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

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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

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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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LEFT: Mr. Schmitz helps Tommy Rutherford with a problem in Mechanical Drawing as Randy Harris. Kenneth Lewis, and Rol- land Pack look on. Mechanical Drawing, Wood Shop, and Metal Shop Provide Enlightenment Mechanical Drawing was an elective offered only to seniors. This course was helpful to students in- terested in architecture and engineering. Designing and blueprinting an ideal house was one of the major assignments of the Mechanical Drawing Classes. To develop skill in hand work and promote inter- est in industrial careers were the main objectives of the Wood and Metal Shops. The Wood Shop was responsible for many repairs and building projects during the year for the entire school. RIGHT: Richard Garner. Donald Tallent, Larry Bran- ham, Gene Hollis, and Frankie Hilliard worked very hard in Wood Shop to make the stands for the Christ- mas trees used in the TALISMAN Beauty Pageant. BELOW: Mr. Schmitz works with two of his students in Metal Shop. ABOVE: Members of the Mechanical Drawing Class plot a point illustrated in their workbooks.