Savannah High School - Blue Jacket Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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 Compass, ruler, book—what else?” Perplexed geometry student, above left, solves a problem. Mrs. Eloise Neisler and Mrs. Martha J. Coleman, below, display a chart of concentric figures. Discussing arithmetic pro- gressions are, above right, Mr. James Hunter and Mrs. Helen Howarth. 27

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Mrs. Julia Wade and Mrs. Marion Smith examine a triangle. MATH INVESTIGATES ABSTRACT WORLD Numbers decided the War Between the States—the number of men on each side, amount of money, and num- ber of weapons and ships possessed by the North and South. The land campaigns and sea battles were carefully mapped and planned by using geometry and trigonometry. The Math Department maintains courses of Algebra, Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, Plane and Solid Geometry, and Business and General Math. Times have changed since I860. In today’s modern world a knowledge of mathematics is essential to everyone. Reviewing a lesson, above, are Miss Essie Gnann and Mrs. Anne Cumbie. Mr. Albert Scarborough, department head, below, explains a problem. 26

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 Mad” chemists, above, concoct a potent mixture. Before classes, Miss Harris Kandel and Mr. Lee Leary, left, inspect the biology cabinets. SCIENCE PROMOTES DEFENSE AND During the War Between the States, few' people dis- played interest in the sciences. Now science is the key to the future. Cuba and Hungary have fallen under Com- munist control. One means of averting further losses is by developing scientific resources for defense and for peace. Mrs. Anne Cumbie and Mr. Bernard Coolledge check the graduated scales. These scales are used to weigh chemical preparations. 28