Groveton High School - Tigerama Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Interest in Science Field In this nuclear age, an increase in the mastery of science is vital. To fulfill this necessity, the science department, with Miss Wood serving as chairman, not only offered biology, earth science, chemistry, and physics but also reintroduced general science, directed mainly toward the freshmen. Along with an excellent supply of earth science equipment to aid classroom instruc¬ tion, Oscar, the human skeleton, was placed at the disposal of biology students. In March, the physics classes visited the Possum Point Power Plant on a trip sponsored by VEPCO. On March 29 and 30, three sopho¬ mores, Mary Ann Philips, Bob Larson, and Thomas Barefoot, visited Walter Reed Army Institute of Research under the patronage of the U. S. Army. Bob Jacobs performs a physics experiment with the Bunsen Photometer to determine the candle power of an unknown bulb, using one candle as a standard. Groveton ' s first post-graduate student, Patsy Lowman, examines Oscar, a human skeleton, in her biology class. MR. CHARLES E. BILLAK B.S., West Virginia University General Science Biology Junior Class Sponsor Junior Varsity Football W rest ling Coach F.E.A. MR. GENE T. DEW A. S., Beckley College M.S., University of North Carolina B. A., M.A., Marshall University Physics Earth Science Senior Class Sponsor F.E.A. MR. WILLIAM P. REED JR. B.S.Ed., Concord College Earth Science Biology Radio Club F.E.A. MR. JAMES A: TIPPENS III A. A., B.A., George Washington University Chemistry Biology Chess Club MISS JOSEPHINE WOOD B. S., College of William and Mary Chairman Science Department Biology Honor Council Science-Math Club F.E.A., V.E.A., N.E.A. 29

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High Enrollment Shorn Mr. Callow from National Aeronautics and Space Administration explains phases of Project Mercury to Grovetonites on the day of Col. John Glenn ' s orbital flight. Carol Hospodar feeds the tropical fish in the aquarium set up in the biology lab. Ronny Powell and Norman Bott take a closer look at model space instruments Mr. Callow has been discussing. Mr. Tippens demonstrates the extinguishing effect of CO; from dry ice on lighted candles.

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“Modern Mathematics” Introduced in Reorganization MRS. EVELYN D. BEYER B.S., Ohio State University Plane Geometry F.E.A., V.E.A. ' MRS. JANICE F. HARDY A.B., Madison College Algebra F.E.A., N.E.A. MRS. VE RA F. HRUSOFF B.A., University of California Algebra F.E.A., V.E.A. MRS. NANCY HYLTON B.S., Mary Washington College Algebra F.E.A. MRS. ELEANOR JAMES B.A., College of William and Mary Algebra F.E.A. MR. PETER P. LIWISKI B.S., West Point B.S.Ed., University of Virginia Algebra F.E.A., V.E.A. Set Notation Chart puzzles Algebra II student Joe Grant. 30 With current national interest focused on the necessity for more qualified engineers, physicists, and technicians, Groveton, a potential source of these future mathematicians, reorganized and introduced modern, progressive courses to the Mathematics Department. A new approach was the SMSG” program, experimentally adopted from Stanford University. Consisting of mathematics teachers and representatives of science and technology, the School Mathematics Study Group compiled a new series of textbooks which mirror the recent advances in the field of mathematics. Three trigonometry classes made use of the SMSG” Intermediate Mathematics texts while a fourth trigonometry class and one Algebra II class followed a course in Elementary Functions. These SMSG courses, which place emphasis on theory rather than memorization, lead students to a clearer under¬ standing of the fundamental concepts of mathematics. mr. eric d. McMillan B.S., University of Maine Plane Geometry Golf Team MRS. MARY E. MURRAY B.S., M.S., University of Illinois Algebra National Honor Society F.E.A., V.E.A., N.E.A.’ MRS. MARY ETTA STINE B.A., Marshall College M.A., American University Trigonometry Intermediate Mathematics Functions Solid Geometry A nalysis Science-Math Club