Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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A sure attention getter is the United States budget. Mrs. Friel uses federal income and expenditures as the subject matter for a Math IIA lesson in circle graphs. Mrs. Edna A. Friel, B.A., Bridgewater College, Uni- versity of Virginiag Math llAg Sophomore Class Sponsor. Mrs. Margaret F. Ives, B.A., Lynchburg College, Richmond Professional ln- stitutej Math I. Mrs. Edith W. Noel, B.A., Mary Washington Collegep Algebra l, Commercial Math. I A trip to the blackboard is a sure way to determine how much a student knows. Mrs. Curt- M man maintains an attitude of smiling tolerance to ease any embarrassment that a lack of proficiency might produce.

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Instructors Emphasize athematical Reasoning Today it is no longer enough for a student simply to be able to do problems in a math book. He must learn, and be able to apply, mathematical principles. Therefore, teaching students to reason mathematical- ly has become a primary goal of all the instructors in the math department. Choosing from courses rang- ing from the arithmetical to the theoretical, CHS stu- dents must earn at least three units in mathematics. For the general or commercial students the cur- riculum includes two years of general, diversified math plus one year of either senior or commercial math. The college preparatory, liberal arts track in- cludes either one or two years of general mathematics, two years of algebra and one year of plane geometry. It the student seeks a college preparatory, technical diploma, he must take, in addition to the liberal arts requirements, the advanced math class which includes both solid geometry and trigonometry. Maude E. Mahoney, B.A., Westhampton College, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Head of the Department, Plane and Solid Geometry, Ad- vanced Mathematics, Cafe- teria Manager. Mrs. Louise V. Curfmon, B.S., Longwood College, University of Florida, Al- gebra ll, Math I, Future Teachers of America. Using an overhead projector Mrs Noel illustrates the order of magnitude of integers on a uniformly numbered scale ,Q X W4 W f Miss Mahoney explains the mysteries of a trigonometric equation to an advanced math class.

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Mrs. Mary P. Pitman, B.S., Madison College, Univer- sity of Maryland, College of William and Maryg Harriet C. Hepler, B.S., M.S., Richmond Profes- sional Institute, University of Tennesseep General Head of Departmentg Bi- Science ll. ologyg Science Fair, At- tendance Records. Current Scientitic Emphasis Stimulates Student Interest William l.. Jordan, B.S., College of William and Mary, University of Vir- ginia, Madison College, Science I. 30 No part of an experiment is unimportant. The success of a complicated experiment may depend upon correctly performing its most simple operation. Mr. Metz demon- strates the proper procedure of stirring a high density liquid as Paul Linkenhoker pays close attention.