George Washington Carver Regional High School - Hawk Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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MRS. JOYCE J. TAYLOR B. S. , Hampton Institute English, History, Economic Geography Three Years at Carver MR. SIMON P. POOLE B. A. , St. Augustine’s College North Carolina College History Four Years at Carver Economic Geography, introduced in 1952, gives the student a background of geo- graphic knowledge, making his study of world civilization, his own national history and current world problems more intelligible. It helps the students to see how the lives of the peoples of the world are influenced by the geography of the area in which they live. The student gains an understanding of the work and workers of the world by the study of occupational opportunities in various parts of the world. An Economic Geography class uses the map and globe to help them with the geographic location of China. In this class much work is done with maps, globes and reference books in order to accomplish the things mentioned above.

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MR. CALVIN H. FINLAY B. S. , St. Paul ' s Polytechnic Institute Social Studies Vice -Principal, Scholarship Committee, Advisory Council Ten Years at Carver MISS H. PAULINE REAVIS B. S. , Hampton Institute Government, Economics, World History Student Council, Pep Club Two Years at Carver The Economics course, added to the curriculum in 1953, educates the consumer. Students in this course learn how to make better choices when they purchase goods, thereby enabling them to become wiser buyers in the adult world. The course also acquaints the consumer with the many new goods that are being produced, explaining the quality and uses of the goods. The system of government which influences consumers, the principles and factors that influence buying, the protection that consumers have — these, too, are emphasized in Economics. Here the students in Eco- nomics are discussing con sumer finance.

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MR. JAMES AVERY R. S. , St. Augustine ' s College Mathematics Scholarship Committee Four Years at Carver MR. ALBERT WALLACE B. S. , St. Augustine’s College Algebra I, Plane Geometry Advanced Mathematics Three Years at Carver Surveyors make the measurements and lay out the lines for such projects as mapping land, subdivision of a piece of land for real estate development purposes, construction of highways or railroads, water systems, oil pipe lines and the construction of bridges, large structures, and even of small buildings when a maximum of accuracy of location, size and level is desired. A class in Advanced Mathematics, taught by Mr. A. L. Wallace, is working on a unit of trigonometry. The principal tools of a surveyor are the transit, rods, steel tape, and mark- ers. Training in surveying presupposes knowledge of trigonometry.