John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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—t ia — ca ty THE UNITED N An important phase of any history course is the study of current events and geography. Cynthia Clark and Catherine Clary talk about recent hap- penings in South America. Foreign students Marcus Rissi from Switzerland, Charles Hepper from Germany, Marguerite Elliott from Scotland, and Aruna Gideon from India promote international understanding at John Marshall. 25

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History The History Department aims to improve human re- lationships and develop an understanding of the demo- | cratic way of life. | 3 John Marshall offers freshmen a combined course in “ECOME world history and geography. This makes the study of i heer United States and Virginia history on the eleventh grade ia ) ' level more intelligible to students. The optional tenth grade course, Twentieth Century World, attempts to provide a study of events of the present century. The complexities of modern economic organization demand the teaching of government, economics, and communism in the twelfth grade. James Frederick Barrett B.A., Wesleyan U. Minnie Rosalind Carter B.A., William and Mary M.A., Columbia U. Miss Carter and Vera White discuss trade agree- ments as Vera points to a map of the Common James Osborne Cook Market countries. B.S., Newberry Col. Head of History Dept. Katharine Walton Fontaine B.A., Longwood Col. Kathleen Hill shows the school’s copy of the Declara- tion of Independence to James Childress. Wynn S. Gregory B.A., U. of Richmond Elizabeth Virginia Hart B.A., Meredith M.A, Columbia U. Katharine Denny Horne B.A., M.A.T., Duke U. Elsie Virginia McClintic B.A., Westhampton Col.

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26 Mathematics John Marshall is striving to build a firm foundation of the mathematical principles by offering three tracks. In the third track the General Mathematics 9 classes are using a text with a fresh new approach. These students work with sets and study number bases other than ten; they learn about the commutative, associative, and distributive laws in mathematics; and they put these properties to use. General Mathematics 10, 11, and 12 build on what has been learned in the first year. The Arithmetic 12 class works harder on reading and stat- ing equations correctly. The second track starts with algebra in the first year, placing greater emphasis on proof. The second year covers plane geometry. Third year students take Algebra 11, an extension of Algebra 9. In their senior year the students have trigonometry and either college algebra or solid geometry. The advanced placement students begin algebra in the eighth grade and study plane and solid geometry together in the sophomore year, thereby having an extra year in which they delve into analytics and calculus. Lynn Lownsbery and Mary Hendricks check a problem involving the inter- section of sets in a freshman class. Josephine Crowder Baker B.S., Longwood Col. Estelle Gratz Bugg B.S., M.Ed., U. of Virginia eget er Oe POP OP Ross Smith and Donna Bowles draw diagrams showing the multiplication of fractions in Mrs. Bugg’s senior arithmetic class. James D. Bundrant B.A., Emory and Henry Col. Warren Burke Carter B.S., Hampden-Sydney Col. Joseph Alfred Funkhouser B.A., Randolph Macon Col. M.A., Duke U. Helen Marie Hulcher B.A., M.S., U. of Richmond