Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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MRS. CLYDE CONNELL MRS. A. C. WISENBAKER Yvonne Hall, junior, and Linda Gunter, sophomore, prac- tice French by taking the parts of puppeteers at the Theatre De Guignol. 27 MRS. DARRYL BLOODWORTH

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. . . STRESSING PROPER ENUNCIATION MRS. EARL CUNNINGHAM Puckered lips . . . stretched jaws ... open mouths .. . and quivering vocal cords—characterized VHS language and chorus students as they struggled for proper enunciation. While classes in French, Spanish, and Latin strove to pro- nounce the tonal intricacies of les cerises flambes, los eerieq tortillas, and ab ova ad malum, chorus students concerned themselves with correctly articulating vowel and consonant sounds in singing. Employing two tape recorders in her French I and II classes, Mrs. Clyde Connell assisted students in the pronunciation of words in French fables, Bible verses, and magazine articles. Although modern Latin is more of a written language than a spoken language, pupils of Mrs. A. C. Wisenbaker matched the efforts in oral exercises of Spanish students under Mrs. Darryl Bloodworth. Choral students, directed by Mrs. Earl Cunningham, spent many hours practicing the words of songs so that they could be understood by the audience. Learning to mispronounce” such words as again and heaven for the sake of rhyme, the singers perfected their intonation for chapel programs. “Do Ra Me Fa ..., sing Ann Weeks, Kay Stone, Debbie Rogers, Wanda O’Quinn, and Starr Runyan.

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. . CORRELATING STUDENT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS Like a montage, with its total effect determined by the background, commercial courses at Valdosta High School are related to Valdosta, a South Georgia city with a population of 35,000. Industrial, commercial, and service organizations serving this community include a paper mill, a garment factory, a metal products plant, a large naval stores processing business, a United States Air Force Training Base, an area hospital, and numerous department stores, shops, and offices. To furnish a continuous supply of trained help for these firms, commercial classes at VHS offer courses in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, business English, business math. Distributive Education, and Diversified Cooperative Training. Students who do not plan to attend college usually take most of these subjects. Others may elect to enter the DE program, which offers opportunities for working in trade or service type businesses, as a basis for future college study of specialized com- mercial or business administrative fields. But whatever the student’s primary goals may be, the commercial classes make it possible for him—or her—to fit into the throbbing business life of the town. Both DE and DCT give technical and on-the-job training. Students enrolled in these classes leave school at noon and fan out into the city to work as clerks, typists, stenographers, nurses aides, projec- tionists, and mechanics. They learn the needs of their community and at the same time earn money. Deborah Hall suggests to Mrs. Viola Shroyer, Perfumed soap is an excellent birthday gift.” Deborah, a senior DE student, works at C.C. Varnedoe and Company. 28