Annandale High School - Antenna Yearbook (Annandale, VA)

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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

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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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Yes, in June I’ll have been teaching for ninety-nine years.” Annandale graduates have found that they received at AHS a thorough preparation for college math. Students are offered such higher math courses as Algebra I and II, Trigonometry, Plane and Solid Geometry, and Math Analysis. This year, for the first time, four seniors are studying calculus. MATHEMATICS Mrs. Francis P. Ramay, who teaches analy¬ sis and trigonometry, studied at Miss. State College for women and the University of Ark¬ ansas. She works with the M.Y.F. in her spare time. Having studied at Emory and Henry Col¬ lege, the University of Virginia, Duke and American Universities, Miss Mary Virginia Robinson guides many sophomores through the maze of Modern Geometry. Aim Bonnie Lee Stid- ley, teacher of Geome¬ try, is a graduate of Madison College, where she received her B.S. Miss Stidley rates bowl¬ ing high on her list of interests. A graduate of East Carolina College, Aim Joan Strickland teaches algebra and general math. Air. Walton, a teacher new to Annandale this year, teaches commerci¬ al math and geometry. He graduated from Bridgewater College and enjoys sports. Besides teaching Physics, the versatile Col. Boleyn also dips his chalk in Algebra I. FACULTY 29