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

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Square Roots Rectangles, HELPFUL COMMENTS FROM an irv terested teacher lighten the burden of factoring a polynomial expression. Mrs. Marie Gilliam provides the -hints. John Bruce wisely puts them to practical use. EVEN GEOMETRY CAN have pleasurable lectures! Students, yvhen greeted with the bright, cheerful visage of Mrs. Joy Howard, tackle challenging (at times impossible) problems with less apprehension. WHILE MAKING HIS daily rounds to check the previous night ' s homework, Mr. John Greeson takes his toll. Half a loaf is not quite enough in this instance. 24 AAath

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Administration Encourages Superb Scholastic Achievements RELATING THE HISTORY of his new domain to senior David Bartee, principal E. L. Motley points out the cornerstone which has seen fourteen graduating classes since it was laid in 1955. SCHOOL BOARD in session again! Left to right: Mr. J. R. Denny, Jr.; Mrs. C. J. Schollenbeger; Mr. W. C. Overton, director of instructions; Mr. Ernest Baxa, administrative assistant; Mr. O. T. Bonner, superintendent; Mr. Townes Lea, chairman; Dr. Alden Whitmore, general supervisor; Mr. Earle Garrett; Dr. J. D. Beale and Mr. Leonard Thompson. WITH A NEW SEMESTER beginning the anticipated line of students foi schedule changes forms in the li brary. Mr. Guy Yeatts and Mr. E. L Motley assume roles as counselors Administration 23

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Engage Efforts of Professional Instructors Math Geniuses The square root of the cosine of angle B ... is a familiar source of stimulation found in the minds of math students. With the help of four- teen competent and experienced teachers, this mental bewilderment each year falls amazingly into order and develops into useful and neces- sary mathematical skills for agile minds. New techniques are always being tried in the Math department in or- der to increase interest and profi- ciency. The addition of new books this year, in several classes, provided added incentive for many of the eager math scholars to gain a better understanding of the subject. Affording an advantage for sen- iors, the trigonometry included in second-year algebra allowed them to take Math 9 and 10 which is a col- lege level course. This class, known as Fundamentals of Freshman Mathe- matics, was planned to give valuable advantages in freshman college work. The interest shown in this advanced course grows each year, to the sat- isfaction of faculty and students. TRIANGLES, SQUARES, RECTANGLES and circles fuse together In the mind of Chris Baker until, with the help of Mr. Earle Hy- ler, the facts and figures are separated and straightened out. Math 25