Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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To Unfold Before Our Eyes PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Keeping students physically fit is the chief aim of the physical edu- cation department. Boys’ classes concentrate on various fields of track, calisthenics, and the funda- mentals of football and basketball. Girls’ gym classes learn balance and rhythm through modern dancing and rope jumping. Apparatus, tum- bling, volleyball, basketball, and softball teach body co-ordination. Boys and girls in the physical education department study first aid, hygiene, and drivers’ training during their four years of this re- quired subject. Miss Ann Parker Brenau College, B.S. Sullins College Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball Coach Mrs. Virginia Masters University of Maryland, B.S. G.A.A. Sponsor Girls’ Hockey Coach Gymnastics and Volleyball Coach Head of Girls’ Physical Education Department Mrs. Dorothy Cannon Radford College, B.S. Field Hockey, Basketball, Gymnastics, and Volleyball Coach Miss Harriet Formichelli Madison College, B.S. Cheerleader Sponsor Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball Coach Mr. Charles Woolum College of William and Mary, B.S. Varsity Basketball Coach J.V. Football Coach Mr. Harlan Hott Shepherd College, B.S. Varsity Football, Assistant J.V. Basketball Coach J.V. Baseball Coach Mr. Charles C. Duff College of William and Mary, B.S. Varsity Football, Assistant Coach Varsity Baseball Coach Mr. Julius Conn University of Virginia, B.S. New York University College of William and Mary Director of Athletics Track Coach 21

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These Are They Who Help Life In the senior math analysis class, Tom Seaborn discusses a question of interest. Mrs. Vivian Bauserman Randolph-Macon Women’s College, A.B. Sponsor of National Honor Society Mr. Chesley J. Brown, Jr. Wingate Jr. College East Carolina College, A.B. Miss Cassie Childress College of William and Mary, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. Mrs. Verna Graves Florida State University, A.B. University of Chicago Mrs. Marilyn Riddle University of Mississippi, B.S. MATHEMATICS Math courses range from general math to college algebra. Two years of basic mathematics is required for graduation. During these two years, students may take general math or first year algebra. After Algebra I, a student may take Algebra II. Completion of these courses allows a student to take geometry. If he wishes to go higher in this field, trigonometry, consumer math, senior math analysis, and college algebra are provided. Miss Jane Hunsucker University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.A. Mrs. Margaret Minnick Westhampton College, B.A. Lynchburg College University of Virginia Mrs. Barbara Graham Atlantic Christian College, B.S. Mr. Fred Kochli United States Military Academy, B.S. Miss Emilie Holladay Longwood College, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. Head of the Math Department Mrs. Brenda Waters East Carolina College, B.S.

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They Instruct, Instill, And Inspire Us “Let’s see what happens if we pour this in here,” says Terry Seay to Brenda Phillips and Shelly Halfin. Mrs. Frances Nettles College of William and Mary, B.S. Head of Science Department “My fruit-fly’s prettier than your fruit-fly,” sings Pam Weaver to Sammy Fox, as Leslie Diamond and Stanley Majors record her findings. Mr. J. K. Alvis V.P.I., B.S., M.S. University of Georgia William and Mary Mr. John G. Reveley, Jr. Hampden-Sydney College, B.S. College of William and Mary, M.A. Mrs. Virginia L. Baker Randolph-Macon Woman’s Collee e, B.A. Future Nurses’ Club Sponsor Mr. Gerald Roe LaSalle Colleee, B.A. Chess Club Sponsor r Mrs. Nancy J. Bethea Iowa State University B.S. Senior Invitations Committee Advisor Mrs. Betty D. Sharpe Louisburg College. A. A. Greensboro College, B.S. College of William and Mary Mrs. Sue Hedrick Appalachian State College, B.S. Mrs. Nancy K. Tucker Lynchburg College, B.S. Senior Class Sponsor Mr. James V. Miracle Wisconsin State University, B.S. College of William and Mary, A.M. Mrs. Gay M. W’omack University of Pennsylvania, B.A. THE SCIENCE The Science Department of the Newport News School System has set as its objectives to train students in logical thinking and the knowledge of mental and physical make-up. Through film-strips, reading, and lectures, the students in the science department learn to appreciate and conserve the DEPARTMENT natural resources, as well as the world-famous scien- tists’ conception. Earth-space, biology, chemistry, physics, and advanced chemistry are the courses offered to students from the eighth grade to the twelfth grade.