Rosman High School - Oriole Yearbook (Rosman, NC)

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ATHEMATICS Urs. Comnena Reid teaches first and second year Al- lebra and Plane Geometry. All students are interested |n learning how to use a slide rule. I ' ' M ; , ' Im Because Mathematics has such an important role in today ' s world, every effort is being made at Rosman to arrange the courses offered in this department to meet, as nearly as possible the learning needs of the students. Mathematics is at the center of the exciting devel- opments in science and the teachers in this department, MRS. COMNENA REID and MISS MARGARET BYRD strive to create and maintain, in each student, an in- terest in mathematics, in order that he will be pre- pared to take his place in the world of the future. Miss Margaret Byrd, a new addition to our school this year, teaches General Mathematics and Business Arith- metic. Margaret Winchester demonstrates a theorem in Plane Geometry to Bramley Fisher and Steve Rropelnicki,

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SCIENCE Man is on the threshold of almost unbelievable scientific achievements. Sputniks, rockets and jets have created a new interest in Science. In this space age it is necessary for all to learn the fundamental concepts of space in order to be able to con- trol living things. Mrs. Lillian Cothran, head of the Science Department, tries to instill in the students a desire to learn and under stand about the scientific world of the future. W.ith the help of Mrs. Cothran, yoimg biologists dis- Besides teaching Math, Miss Byrd teaches a course in cover that the search for life in a tiny, primitive cell. General Science, the amoeba, can be most rewarding and interesting. Rosman High ' s Chemists learn that patient research through experimentation is the key to a successful study of chemistry.

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SOCIAL STUDIES The social studies include Civics, World History, American History, Geography, Economics, and Sociol- ogy. This covers the study of gov- ernment, and world problems of the past and present. MRS. THELMA BRYSON AND RAY SIMPSON, teachers in this depart- ment, strive to instill in the students an understanding of the physical and political world in which they live. They also help to make the student aware of his responsibilities and privileges as a citizen of his school, community, state, and nation. Mak- ing each student realize, his respon- sibility in maintaining world peace through the United Nations is one of the main objectives of the depart- ment. Frances Maggard and Jo Ann Carter study the globe with Mrs. Bryson. Discussion of Adventures in Outer Space led by Mrs. Bryson with students Terry Owen, Hilda Sue Thomas Barbara Ashe, Susan Breedlove, Paulette Hooper, Gloria Moody, and Michael Whitmire. »vkk; In American History really comes alive when Mr. Simp- son discusses it with his students. 10