Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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As mid-year examinations grew closer, Advanced Placement English Other members of the class: James Sutherland, back to camera, carried on a brief review session in the infirmary when Holmes Godfrey Cheshire, Mr. James Hopkins, Richard Ward, and Jeb Brown. Morton, in bed, and James Roediger, bathrobe in background, were ill. c GOs Cecil Taylor and Macky McCleary listen to a recording of Hamlet in Student-lecture day in Mr. John Scholl’s English 11: Senior English. Will Thorp conducts discussion of Simon and Garfunkel.

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Sr ell In-class theme writing for Mr. Bert Hudnall’s Sophomore English: Jim Smart, Tommy Thomson, and Cac Hoyle. Mr. Gates DeHart, right, instructs Jerrauld Jones, Tom Goodson, Rocco DiSanto, Collins Doughtie, and Mark Wilkerson in library procedure: English Nine. 28 English Is Literature, Writing, And Research Reorganization was the key theme that characterized the English program this year. Several things strengthened the department. Mr. John Scholl, ’60, joined the faculty to teach junior and senior English courses. At the same time, all junior English courses focused on paralleling the course in American History by emphasizing American literature. In addition, Mr. James Hopkins re-established the Advanced Placement English course. The Advanced Placement English course was an emphasis on accelerated study of literature. Its aim was to enable the advanced English student to forego the usual freshman rhetoric courses required at many colleges. Mr. Bertrand Hudnall continued as a key man in sophomore English courses, and Mr. Gates DeHart served solidly with Freshman English. Both were dedicated to helping underclassmen realize written English as their primary means of communication.

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i cama Rtas: Eastamanmmas TE eam | cece American History in review for Mr. Nathaniel Jobe’s mid-term exam: left row, Steve Johnson, Taylor Putney, Bill Pulley, Steve Sessions, David Russell; center, Bill Bollin, T. Barker Dameron, Tom Speight, World Civilization classroom: Mr. Norman Blake and several students in quiet discussion. Chip Penick; right row, Bill Stuflebeem, Allen Hamblen, and Rice Matthews. Historical Facts, Concepts To Understand The Age Headed by Acting Headmaster William Wyatt, the History Department provided the groundwork for a basic understanding of American heritage, especially for the underclassmen. For the older students, more viable concepts of philosophical and governmental factors contributing to the growth of the world today was the focus. Teaching Early Civilization for freshmen, Mr. Norman Blake presented the material from the point of view of revolutions and ideas, stressing the two factors as essential to a basic comprehension of history. Courses in Modern World History taught by Mr. Ricardo Palomares and Mr. Blake were a broad study of the major trends in historical contribution to modern thought. In helping prepare juniors for the more intricate study of U. S. Government, Mr. Nathaniel Jobe, Mr. Rodney Goggin and Mr. Leroy Atkins taught American History, } i i.