Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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Mrs. Eunice Holbert, Thomas Dale ' s first practice teacher, enjoys the friendly atmosphere and the cooperative students. Mrs. Crump stresses orig- inality in her senior Eng- lish classes. 25

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Students Give Shakespeare An Original Salute MR. THOMAS BOOHER Emory and Henry Col- lege, B.A., English, Key Club. MISS BARBARA BURRELL Longwood College, B.S., English, QUILL, Quill and Scroll. MR. EUGENE CRAVEN Bridgewater College, B.A., English, Dramatics Club. MRS. MYRA CRUMP Westhampton College, B.A., English, Senior Class, Cheerleaders. MRS. MARGARET GRIMES Longwood College, B.A., English, SQUIRE, Color Guard. MRS. JULIA HARWELL Randolph-Macon Wom- an ' s College, B.A., Uni- versity of North Caro- lina, M.A., English. MISS DONNA KAFKA Longwood College, B.A., English, French. MISS LARAINE McGHEE Longwood College, B.A., English, S.C.A. House. MRS. PHYLLIS MILES East Carolina College, B.S., English, Speech, RE- FLECTOR, Quill and Scroll. MRS. BETTY PARKER Brenau College, A.B., English, Junior Qlass. MR. JOHN ROTHERT William and Mary Col- lege, A.B., English, Soph- omore Class. MRS. GLORIA WHITNEY Kent State U niversity, B.A., English, Daniel Life Club. Two speeches a week? Did she say three hundred pages of parallel reading every two weeks in addition to poetry and book reports and nightly assignments? These queries were only two of the many comments prompted by innovations in the English Department. Such innovations included a revised reading list for each grade ' s instruction manual. Mrs. Eunice Holbert was TD ' s first practice teacher. A student at R.P.I., Mrs. Holbert conducted Mrs. Ann Grimes ' English classes for six weeks after a two-week observation period. She took over Mrs. Grimes ' extracurricular respon- sibilities and was evaluated at the end of each day and week. 24

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David Turner Wins First Place In Science Fair Miss Dorothy Spencer uses the green house to aid in the teaching of botany to her students who listen curiously. Under the leadership of Mrs. Mary Williams, the Science Department has greatly improved the use of the laboratory in each branch of science. Chemistry has been replaced by Chem-Study, a new method of teaching where the students use experimentation in the lab as their basic method of learning. MR. ROBERT COOKE Carson-Newman College, B.A., Science, Sophomore Class. MRS. ALPHA LIVINGSTON Mary Washington Col- lege, B.S., Science. MRS. MARY MINOZZI Mary Washington Col- lege, B.S., Science, Freshman Class. MISS JOY O ' BRYAN Radford College, B.S., Biology. The Science Fair, sponsored by the department and the Phy-Bi-Chem Club, inspired students to build projects rang- ing from refrigerators to computers. David Turner ' s seismo- graph received the Best in the Fair award. Other students receiving first place prizes were Tom Owen, Calvin Wilburn, and Mac Phillips. MRS. JEAN SADLER Westhampton College, B.S., Physics, Advanced Science. MISS DOROTHY SPENCER Longwood College, B.S., Biology. MISS DOROTHY THOMPSON Madison College, B.S, Biology. MRS. MARY WILLIAMS Immaculate College, B.A., Chemistry, Phy-Bi- Chem. 26