George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Teachers try new Above left: Ah, come on, you can do better than that, claims Mr. Holt in exas¬ peration. Above right: Hanging from Mr. Ring ' s ceiling is a geometric creation by Donna Kittrell. Opposite top right: Capt. Gallaher ends his day by grading some test papers. Opposite below left: A complex geometrical figure done in one of the proj¬ ects in Mr. Rings 4th period class. Opposite below right: Mr. Branscome shuffles through his files looking for some papers. In the interest of defeating boredom, some teachers in the Mathematics department employed unconventional means to demon¬ strate and explain mathematical formulas and ideas. There ' s more to math than just what ' s found in the text, stated Mr. Jeffrey Ring, who used math history widely in his algebra classes. Many of the worksheets used came from texts one hundred to four thousand years old. Mr. Ring was proud of his claim to having the best collection of puzzles, games and mathematical diversions of any teacher in the county. For the student with an interest in the technological aspects of mathe¬ matics, a computer programming course was taught by Mr. Paris Rasnic. It was hoped that the expe¬ rience would be helpful as prepara¬ tion especially for the college bound student. The loss of one of its first faculty members will be an unfortunate one for the department and the school. Captain Antone Gallaher, who has been teaching at Marshall since its opening in 1964 planned to retire to the West Coast after many years of teaching service. Asked about his observations of the typical Marshall student he said they are better in every sense - academically, athletically, socially, and morally. He attributed the fact that classes were more interesting because students themselves were more in¬ teresting. The thought appeared to be mutual, as evidenced by one student ' s comment, He ' s the best teacher in the school. 118

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Application of the ory stressed “Based on Dr. Bolton ' s study of DNA, we are 4% fish, 10% mouse, and 99% chimpanzee. You might have heard this if you took Biology, one of many Science courses of¬ fered, including Earth Science, Chemistry, Chem. Study, and Phys¬ ics. Applying these studies to day- to-day life was an important part of the program. Students had a chance to apply their knowledge of astronomical oc¬ curences, especially, with the ap¬ pearance of the comet, Kohoutek. There was also an astronomy club, sponsored by Mr. Kent Logan, for those with a special interest in that subject. Rockhounds was another club which aided in the extension and development of student inter¬ est; polishing, and making jewelry out of stones was the main project of members. In the laboratory sciences, classes experienced the techniques used in standard scientific procedures, and gained first-hand knowledge of fact and theory. 120