George Wythe High School - Chancellor Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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40 Joseph Cordle B.S., University of Richmond Elizabeth McKeown B.A., Winthrop College Mrs. Patsy Pike B.S., Woman's College, University of North Carolina Leo Rogan B.S., Guilford College Mrs. Agnes Showalter B.S., Madison College Mrs. Helen Walter B.A., Emory University John Wheatley B.A., Duke University Mrs. Anne Bryant, Head of Department B.S., M.A., University of Minnesota Tommy Nance, Wayne Scearce, and Law- rence Grunewald, in Senior Physics, increase their knowledge as they experiment to lo- cate the focal point of a concave mirror. 7.

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History Department Educational TV Presents Newer Teaching Method Members of the History Department instituted new concepts in teaching to encourage individual efforts toward a diversified education. Through ed- ucational television and a senior honors government class, students were given a better understanding of historic events, current world problems, and prin- cipal government ‘procedures. Educational televi- sion exposed students to an up-dated teaching process. Instructors of ETV were specifically trained in precise areas. Subjects were offered twice a week in group classes to achieve uniformity in pres- entation of material. The honors government class rendered exceptional students a better opportunity for self-expression. Those participating in debates and seminar discussions probed into the problems relating to elections in the United States and crises of the world. Through installation of modernized courses, the History Department brought a greater meaning to the education. Wir, a ‘ . | ier é OOS BEER SDSL LBD i RRO Mr. Charles Kahl, president of George Wythe's PTA, dis- cusses Virginia politics for 1964 with government classes. - yy yon Je 39

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Science Department eS. Courses Give Chancellors Challenge in the Sciences Highlights in the Science Department curriculum were new and provocative courses. Advanced Place- ment Chemistry gave fourteen students the oppor- tunity to experiment on the college level. George Wythe also became one of seventy schools in the nation to offer Earth Science, a course consisting entirely of independent student experimentation. Under the instruction of Mr. George Mader and Mr. Leo Rogan, superior pupils conducted experi- ments in BSCS Biology and advanced physics after school. An intensitied emphasis was placed upon student initiative. A semester of creativity culminated with the Science Open House featuring outstanding proj- ects. A weather station operated solely by science students was further illustrative of this increased emphasis. Climaxing the year was the Junior Academy of Science, which met in Richmond. Those scientific Chancellors chosen to attend left the conference with a lasting impression of the power of reasoning. | ee David Shores, Susan Buchanan, and Elsie Caldwell diligently Preparing to set up a titrating burette in the lab, David Ham- measure the earth's magnetic field in Earth Science class. ill carefully considers the apparatus from all angles. 4|