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

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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

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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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Two history teachers leave a classroom long enough to pose for the CAVALIER photographer. Mrs. Fonda Mae Boatwright (sociology and world history) backs up (literally) Mr. Richard Pruitt (freshman history). As Mr. Jesse Gusler points to the map, he seems to be saying in modern lingo, “This is the country that WAS, prior to World War I, that is.” Students Relive SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT Front Row: Mr. Robert Mitch- ell. Second Row: Mr. William Olson, Mrs. Polly Temple. Third Row: Mr. Robert Magill, Mr. William Gooch. Fourth Row: Mr. Marion Ward, Mr. Jesse Gusler. Fifth Row: Mr. Vincent Oglesby, Mr. Son- ny Wall. Back Row: Mr. Douglas Shepherd, Mr. Herold Flynn. Tires had an unusual significance at GW in the fall of ’66, not only in the parking lots but even in the classroom. Appearance of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Gompany in the Danville area had an immediate im- pact on the Soeial Sciences department at GW. This nationwide firm made available to George Washington the News Screen Digest, a 20-minute monthly newsreel on current events. With the addition of Mr. Robert Magill and Mr. Herold Flynn, plus Mr. William Shep- herd (in Special Education, a division of this department), Social Studies courses at George Washington are being taught by twelve men and by only two women ... a far cry from yesteryear’s female predominance. Again this year te.xtbook adoption time came to the Social Science Department. To assist Mr. Stuart Wheatley in discharging his responsibilities to the State Te.xtbook Commission, members of the department evaluated texts this fall. Choosing from numbers of books, they selected texts to be used by GWites for the next six years. 32