Southern High School - Southerner Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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We at Southern are very proud of our mathe- matics department. Southern offers such varied and adequate mathematics courses that any stu- dent can develop the skill with numbers that he or she will need in the future. For general applications of mathematics needed in any well-rounded person's life General Math, Algebra I, and Algebra II are offered. Business students usually elect to take Business Math. Plane Geometry always presents problems of angles. Tommy Fletcher is measuring the angles of a parallelo- gram within a triangle, assisted by jerry Goodwin. Mathematic Displaying a formula on the bulletin board for Algebra III are jimmy Neal and Carolyn Weisner. The results give a Mathematics Valen- tine. One year of mathe- matics is required of all students. In addi- tion, Seniors who have need of more general mathematics take Business Math. Ann Gash is shown explaining a problem to William Iohnson i and 1. W. Fletcher.

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atudics 5 nonr O y Paar O World History an elective course for Freshmen and Sophomores, helps to acquaint one with earlier history as it effects our world today. Many projects and miscellaneous activities were completed during the year. United States History is required of all junior students. The interest of this course has been increased through the use of the television this year. Mr. Eargleis first period class used the television lectures from W-UNC. Government, a senior requirement, is taken for one semester only. During this time, the structure and proceed- ings of the United States government are discussed. VVorld History seems to have caught Miss Moodyis students doing research in a phase of their course. Shown above are: Roger Tucker, Freddy Pshylc, Eric Kyles, Tommy Tutor, and Phillip Edwards. One aim of all Human Relations classes is to encourage future plau- ning. To call attention to this objec- tive, Mrs. XVasdell,s class prepared an attractive bulletin board. With the help of reference materials, charts and maps, the world Geography class learned much about various peoples and things. Eugene Bailey is shown pointing out various places on the map to illustrate his report. Page S eventy-F ive

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College preparatory students are offered such electives as Algebra III which is in part a review of Algebra I and Algebra II, as well as an introduction into college algebra. Plane Geome- try, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry are the most advanced courses offered to mathematics students. All students take at least one mathematics course, and some take as many as five courses during their four years. For those of us who like mathematics, our capable teachers make it a treat rather than a task. Department I Freshmen who do not take Algebra I select General Mathematics. Valinda Barker is shown here giving a special report on insurance to Mr. Fred Smithis General Math class. l w l Solid Geometry can be fun-especially when you make games out of it as Clyde Robinson and Linwood Ross are doing here. Let x : selling price l It sounds sim- ple but often is quite challenging. Floyd Couch is pictured ex- plaining the value of x to jill Salinger. E Pane Stvcnlli-Sauna