Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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Class Assembles New Experiment Kits Silicon Slab for Solar Cell — Honors science students Ernest Logemann and Shirley Xorris, right, direct Robert Armstrong as he grinds a sliver of silicon. Three Bottles are Enough — Michael Viar and Waugh Crigler collect oxygen for experimentation purposes during chemistry lab. Supplementing the three weeks’ study of advanced physics were the new Bell Telephone experiment kits for honors science class. Sep- arated into three levels of difficulty, these projects explored fields of oscillator construc- tion, silicon solar cell development, and build- ing a synthetic speech apparatus. 18

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Departments Initiate Group Instruction Gulliver’s Travels? — Marvin Capano applies finishing touches to his history project, Spirit of St. Louis, before its first flight. All 109 pupils of the second period study hall took the same three courses — Mr. Andrew Puckett’s Science 8; Miss Joan Mowry’s English 8; and Mr. Roland Clement’s U. S. and Virginia History 8 — the teachers were Famous Virginia Soldiers — Richard Forbes speaks to DAR Chapter on General Edward Stevens, one of the town’s Revolutionary War leaders. able to swap class periods and study hall. By this plan they could present film strips, lec- tures, or administer tests once, instead of three times. Student Lawmakers — Junior Town Council members, Sarah Witten, Walton Jeffress, Rita Haught, Randolph Young, Faye Gulas, Robert Armstrong, Pamela Foan, Collier Cropp, Jane Furgiuele, discuss nominees for chief of police during government class. 17

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Algebra, Trig Merge in New Course Overhead Projection — Mrs. Malcolm Mitchell uses the new projector to emphasize principles in Math 8 class. To provide the intermediate step between contemporary geometry and honors mathe- matics, the department added trig-algebra. College-level trigonometry composed the first semester’s work. Pupils studied inverse functions, identities, and triangular measure- ment. The second term was a composite course. Instructor Mrs. Walter Palmer and math professors of the University of Virginia discussed the areas in which college freshmen have most difficulty. By combining their suggestions and information from several advanced algebra texts, she presented a note study of complex numbers and graphs. New algebra and trigonometry books helped change the emphasis of classes from contempo- rary to modern approach to mathematics. Through aid of the National Defense Educa- tion Act the department purchased an over- head projector to improve classroom compre- hension. With help of the machine, teachers could face class while completing problems or examples on a transparency. The work would immediately appear on front board behind instructor’s back for pupils’ inspection. General fund financed two sets of compasses and meter sticks for students’ use during the various class periods. Complexities of Cosine X — Ann Reaugh copies an intricate trig-algebra problem on the board for class inspection and discussion. Latest Equipment — Charles Seale and Charles Parker work with math department’s new compasses and rulers. 19