Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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1972-73 was a great year for the Mathemat- ics Department. First of all, three out- standing math stu- dents, Charles Boley, Jimmy Sheridan, and Cynthia Saunders, placed second at the Radford College Math- matics Rally on November 18. This was an honor to these stu- dents and the school it- self. A new course of study was also offered, a two-year Algebra I designed for students who benefit more from going at a slower rate. One year of al- gebra is covered in two. The students re- ceive two year ' s worth of credits. The Department also worked with the Sci- ence Department in an attempt to get com- puter education for interested students. This resulted in courses at VMI for students and faculty. Joining the world-wide trend towards the metric system, the Math Department tries to keep up with the times by emphasizing the metric system in the general math classes and preparing the students to use it. Mr. Wise and Mr. Stark are new additions to the department. The picture of a thoughtful student Carla Vest, ponders over solving her equations on her homework. Trying to figure out a proof, Monty Potter concentrates on the teacher ' s explana- tions in geometry class. 19

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Second won CD r-t 70 a CL o — s CL Chalk one up for Trent Craney and Phyllis Peters as they make an effort to figure out an algebraic equation. In Chemistry, Jeb Byers and Lexi Laccetti diligently try to measure exactly one gram for a lab report. 18

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Even though science is required, students still seem to enjoy it as Roy Massie, Ollie Drew and Buddy Valentyne do. Cat dissection is grueling to some but Advanced Biology students. Chuck Con- ner and David Swink seem interested enough. Lab report write ups in Mr. Bond ' s Biology classes require a lot of effort as shown by his second period class. Physics students listen attentively while Mr. Morrison explains the basics of sur- veying to them. 20