Annandale High School - Antenna Yearbook (Annandale, VA)

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BUSINESS Mrs. Shirley T. Dixon graduated from Madi¬ son College with a B.S. degree. She fills her after - school hours with cooking and sew¬ ing. She was a student teacher at Annandale last year. A graduate of Colorado State College where she received both her B.A. and M.A., Mrs. Beatrice H. Frutchey works with V.O.T. She has done graduate work at Ohio State. When she finds spare time, she travels. Mr. Charles . Good graduated from Madi¬ son College. He teaches bookkeeping and Typ¬ ing I. Mr. Howard H. Stevens, who teaches typing, graduated from Ober- lin College. He enjoys bowling and belongs to a fairly normal family. In addition to receiv¬ ing his B.S. from R.P.I., Air. Thomas Todd has done graduate work at four other universities. He is director of our D.E. department and enjoys golfing. BUSINESS Business courses are taken by our future clerical work¬ ers and college-bound students who wish to make their work easier. The dedication of our faculty and the variety of courses do much to relieve the panic and b ewilderment of an AHS graduate on the first day of an office job. Caught in the act! Mrs. Woodson is a favorite of each year’s senior class. Miss Dora Wilson, a Radford College gradu¬ ate, teaches general business as well as typing. She taught at Windsor and worked for the government be¬ fore joining us at AHS. She enjoys bowling. Mrs. Garland Woodson, who teaches notehand and typing, has studied at Mary Washington College and at U. Va. She is always ready with helpful advice for her students. FACULTY 27

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SCIEN Mr. Richard Ailstock, who enjoys field work in biology, is teaching his students the many wonders of this science. In addition to studying at the U. of Virginia, he has attended Yale. Mr. Walter Bugin, who teaches Chem Study, holds a B.A. and an M.A. from West Vir¬ ginia University. Air. Robert L. Figgers, who teaches Earth Science and Physics, has studied at W L Uni¬ versity and at U. of Virginia. He enjoys woodworking and fish¬ ing. Air. Charles R. Heinz, who has studied at South Illinois U., U. of Illinois, U. of Mary¬ land, and Earlham Col¬ lege, teaches biology. To qualify for a doctorate, he teaches a bio-chemistry class. Mrs. Peggy Jeanne Jar¬ man is in her first year at AHS. She is a gradu¬ ate of Madison College with a B.S. and teaches biology. Mrs. Jarman has a pet Venus Fly Trap and enjoys swimming and riding. SCIENCE Our science department is completing a significant change in its curriculum. In 1962 Chem Study was introduced, in 1963 PSSC Physics, and this year BSCS Biology was introduced. What all this means is that the emphasis is moving away from memorized facts and toward experimentation and discovery. AHS science courses are no longer a large body of memorized data, but now use practical application of facts as their basis. The student no longer feels that he is being taught — he feels that he is learning. Air. Harry O. Keller, who teaches biology and P.S., studied at Shepherd College and G.W.U. He is in charge of the audio-visual de¬ partment and enjoys checking under class- men for hall passes. Mrs. Alice Jean Wood, who holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Saint Bonaventure University, is a teacher of Chem Study at AHS. Col. Boleyn works on the complex problem of creating dustless chalk. 26 FACULTY

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MATHEMATICS Col. Julian Abell, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and C o f n e 11 University, teaches Algebra II, and plane and solid geome¬ try. Mrs. Marion Cassedy, who received her B.A. from the University of Mississippi, teaches alge¬ bra and trigonometry. She enjoys playing bridge and reading. A teacher of Algebra I and general math, Mrs. Mary Dyess was edu¬ cated at the University of Chattanooga and George Peabody Col¬ lege. Mr. Robert L. Farris, a graduate of Daniel Baker College, teaches Algebra I and II. His home is a haven for pets of all kinds. He is also interested in gardening and lumber¬ ing. With the introduction of modern” math courses, the focus of Annandale’s mathematics program is moving away from the how” and toward the why”. Interest in higher mathematics is shown by this year’s fifty percent increase in the enrollment of advanced math courses. Teachers are forced to take more courses in the summer to keep up with the increasing educational requests of their students. And here’s my house . . .” And here’s what Mrs. Dyess does when she’s not patroling the cafeteria. Mr. J. F. Moody earned his B.S. at V.M.I. and teaches Algebra I and General Math 9- Mrs. Elizabeth Posey strives to make the complicated study of trigonometry clear to her students. She studied at Southwest Missouri State College and later at Temple University. 28 FACULTY