drawn for the last time. All of us breathed sighs of relief and then all of us (except the director) began moaning, for we were going to miss those night pr@ctices. Though we had to rk, there was plenty of fun mixed withnit to help us along until the play was finally a success. Horatio's picture was the center of the plot, and we, the cast, had all we could do to keep from laughing every time he was mentioned. It was work. It was play. And we enjoyed every minute of it thoroughly. AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAM Audio-visual instruction finally has been accorded practically universal recognition as a remarkably effective medium of instruction. This method of instruction has grown in the past few years and was used extensively by the armed forces. In this post-war period it should prove an integral part of the education process. The state of Virginia has appropriated $10,842 for Campbell County schools to be used in the purchase of equipment and materials for audio-visual instruction. Already, there has been received in the county: 14 Eastman silent projectors, 15 sound motion picture projectors, 14 still projectors, and 22 screens. The films ordered for the various coun- ty are valued at $2,569.11; the balance of the funds has been spent for film script. Already, some of the teachers have taken courses in the operation of the audio-visval projectors. Namely, Miss Mosley, Miss Kelly, Mr. Gardner, Miss Parker, and Mrs. Fray. The plan is to set up a film library, supervised by Miss Mildred Kelly, from which place the films will be distributed to the various schools in the county, as needed. The audio-visual material is to be used primarily for instruction and not for entertainment. One of the most desirable goals is that all the teachers will learn to operate the machines efficiently. Then the films can be shown as audio-visual aids to accompany thet textbooks. Another of the aims is that under the guidance and direction of the supervis- ors, appropriate films will be used at the proper time with any subject for which films are avallable. Unless the teachers and supervisors are familiar wth films, available fa teaching aids, the program will not be successful. It is emphasized that the audio-visual program is set up to insure better instructim and every effort will be made to prepare for successful use of these aids.