Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Miss Margaret Powell Madison College, B.S. Algebra II CARL BARRETT AND WILLIAM Ware, involved in a controversial discussion in advanced math class, escape the world of CHS and delve into the realm of abstract mathe- matical thinking. Miss Rountree, absent from the picture, is letting the students search for themselves to determine their own opinion as to whether Carl or William is correct. Mrs. Barbara Rogers Berea College, B.A. Contemporary Geometry Algebra II Miss Elizabeth Rountree Mary Washington College, B.A. Algebra II, Advanced Senior Math Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry Webb Tri-Hi-Y, sponsor Sophomore Class, sponsor Mrs. Janet Spanagel Duke University, B.A. Contemporary Geometry Algebra I Mathematics 27

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Miss Lucile Murphy Radford College, B.S. Algebra I, General Math I General Math II, Math Survey Mrs. Mary Adams Madison College, B.S. Algebra I, General Math Mr. Herbert Harlow Department Head Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S. University of Virginia, M.Ed. Algebra II Co-ordinator of Secondary Mathematics Deductive Concepts Stressed In Math Curriculum GEOMETRY STUDENTS SPEND A GREAT deal of time proving theorems. Here Linda Pearce is engrossed in her diagram, planning an outline of the statements and reasons for her proof. Under the guidance of the new math supervisor for Chesapeake Schools, Mr. Herbert Harlow, the Math Department placed increased emphasis on “the new math.” Although there is nothing basically new about this math, a new approach was presented. Basic fundamentals were taught to the students much earlier and in a different manner. The general approach to all higher math having been changed, the object of this program is to streamline college preparatory math and to aid all students in a thorough understanding of formerly difficult and preplexing ideas. Again this year a course in Advanced Math is being offered for those students who have mastered all the other preparatory courses. Designed to give the student a basic understanding of certain topics, the course offers calculus, analytical geometry, logic, and abstract systems, as well as other phases of math concepts and study. Included in the math curriculum are the stan- dard courses of algebra, geometry and general math in which a student may gain skills useful in higher math and in everyday life. With increasing emphasis being placed on deduc- tive concepts, the Math Department presents in all of its courses a variety of problems that afford all students the opportunity to think and reason for themselves. Those bound for college will find this “probing” invaluable for higher studies. 26 Mathematics

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Social Studies Link Man’s Past With Present ON CHS ELECTION DAY LINDA SETTLE, a “Johnson girl,” and Christy Mays, a “Goldwater girl,” distribute cam- paign buttons to Donna Brantley, Sandra Arrington, and Jimmy Hawks. “Everyone knows what history is until he begins to think about it.” The idea this sentence brings out challenged the minds of many CHS students. They seized a furthered meaning of the record of man’s past through thought-provoking discussions during and after class, through debates, and through the giving and listening of oral reports. Throughout the year the history teachers endeavored to create an historical consciousness so that students could get a concept of history as not simply events happening in the past. Also, the de partment served as an aid in the development of an understanding of the political, economic, and social world. U.S. History and Government students grasped a deeper understanding of their country’s democratic government, society make-up, and heritage of the past. World Geography students gained a knowledge of the interdependence of nations in respect to dis- tribution of resources, of the intense impact of the industrial and democratic revolutions on all sections of the earth, and of each people’s unique culture. World history, revealed as a dynamic drama in which every man has a role, disclosed man’s successes and failures through the centuries and linked the past, present, and future as being one. The Humanities, with its new teacher, Mr. Bowman, enriched its students by an explanation of man’s quest for “the Good, the True, and the Beautiful.” Mr. Lewis Gwin The Pennsylvania State University, B.S. U. S. History, World History Senior Class Play, director Festival Play, director Thespian Troupe, sponsor Dramatic Club, sponsor Mr. Ernest Howard Richmond Professional Institute, B.S. Geography Varsity Basketball, coach J.V. Football, coach Golf Team, coach Dick Shea Hi-Y, sponsor Mr. Anthony Mancuso Department Head George Washington University, B.A. College of William and Mary, M.Ed. U.S. History 28 Social Studies