George Washington High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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Student teachers (Miss ' ivian Parsons and Miss Donna Purdy) meet with Coach Sonny W ' all, Mrs. Joy Howard and Dr. Edgar Johnson, student super- isor from Duke Universits’, who seems well pleased with the work of the “new” teachers. Numerous Types of Math Offer Many Challenges M. THEM. TICS DEPARTMENT First Row: Mrs. Bonnie Lindsay, . nne Caraway. Third Row: Miss Evelvn Hair, Miss Vivian Parsons M iss Helen Sue Kent, Miss Jane Powell. Second Row: Mrs. Joy How- (student-teacher), Mrs. Eleanor Pender, Miss Ethel Forehand, Miss ard, Mr. David Hardin, Mr. Richard Bliss, Mr. William Hyler, Miss Nancy Crouse, Mrs. Marie Cilliam. “Hummm . . . perhaps these problems are a bit difficult,’” Mr. Rich- ard Bliss discovers as he tries working algebra problems. 30

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Assisting Miss Ann Ratcliff e, science teacher, in a diabolical experi- ment is mad scientist Ray Smart. With an ever-advancing science curriculum, the mysteries of formulas and chemical elements take on new meaning. Slinkies Reveal Wave Motion to Beware! Mr. Marshall Pender and Mrs. Pa- tricia Wilson (biology specialist) are ap- proaching with an additional supply of microscopes for unsuspecting students who hoped they would have it easy. Physics Students Afraid of goofing up as he dissects his first sting ray, Rodger Cook carefully undertakes his biology experiment with the undivided attention of Miss Betty Lou Jefferson, his teacher. Practicing for their own TV Science program, Mr. George Fritzinger, Mrs. Joyce Lewis, and Mr. Charles Stephenson give the camera man a winning smile during their 5,232nd rehearsal. (Would you believe “second?”) Click it! 29

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to College-bound Student Pointing out an intricate facet of solid geometry to Linda Greason, Miss Ethel Forehand gives the technical facts, while Mr. Dave Har- din smiles his approval. Math, math, math! Up to his neck in geometry problems, Richard Greene ponders over a proof which has perturbed him a little. Adding and subtracting continued to take on new and clearer meaning as the Math Department forged ahead in all facets of the science. This year a new approach to the general math was tried, with the laboratory and experimental method being employed. Emphasis was placed on various measuring devices and on the use of the slide rule. In an effort to meet the needs of students in the advanced math program, a combination course in second-year algebra and trigonometry was included in the curriculum. With this addition, students can now have a full year of introductory mathe- matical analysis in their senior year. Increasing competence on the part of many students has resulted in the establishment of Math 9, a college level course, as a two-semester sub- ject. This flexible course takes full advantage of the remarkable ad- vances which have been made in the mathematics field in the last few years. f