Admiral Farragut Academy - Buccaneer Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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DEPARTMENT OE MATHEMATICS MESSRS. WEEKS, POWELL, LAHN, NILES, HILL A minimum of two units in mathematics is required of each cadet before he is eligible for the certificate of completion or the diploma. The Academy places great stress on the importance of basic mathematics instruction. Pracf tical work periods are held regularly to insure complete familiarization of the cadet with the many phases of the subject. Algebra I: Elementary. In this course some time is spent in acquainting the cadet with algebraic technique. There is a thorough study of the use of letters, formulae of mensuration and business, simple equations and problems based on them, graphs, with special attention to the significance of signed numbers. On this ground work are built the laws of the fundamental opera' tions: the study of equations of the Hrst degree in one and two unknowns, with the graphs of these equations, special products and factoring, fractions and fractional equations, ratio, proporf tion and variation, exponents and radicals, and numerical trigonometry. Quadratics are touched upon. Text: Betz, Algebra for Today. Algebra II: Intermediate. This course in Algebra consists of a brief but intensive review of Elementary Algebra followed by further study of the nature of quantities, all types of quadratic equations, derivation of the binomial theorem, progressions, theory and practical use of common and natural logarithms and an introduction of the trigonometry of the right triangle. The practical work of this course comprises a wide application of algebraic principles in elementary problems dealing with physics, chemistry, finances, and engineering. Text: Betz, Algebra for Today-Znd Course. Plane Geometry. A thorough grounding is given in the standard theorems and constructions required by the College Entrance Examination Board. The course naturally divides into the study of rectilinear figures, circles, areas and proportions, similar polygons, regular polygons, and their circles, inequalities, construction, and loci. A short study of variables, constants, and limits is included. Text: Strader and Rhoads, Plane Geometry. Solid Geometry. This subject covers the extension of geometric principles to solids and the properties of lines and planes in space. The study includes polyhedral angles, projections, measf urement of areas and volumes of parallelopipeds, prisms and cylinders, pyramids and cones, prisma- toids, frustrums of pyramids and cones, spheres, spherical angles, triangles and polygons, loci and the application of the theory of limits. The practical work covers extensive measurement of areas and capacities. Text: Wentworth and Smith, Solid Geometry. PAGE THIRT'Y'ONE

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DEPARTMENT CE LATIN MR. Pownu. Latin I: Elementary. A first year course for beginners in the Latin Language. Grammar, sentence structure and the essential facts of syntax are studied. A thorough study of the declenf sions and conjugations. Short, easy sentences from and to Latin. In the second semester the reading of easy prose selections. Text: Smith, Elementary Latin. Latin H: Translation of Caesar's Gallic Wars. Continued study of forms and syntax: com' position. As time permits, easy selections from Aulus Gellius, Eutropius, Nepos, and other prose writers. Preparation for C.E.E.B. Cp2 examination. Text: Kelsey, Caesar's Commentaries, Barss, Writing Latin-Book One. Latin HI: Latin prose writers. Translation of at least four of the orations of Cicero, including those against Cataline, and Verres and on the Manilian Law. Latin prose composition. In the second semester, readings from Pliny, Sallust, and Livy. Preparation for the C.E.E.B. Cp3 examination fprose authors and compositionj. Given in alternate years. Text: Wedeck, Third Tear Latin: Barss, Writing Latin-Book Two. Latin IV: Latin poetry. Selections from Vergil's Aeneicl and as time permits, the course will include portions of Cvid's Metamorplioses and the Fasti or from other poets. Composition. Prep' aration for the C.E.E.B. Cp3 examination fpoets and compositionj. Given in alternate years. DEPARTMENT CE SCIENCE MEssRs. WEEKS, FAHS Chemistry The Course in Chemistry is based on the requirements of the College Entrance Examination Board and includes individual laboratory experiments with class discussions of procedures and results. A great many practical numerical problems on gas laws, weights and volumes of prod' ucts, of reactions, and determination of formulas of compounds are studied and solved. Stress is laid on the learning and balancing of chemical equations. Modern theories of chemical action and the atom are thoroughly discussed. Eree discussion is the basis of all class room work. Modern commercial methods of preparing essential chemicals are taken up and the relation of chemistry to modern life is treated extensively. Text: Brownlee, Principles of Chemistry: Brownlee, Laboratory Manual. Physics. The subject of physics is dealt with in the form of lectures, recitations, and individual laboratory experiments. The recitations are more in the nature of discussions of laws, theories, and modern practical problems than in formal questioning. A great many practical, numerical problems are studied and solved in Mechanics, I-Ieat, Electricity, Light, and Sound. The work is so planned that the last weeks of the school year are used for a thorough review of the entire subject. Text: Millikan, Gale E? Pyle, Elements of Pliysicsg Millikan, Laboratory Manual. - Biology. This subject is taught according to the standards specified by the College Entrance Examination Board and, in addition to these requirements, amplifies the fundamental elements of Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Bacteriology, Chemistry of Food, Public Health and Forestation insofar as they are interfrelated to the main subject of Biology. Text: Hunter, Elements of Biology. PAGE 'THIRTT

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SMALL CLASSES WITH INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION Trigonometry. In this course a study is made of the relations of trigonometric functions of angles of any magnitude, goniometry, the solution of the right triangle and of the oblique triangle, with and without logarithms, functional values for the sum and difference of two angles, double angle, and half angle, sum and difference of two sines, two cosines, and two tangents, etc. The cadet is required to memorize the derivation and proof of basic formulae covering the laws of sines, cosines, and tangents. Much practice is given in the evaluation of trigonometric expres' sions, in the solution of trigonometric and exponential equations, and in the handling of identi' ties. There is included the study of circular measure of angles based on radians. Text: Vxfentworth and Smith, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. Comprehensive Mathematics. This course in review mathematics emphasizes the solution of original problems in Algebra and Plane Geometry, besides frequent drills in the fundamental principles. Cadets taking this course must have completed two years of Algebra and one of Plane Geometry. Examples from former U. S. Military, Naval and Coast Guard Academy, the College Entrance Board and Regents' examinations furnish material for study and class work. Work books in Algebra and Geometry furnish supplementary drills in fundamentals and aid in correcting false or inaccurate conceptions. The slide rule is used as a check on numerical calculations. Text: C.E.B. Co., Exercises in Intermediate Algebrag Globe Book Co., Modern Exercises in Geometry. PAGE THIRT'YfTWO