Sansom High School - Talisman Yearbook (Alabama City, AL)

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Mathematics Is Essential Mathematics is essential tt everyone. There are five mathematics courses offered at Emma Sansom—Business Math, Algebra I and Algebra II, Geometry, and Advanced Math. For the non-college bound student Business Math rounds out his basic math needs. For the college bound student the math curriculum offers subjects required to enter college. Also the more complicated maths help the individual develope his reasoning power and clarify his thinking. All math teachers use modern, well-informed methods to teach. Their superior knowledge is supplemented with equipment purchased at the department's request. The solution of many of the technological problems on which, in large measure, our national survival depends in the atomic and space age has become increasingly de- pendent on the solution of scientific problems involving a high level of mathematics. ABOVE: Mr Dale Beason gives an Algebra II textbook to an unknown student. One of the most time-consuming jobs at the beginning of school was the issuing of state-owned textbooks.

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 Eyes on the Copy, Connie! LEFT: Jan Armstrong runs off the daily absentee list on the mimeograph machine. BELOW: Loyce Shirley multiplies on a Comptometer while across the table from her Judy Knight and Brenda Croft practice using the Monroe Calculators. The girls gain valuable experience while using their machines for they are used in the Accounting Departments of most big offices.

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ABOVE: Mrs. Hefner checks Joyce Hamby's classwork in Algebra II before taking it up. BELOW: Kathy Morrow and Bonnie Brasher buy some typing paper from Mrs. Hefner. This paper was sold to make money for the Mu Alpha Theta. 25