Thomas A Edison High School - Talon Yearbook (Fairfax County, VA)

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Girls Learn Domestic Skills Through Home Economics MRS. BERTHA GOERDER Darby, Pa. Pa. State U., Drex. Inst of Tech., U. of Md. Home Ec. I MRS. NANCY QUINN Richmond, Va. Madison College Home Ec. In preparation for the many roles of the homemaker, Edison offers girls, through the Horne Economics Course, training to gain skills in cooking, serving, housekeeping, child care, home nursing, personal grooming, and social adjustment. The department made arrangements to give Senior girls a comprehensive course, requiring no prerequisite, to prepare them for married life. What was learned in this course or any of the other courses, I through IV, may aid a girl throughout her lifetime in giving her skills to cope with social and commu¬ nity affairs. MRS. DORIS SANDERS Mt. Jackson, Va. U. of Tenn., Madison College Home Ec. Ill Sr. Home Ec. Dept. Head And now for our bake-off winners . . . 29

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MISS RACHEL ROYAL Tazewell, Va. Longwood College English MISS MARILYN SAFRIT Concord, N.C. Lenoir Rhyne College English II MR. DON SMITH Portsmouth, Va. College of William and Mary, Montclair State, Rutgers U. MRS. CAROLE TOONE Madison, N.J. Mary Washington College English, Sociology mm Where was I? Oh, yes . . . English Dept. Works on Developing School Philosophy MRS. EVELYN TURNER Memphis, Tenn. Furman U. English IV Which way was it?, wonders Mr. Coggin Not pictured MR. JAMES COGGIN Albemarle, N.C. U. of N.C., U. of Va. Wake Forrest Col. English Not pictured MR. NORMAN FRITTER College of William and Mary Furman U. English IV, World Lit. Not pictured MISS CAROLINE JONES Blackstone Jr. Col. Mary Washington Col. U. of Va. Richmond Professional Inst. English

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MRS. CAROL FULLUM Youngstown, Ohio Wittenberg U. Latin MISS ANN GIBBONS Boston, Mass. Emmanuel College Sorbonne French, Spanish MISS GLENDA HUDGINS Elberton, Ga. College of William and Mary French Was it that bad, Miss Gibbons? Foreign Language Dept. Teaches Students The Foreign Language Department attempted to teach students a language in such a way that it can be prac¬ tically applied. History and culture were included in the courses in order for the students to be introduced Let’s see .. . Which of these darn buttons do I turn? to different Peoples and to appreciate fully their tradi¬ tions and customs. Students may start and continue in any of the five years of French, four years of Spanish, three years of German and Latin. A “C” average is required of any student wishing to continue. A.L.M. has become an integral part of the Language Department. This year fourth year French was added. In order to stimulate interest in the language being studied, visitors from the land of the language were sometimes invited to the classroom. 30