Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Left: Lisa Odum takes another look at her assignment even amid the noise and confusion in the cafeteria. Below: Doing geometry isn't an individual effort all the time. Mark Arnold helps Pam Roberts with a troublesome step in a proof. Above: Sigma- Zeta math contestants, Mary Fields, Jeff Willis, J.R. Davis, and Chloe Gentry show their hard-earned trophy. Left: No one does math just in math class. Darlene Smeltzer puts her art¬ work aside and successfully helps Margie Quinn with her algebra assign¬ ment. Math 23

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Problem-Solving Recipe Requires Understanding No one said it would be easy. We believed them and still took the chal¬ lenge. Not many people like to face problems , but we math students had no choice! Those problems seemed to get harder because we had to make up for the lost time caused by foul weather. When we did come back we realized that it was just like returning to school in the fall. We'd forgotten a great deal since Christmas , and with no books at home, it was impossible to study. When the sun scorched us in June, it was hard to remember mathematical operations. We had our minds on sum¬ mer. Left: Concentration is the key to solving calculus equations. If you already know the basic operations from a!! the arithmetic in grade school to all the mathematics that high school can offer, half the battle is behind you. Neil Raines is one for apply¬ ing those basics. Deep in thought, he inspects a problem for what it's worth so he can move one step closer to an answer to the assigned problem. The rise and fail of the New York Stock exchange intrigues Janet Cooley as she studies the columns Analysis class. 22 Math

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Stacey White, a newly licensed driver who has just finished driver's training, proudly places a parking sticker on a friend's car. Greeks Had A Word For It, Ours Is Co-ed And Too Cold For you word buffs, long ago the Greek athletes used to work out and run in the nudel!. The Greek word for naked is gymnos . Therefore, the place where they worked out became known as a gymnasium. It is slightly ironic that our gymnasium was too cold for the phys. ed. students to dress out. Since Christmas we participated in our street clothes. A new addition for us was co-ed physical education. There were varying opinions between the guys and gals as to how well it was accepted and liked, but since we got the new air hockey equipment and TV tennis, who Holding on to the straps of the rings, Becky Tubbs calculates the lo ng Cares ! ? distance from where she is to the floor. 24 Physical Education