Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Large Classes Reveal Almost one half of the student body —332 in all—are enrolled this year in foreign language classes. Of this num- ber, 90 students parient en francais. Spanish enjoys a slightly greater pop- ularity with 105 Spanish-speaking es- tudiantes. Latin leads numerically with 127 stu- dents. Beginning with America est pat- ria mea in Latin I, boys and girls pro- gress to the fine points of Omnia Gallia divisa est in partes tres in Latin II. Latin III students learn that veteres Ro- mani semper laudis ac gloriae avidi erant. Two years of French, two of Spapish, and three of Latin are offered. French and Spanish students master the art of conversation, while the Latin classes study mythology, Caesar, and Cicero. MRS. VERA T. BROWN reads Pyramus and Thisbe to Latin III students Jane Mixer and Ray Davidson. Mrs. Brown earned her A.B. at the University of Alabama where she majored in English and minored in Latin. Later she did additional work at Columbia University, the University of Virginia, and Birmingham Southern College. French students Val Weeks, Norma Flythe, Jean Anderson, and Jean Lanz visit the language lab at VSC on a Saturday morning. M. Jean Guitton, French instructor, sets up the equipment to record their con- versations. 20

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Interest Encourages Science Classes MR. JULIAN M. LEFILES checks the roll to learn the names of his students after taking over for Mr. C. B. O'Neal in the middle of the year. Mr. LeFiles attended VSC where he received his B.S. in busi- ness administration and biology. He also attended South Georgia College. Mr. LeFiles teaches two classes of business math and three of general biology. After weeks of hard work, Edsel Copeland presents his biology project to the class in ten minutes. Students are familiar with the smile that precedes one of MR. WILLIAM E. DAVIS' famous maxims. At Auburn University Mr. Davis received his B.S. in education and his M.S. in education with em- phasis on science, school administration, and phys- ical education. He teaches four classes of physics, one of P.E., and coaches the girls' basketball team. 19

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Popularity of Languages MR. THOMAS G. HARDING, JR., Spanish I and II teacher, points out homework errors to Trudy Hinshaw, Spanish II student. Mr. Harding attend- ed the University of Alabama where he received his A.B. in public communications relations and management. French records provide varied listen- ing experiences for MRS. CLYDE E. CONNELL'S French classes. Mrs. Con- nell received her B.A. in English and in French at VSC. She also attended Mercer University, the University of Georgia, and Vanderbilt University. 21