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

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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

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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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Daniel Summey Marshall B.S., U. of North Carolina Roslyn Richardson Quirk B.A., William and Mary Lucy Lee Williams B.S., Longwood Col. Wilhelmina Frances Wright B.A., U. of Richmond Head of Math Dept. Visual aids are helpful in the study of plane and solid geometry. Barbara Roukema and Sylvia Smith work with an adjustable triangle while Marion Garber measures the angles with a protractor. Terry Cox. an advanced math student, solves an integral calculus problem involving a change of variable. 8 7 ON 12% ae Ee ae ee res rte MNS AN THX ch LF 1) (Qua ) f, ITH YOUR Seay 27