William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Variety of Languages Popular P. Flick, W. Crist, and C. Riley practice Spanish with the aid of Mrs. Patterson and the tape recorder. Scraping of chalk can be heard as students struggle to write conjugations on the blackboard. The Latin class explores Caesar's three parts of Gaul, while those taking Spanish learn the language of our Southern neighbors. One entering a French class would probably hear conversations in French with a slight American accent. B. Adkins, S. Brammer, C. Weddle, and N. Windley, enjoy acting out Macbeth in their senior English Class. 23 Mrs. Gustin helps her Latin students strug- gle through their first verb conjugations.

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Preparation for the Business World johnny Le Noir solves a problem in business math class. Learn your brief forms, says Mrs. Brown to her first year shorthand class while Miss Iames listens to the click, click, click, of the typewriter keys as the would be stenographers transcribe their notes. Besides typ- ing and shorthand, business students are offered bookkeeping, general bus- iness math, and business English. A few fortunate students are able to take V.O.T. and work half the day in a business office. New this year is the D.E. course where the students work in a department store. Miss Bates gives a student instructions in using the typewriter. 'D' . :Edin

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,...f Social Studies Key to the Past ln exploring the past andpresentnnil in find- ing out the how and why of history, lflem- ing offers a hetero- genous course in social studies. Also avail- alwle to students are world history and geo- graphy, along with the requiretl American his- tory anti government. I-fit, N Members of geography class locate countries ' luded in their reports. C inc Mrs. Jessee's government class meets Congressman Richard Poff, Represent tative from Virginia's Sixth District. Students shown are A. Edwards, J. Robertson, E. Clark, and L. Evans. In American history class, D. Wells, B. Hancock, J. Sink, Miss Walton, J. Bush, and D. Layman ad- mire their White House .