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

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25 □ Miss Roberts. Row 1: Mr. Baker, Miss Roberts, Mrs. Helton. Row 2: Col. doe, Mr. Lambert, Mrs. Redding, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Varner, Mr. Boggess, Col. Kait. Learning “to swim” may not seem very important for school work, but a group of selected juniors did just that this year. These students were enrolled in Stuart’s first Advanced Placement American History course, taught by Miss Roberts. As she explained, the tremendous amounts of research and individual thought thrust upon them at the beginning of the year had the same effect as “throwing them into water without teaching them how to swim.” As evidenced by their achievement on the A.P. exam in the spring, which may award high scorers with up to six hours of college credit. Miss Roberts’ juniors had mastered the sport. American Civilization entered its second encouraging year, augmented by instruction from new-comers, Mr. Pritchard and Mr. Sawyers. U.S. and World History courses saw a number of lively debates, led by Mr. Lambert, a Kentuckian, who enjoys arguing about anything and everything. SOCIAL STUDIES Mr. Irwin. 4 ' ll Mr. Baker: Seventh period. FACULTY

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FACULTY □ 24 SCIENCE ! Miss Shugrou. Row 1: Mrs. Steele, Miss Shugrou, Mrs. Beym. Row 2: Miss McDurmott, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Cataldo, Mr. Benton, Mr. Woody. “Two plus two does not equal four.” What? Chem-Study rooms 237 and 212 are, perhaps, the only places in the world where this is true, as Mr. Benton or Miss McDermott will happily explain. “Two moles of hydrogen plus two moles of oxygen will give you two moles of water.” But the courageous Chemistry student does not let this new concept in arithmetic discourage him, and he successfully plods through the year balancing equations, forming silver nitrate compounds, and lighting candles. With the addition of the new science wing, bigger and better lab equipment was made available. To the regular curriculum of Earth Science, BSCS Biology, and Chem-Study, it was also possible this year to add an Advanced Placement Chemistry class. Although the response was not immense (eight students), Mr. Benton, the instructor, is hopeful that this class will become one of the most popular science courses. Precision work by the human hand. Linder observation. Mrs. Beym and Mrs. Steele: Biology in action

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FACULTY □ 26 DRAMA Splab, and a hapless student slips on splattered cold cream. Crash, and the backstage scenery topples over. Pop, and a panel of lights blow out. These are situations which rarely occur in drama classes, thanks to the scrutinous supervision of drama department head and play producer, Mr. Lee. Beginning with “The Pursuit of Happiness’ ' in the fall, the department energetically undertook three superb productions this year. Later, a one act play was put on by drama classes. Spring saw the department madly preparing for a musical comedy. For one period each day, Mr. Lee abandoned his producer’s chair to instruct a class of public speaking. Poor diction and voice control were among the “evils” he sought to eradicate in his students. Miss Green directs. Miss Green, Mr. Lee, Mr. Dubin. Chewing gum addiction and an S- shape posture are two problems which every choral student learns to overcome, at least while in class. At the start of each year, Miss Green is confronted with a group of individual singers, but by the Spring Concert, each choral group had learned to perform as an accomplished and a unified choir. What would football season be without the band marching down the field in a splash of color, adding spirit and vitality to the game? After football, with what appears to be a swish of Mr. Dubin’s magic wand, the brassy marching band is transformed into a subdued concert band, switching easily from Sousa to Debussy. MUSIC