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

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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

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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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to Plunge into a Fascinating Wonderland In forming oxygen over water, Kathy Walton applies balancing techniques employed by all who have ever participated in a messy chemistry lab. MRS. PHYLLIS BUTTS Chemistry and Science Lj j MISS FRANCES HURT Chemistry MISS DOROTHY J. O’DELL MRS. NANCY V. FIRESTONE Biology Science and Biology Despite some of the more dreaded aspects of the Science Department (biology before lunch, the jitters while pouring HCl acid, and the con¬ sequences of wrecking the most simple of physics labs), students occasionally managed to surprise teachers with a fleeting show of a little knowledge gained. Freshman started out v ith a jolt into the big bright world of science when they discovered some of the fundamentals in the combined physics- chemistry course. Then, if lucky, they progressed into biology, weak stomachs and all, learning about populations, succession, and the dis¬ section of frogs. Now thoroughly supplied with background, our scholars were ready for chemistry and possibly physics, both advanced courses for the scientific student. Chemistry this year offered a choice of the mathematical aspects or the more down-to-earth” side of chemistry. In physics students recalled the horrors of vectors and miles of graphs. Sprinkled through students’ studies, films provided a large amount of understanding by seeing. A major goal for both teachers and students was the annual science fair, sometimes a major disappointment when a teacher discovered that her students decided to write papers instead of entering projects. All and all, those individuals involved in the Science Department tucked their knowledge and memories away, marking their experiences as worthwhile and quite ready to go through it all again. MRS. ALICE COULTER Physics