Andrew Lewis High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Salem, VA)

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Fundamentals pencil lead and head scratching. MRS. GERALDINE HARPER Algebra and Math Survey MRS. HAZEL WATERS Geometry and Math MRS. MARTHA DANTZLF.R Algebra, Trigonometry, and Math Analysis Ann Hatcher, pointer in hand, conscientiously attempts to explain the results of a problem to her classmates. MMK1H 27

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MISS MARY JANE MAXWELL MRS. MARGARET M. BAILEY MR. WILKIE W. CHAFFIN Algebra and Math Math Geometry and Algebra Disciples of Math Struggle with Exasperating The splat of the hastily thrown spitball colliding with the ceiling, a rasping voice proclaiming for the 278th time that division by zero is undefined, the busy click of compasses, the sound of protractors broken by desperate students in moments of great stress—all these were heard in math classes. Freshmen succumbed to the enchantment of first year algebra. These astounded students discovered that in most cases 2 + 2—4. Euclid was proclaimed Man of the Year by those taking geometry. Hosts of theorems were proved and hopefully mastered. Juniors tangling with second year algebra experienced many hours of ennui as they elaborated on Algebra I. This calm gave way to the storm and in a flurry of pages and a whirlwind of tests, Mrs. Chick’s disciples sailed through the textbook at break-neck speed and still managed to remain twenty-eight pages behind other Algebra II classes. The confused gaiety and the comparative ease with which students mastered the principles of Algebra II made this course one of the most tolerable of the school year. All was not fun and games, however. Evident in the faces of many students taking higher math was a gloomy note of distress. Advanced algebra, trigonometry, and math analysis proved to be the Waterloo of many seniors, while math survey was initiated for those less ambi¬ tious. Students taking Algebra III learned to their chagrin that in certain mod systems, 2 + 2 4. Agony. Basic truths, taken for granted for eleven years, had to be proved in thirty steps. Cosines, secants, arctans, vec¬ tors, and identities all contributed to headaches for trig-takers as they daily wracked their overwrought brains. Seniors kept a calendar to count the number of days left in math analysis class. Imaginary num¬ bers and foreign symbols had these valiant martyrs weeping over their seventeen-page exam. In spite of muttering and gaimbling, math scholars acquired a bit of organization from their distraught instructors, even though the cry heard incessantly from classrooms was: Oh, no, written problems!” 26 Ken Robey finally deduces a math analysis problem after much paper,

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Challenges in the World of Science Spur Students Labs lose a bit of their fun when budding scientists must face the chaotic result of their session with beakers and test tubes. LAB ASSISTANTS —ROW ONE: Paul Barnett, Ellen Mohler, James Feltner. ROW TWO: Danny Lineberry, Lee Robertson, Marie Slusher. MRS. DAPHNE W. JAMISON Biology MR. RICHARD F. BOWER Science 28