Glynn Academy - High Tide Yearbook (Brunswick, GA)

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Plague Students MR. JAMES C. GUSSETT BS in F.E, U. S. Navel Aradcmy; MF.d, Univrraiiy ■ ( Cincinnali; Yah; I 'nivc-raity; Duke L'nivrraity; Algrbra II and Ccomrlry; Spomor oI Ili Y and Chccrlradera. MRS. CAROLYN I WII.IJS BA. Winlhrop Ciiilr||c; Gcuunliy.

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Wayward Relationships and Improper Fractions Mathematics has always drawn the attention of thought- ful men. The French philosopher Rene Descartes, inventor of analytic geometry, and the poet Omar Khayyam, mathe- matician at the royal court of Persia, may have had little else in common, but the reflective natures of both men led them into the study of mathematics. At Glynn Academy the student learns to appreciate the beauty of the number system as well as the practical value of mathematics. Students gain an understanding of the nature and application of mathematics absolutely necessary in to- day’s world. The exceptionally thorough and comprehensive mathematics program at Glynn Academy is justly famed. Far from being only an unpleasant necessity, mathematics ranks high on the list of student interests, as shown by the large number of students participating in the annual math contest. MR. OREN D. LUNSFORD MEd, University of Ceorgia; Algebra II. MISS BEULAH LOTT AB, Randolph Macon Women' College; AM, Columbia University; Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry; Calculus; Co-Sponsor of Math Club; Head of Math Department. MR. VERNON M. WRIGHT AB, Middlebury College; University of Southern California; University of Georgia; Algebra I and Ceneral Math II.

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MISS BERNICE TRACY AB. Shorter College; MS. Cnirrraity of Georgia; Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry; Co-Sponsor of Math Club; Guidance Testing Program; Graduation atagea. Varied Figures Appear Some students leave their first college math class feeling like the wreck of the Hesperus. Graduates of some high schools go through life with the suspicion that the grocery clerk is short-changing them. Glynn Academy students count them- selves lucky that they do not have to deal with such feelings of insecurity. Fortunately, their mathematics department pro- vides an excellent background in all phases of mathematics for both college courses and the problems of everyday life. This knowledge is increasingly necessary in a world that lives more and more by the slide rule. Teachers who can convey the fascinating relationship be- tween the number system’s abstract operations and the real world which depends on those operations keep math classes from being dull. Mathematics teaches many valuable lessons in precision and discipline, including how not to become overemotional if one lamentably neglects to multiply by four and misses all of a one-problem test. MRS. FAYE A. ADAMS MR. HARRY A. CLARK BS. Groigii Southern; MS, Unirmity of Georgia; Algebra I and II. BS, Georgia Southern College; Algebra; General Math II. 26