Washington Lee High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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fiat' 6 l S+anley Book William Brooks Dean Brundage ver' rd, Jane EllioTT George GoeTz Simon Korczowslci VoTers AcTive in Elecfions Since T956-57 was an elecTion year, sTudenTs of boTh GovernmenT and l'lisTory classes were acTive in elecTion proiecTs. Some oT The GovernmenT sTudenTs held highly conTesTed class elecTions. STudenTs held acTual convenTians, campaigns and rallies Tor Their candidaTes. The elecTions were highly compeTiTive and very successTul. OTher sTudenTs acTually assisfed aT The polls on elecTion clay. l-lisTory sTudenTs Travelled To Williamsburg where They viewed The birThplace ol American elecTions. ApproximaTely 400 ArlingTon GovernmenT sTudenTs par'Tic- ipaTed in elecTion acTiviTies. This comprised The largesT number ol sTudenTs in The UniTed STaTes engaged in This Type of acTiviTy. Psychology sTudenTs learn The TundamenTals oT human behavior. This helps Them in geTTing along wiTh oThers ond solving Their problems. Commercial Law and Economics give sTudenTs back- ground inTorrnaTion which will aid Them in college sTudies in The Tields oT Tinance and poliTics. The subiecTs oTTered by The Social STudies DeparTmenT are as varied as The world around us. The Tollowing subiecTs are oTTered: Virginia and UniTed STaTes 6overnmenT and Virginia and UniTed STaTes HisToryg World l'lisTory and World Geography: Commercial Law, Economics and Psychology. These subiecTs carry ouT The purpose oT The Social STudies DeparTmenT which is enabling sTudenTs To be well-adiusTed. well-inTormed ciTizens. .iw 1 T i'1,7:'Y? M iv' ks 7 A 1 1 ff g ETL' ,, ,. C Zig rj,-f ww f .ml ' fe-new 1 HERE AT THE BATTLE oT Sarofogo .... Mr, Dana Tyner during hisTory class as he poinTg To a map oi The Pond explains To Dick Thomas. Karen CurTis, and Paul UniTed STOTGS. 20

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. . . French, German, Lalin, Spanish we 3 ,- .- NANCY GLOVER is busily lrying lo coniugale a verb in her Lalin closs. The Language Deparlmenl is conslanlly lrying lo broaden lhe benelil ol language sludy beyond iusl lullilling a college enlrance reguiremenl, Besides sludyinq lhe basic lunda' menlals ol lhe language, lhe more advanced classes also allempl lo speolc more ol lhe language. Four dillerenl languages are ollered in lhe curriculum. Lalin, Spanish ond French may be sludied lor all lour years. while German is ollered lor only lwo years. The embassies, which are lrequenlly visiled by language sludenls, provide a realislic olmosphere lo supplemenl lhe classroom sludies. There are several clubs and honor socielies associaled wilh lhe Language Deparlmenl, The Junior Classical League and Lalin Honor Sociely are open lo qualified Lalin slu- denls: lhe French Club and French Honor Sociely serve lhe same capacily lor French sludenlst lhe lnlernalionol Club is open lo sludenls ol all languages. One ol lhe goals ol lhe Langu-age Deparlmenl is lhe eslablishing ol a German Honor Sociely. The slandardizalion of admission and aclivilies ol lhe language honor socielies has been a currenl proiecl. Wilh ian eye loward selling up a classroom having recording and lislening equipmenl. lhe Language Deparl- menl wishes lo eslablish a Foreign Language Laboraloryf' Language recordings -and equipmenl would be kepl in lhis laboralory, Washinglon-Lee has a higher percenlage ol language sludenls lhan mosl higheschools. MARY LOTT and Larry Fspenshade dlsplav O llOQ OS lhev auiz lhe Spanish class. Sam Tumrning roises his hand lc answer lhe queslion, Wlwol do lhe slars represenl7