JEB Stuart High School - Sabre Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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23 □ mathematics Buzz. Swap! Buzz. Swap! With a triumphant smile the executioner adds another victim to the pile of broken bodies and chalks up another minute of released class time. Capt. Rice, leader of the most vicious fly exterminating group in America, gives his Advanced Calculus students another lesson in applied mathematics—counting the number of dead flies, multiplying that number by one minute, and subtracting this from the length of the period. However, this teaching mechanism is not part of the usual “new math” program, which has offered teachers a new method of teaching math. As the SMSG (Student Mathematics Study Group) courses entered their third year at Stuart, the strangeness of this new approach began to wear off. Students no longer blindly memorized formulas and theorems for they began to understand the reasons behind the processes they employed. Students also realized that these courses stressed the information which will be most vital in college mathematics. Now kiddies. Maury Cralle Algebra I: Freshman Class. Ride Club Robert E. Davis Algebra II; Functions Clinton DeVier General Math: Football, Photo Club Janice Garrison Algebra I. II: National Honor Society Algebra I Louise Matney General Math: Hi-Pi Math Club Herbert P. Rice Analysis; Calculus; Functions: Key Club Jean L’phoff Algebra I, II: Pep Club Kenneth Whoolery Functions; General Math Consumer Math: Geometry Elizabeth Harvey Algebra I; Geometry Florence Holdt Algebra I; Geometry Mr. Strutton mathematically inducts. Captain Rice (peasant laborer). FACULTY

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FACULTY □ 22 JohruEjyjJi Spaffoh IIj Spanish Cl Mrs. Antieau conjugates, Myra Bradley French I. II Ona Mae Antieau English I; Latin I, II Latin Club Language Department Head: Mr. Lynn Catherine Condit French I, III: French Club, French National Honor Society Edith Henry Spanish I, II: Spanish Honor Society Mary Barrett Latin II. III. IV: Latin Club. Junior Class FOREIGN LANGUAGES Strange new sounds issued forth from the language department this year as the Russians invaded J.E.B. Stuart in the form of ALM Russian I. Teaching this audio-lingual delight is the effervescent Mr. Lynn, who returned to his post as head of the language department. Bolstered by the return of that Francophile, Mrs. Vivien Sulpice, this department continued to convert typical American teenagers into accomplished linguists. The ALM series is now well established at our school and employed in all of our foreign dialects except Latin. Early criticisms of this method of teaching were that it was tiresome and boring, but Stuart’s students have patterned their brain waves to respond to the silent whirr of a tape recorder. Comments one ALM student, “The course is really very interesting. Nothing is repetitious . . . nothing is repetitious . . . nothing is repetitious . . Francis Lynn French II; Russian I: National Honor Society, Russian Club Margarita Newman Spanish I, II: Spanish Club Vivien Sulpice French II. Ill Anne Sween German I, II, III. IV’: German Club James Ward French II, IV, V: French National Honor Society Shirley Wilson English II; Spanish II: Tri Hi Y

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FACULTY □ 24 “ wield a hefty back hand!” cautions Miss Shughrou. Mrs. Bey in lectures, “Class, this is a plant. “Fifty-three ways to describe an ordinary candle! And all I can think of is that it ' s round, it burns, and melts wax.” These lamentations might come, not from an exasperated creative writing scholar, but from any Chem-Study student faced with his first lab experiment. Chem-Study, together with BSCS Biology and PSSC Physics, de- emphasizes memorization: instead concentrates on basic scientific principles anil concepts. These courses practice the learn-by-doing techniques. Students spend approximately 60% of their class time laboring in a labyrinth of equipment. Experiments involve principles not yet covered, thus stimulating individual thought. The department, headed by Miss Shughrou, still offers some traditional science courses, however. Earth Science remains an interesting introduction to the study of the universe. Regular Chemistry and Biology are also offered, although they are gradually being replaced by the newer courses—Chem Study and BSCS Biology. SCIENCES Leslie Benton Chemistry: Radio and Electronics Club Shirley Beym Biology Frank Cataldo Chemistry Lyle Conrad Biology: Gym Club Luther McQuain Biology; Guidance; Sophomore Class Nelle Shughrou Physics: Science Club Myrne Steele Biology: F.T.A. Roberta St oney Earth Science: Physics Thomas Woody Earth Science