Thomas Jefferson High School - Monticello Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Thomas Jefferson ns aware of the fact that one garns an rntelllgent understandmg of has for elgn neughbors by berng able to speak their languages Latln French and Spanish the most popular foreign languages wnth the stu dents are taught from the untermednate level to the advanced level In this way a student may take a language In has freshman year and by contlnulng ut through has senior year he may have the advantage of recelvtng ad vanced placement In college German and Russian were among the new addlttons to the curruculum thus past year The students who took either of these languages feel that It was a challenge to take a course which so few foreign language nn college and find forengn service very Interesting work For these stu dents and those who are undeclded about thenr future Thomas Jefferson feels quite proud that she can offer the best educatlon possible In the field of foreign language Mrs Hutton helps Gene Overton learn the German language by having hum pronounce the names of German :mes Forelgn Languages Mass Mrldred A Klune Mass Mary E Beaman Mrs Dorothy S Corprew MISS Ellzabeth Eubank Department Head Mass Nancy L Frtzhugh Mass Eumce Vnrgtma Gull Muss Mary Frances Gray Mrs Thelma B Hutton 19 ' . I I . I 5' 3 I . . - schools offer. Many students major in a I e

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Muss M Vlrgnnna Sydnor Mnss Margaret F Baker Carl D History Department Head Soclal Studles 1 Bot Mnss A LaRue B andeburg Clyde B Fortna VW' Mrss Mary P Maddox Mrs Frances T Matthews Miss Brandenburg explains the American system of government to Jeannette Harrington T8 Social studies IS the name gaven to the helds of history economucs and government At Thomas Jefferson as In many other hugh schools most of the tlme devoted to the socnal studues IS spent on hnstory Asude from the re quured Unnted States history clvlcs and Amer :can government the students of Thomas Jet terson may take world hlstory or economucs A class on the college level has been eftered the last two years In the field ot European history Students who wish to obtain ad vanced placement In college have had an op portunlty to take this class Every student who has taken thus advanced course feels that he has ganned un that he as well prepared for college Socual studies develop wnthun each student a greater apprecsatnon of the :deals and pruncuples on whrch thus natuon was burlt It guves hum a chance to examune thoroughly the socnal order rn whuch he luves so that he can take an nntellugent place nn cuvuc and na tnonal affalrs ', ' W: ' ' Ziff! V , 'f ff ' i na Drag A, 'sg ,' f 4 ,. L I , .. . A . I ' A ' . . l 4 . F . -'i 0 I ' f' 1 ' ' 1 ' , 2.5 CI ,.. e I , V 315 V., ,, . 4 ' ' 'lf' , O ' I I ' I I I I - . f 1 .

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I' Mtss MarronF Smcthre Ars lseluo le P Burdc- Mrs Su Depart we wt Head V i f MY av Mrs Vx Ina A Spotght Mrs Ne Buslness ln the past many large fortunes have been made In busrness by pe sons wrth lrttle edu cation and vvrth ltttle money to start on but they have had enthusnasm and new Ideas To day rt as much more dtffrcult to start out In e as a peddler and buuld up a great busuness although It strll can be done The day us past when little or no schooling rs necessary to succeed IU the busrness world Those enterlng ,Z , WW san R an Haywvo d A Padgett A Ba baraL Rob tsot pil If . ' lI'11.q.T 1 ' 05.0 da Bane Tuclcer Mrs Mary H Wo narlf bustness vvrth less than a hrgh school educa tron are certaln to find themselves hand: capped Thomas Jefferson oFlers a busrness course which trarns students for the busrness World Courses In typrng shorthand Hllng business machrnes and clerlcal practlce eco nomlcs and bookkeeprng supply valuable assistance to those students who are unter ested rn busrness The Bookkeeprng Club at v 0, X ...' 4 A 4 2 i 4 f E A -at Q, aj I tr 7' aa: , 'Z - ' ' ' . ' A . l , n . . l. r bert t o . A rs. r . lr I l ' Rf L r-? Y wb. .. fr ax I- , ff' fs ' ,mv t.'.' 19.1 . lil ' . I t . . t o . 4 . . . H f I . . I I . I ' 1 A, . w 'i ': X' l 1 ll l l 20