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

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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.

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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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MRS. CARRIE MICHIE B. S. , M. S. , Virginia State College University of Virginia Mathematics and Algebra Advisory Council, Scholarship Committee, Vice-Principal Twelve Years at Carver MR. BOBBY CROSSLING B. S. , St. Augustine’s College General Mathematics Football and Baseball Coach Two Years at Carver Classes in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry here at Carver High School have grown from year to year. The school ' s enrollment has been one of ever increasing numbers. Students are encouraged to understand and appreciate the application of mathematics to problems of human progress as the basis of modern technology and improved standards of living. Audio-visual aids, among which may be found metric charts, meter sticks, slide rules, transit, blackboard compasses, and protractors, offer concrete opportunities for progress not given to the early graduates of this school. The study of mathematics should promote for all youth the behaviors of thrift and consumer judgment which lead to financial security and social competence. The arithmetic classes attempt to master the fundamentals but make many applica- tions using the knowledge gained to solve problems found in the home, the market, the bank, etc. Algebra classes broaden and strengthen the fundamental concepts developed in arithmetic and gradually make the transition to a workable transition of the terminology, notation, and symbolism of algebra.