T R Robinson High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Future 'Fishers' compete for fun The Fisher-Spassky tourna- ment seemed to be the spark for enlarged membership and greater Chess Club enthus- iasm and success. Members paid 50 cents dues to replace the worn boards and buy new time clocks. Saturdays provided the chance for sophomores to join seniors in practice. Team for team, Knights remained undefeated in matches with Leto, Hillsboro and Plant, but lost a tourna- ment to the Panthers. With the more accurate everyone vs. everyone play- offs, members were able to get precise ability rating and valuable experience. Q' ,Y 3 f AF Some people don't learn chess until they join. Mark Handschy masterminds a quick death for Charles Bernales' king. - Mark Handschy f .fff Bottom Row: Mike McCreary, DeWonn Simpson, Peter LaBarre, Tony Talladira. Second Row: Mark Handschy, captain, Gary Alston, Dallas Pryor, Bart MacDonald. Top Row: Mr. Fred Wadley, David Humer, Charles Bernales, Byron Townsend, Sterling North. it Chess Clubl 143

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FORTRAN is language 'spoken' in advanced math Computerized math was a new area of study covered in both math analysis and Algebra Ill. The central com- puter located at the Instruc- tional Service Center was shared with other local high schools. The operator dialed the computer by phone and received the needed informa- tion in hard copy. The machine was available to other departments at Robin- son upon request. The General Basic QGBJ math classes were handled in a self-study method. The Foley Workbook, used for the first time, enabled students to work at their own rate of speed. individual attention made the learning process much easier. Wendell Craft, the single student in Mr. Wadley's Math V, worked independently. Marvin Jackson concentrates on Mrs. Byman's GB-2 math problems. We try to gear our math department for everyone. - Mr. Fred Wadley 142 f Mathematics Mr. Wadley makes himself comfortable to plod through some test papers The computer goes crazy after being fed Chris Carroll's last problem.

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Students exercise democrotic process in protesting Less than four score years ago - actually only fourteen -the Hillsborough BPI brought forth this school. The history of Robinson and the study of history and other social studies began then. This year discussions of current issues, roleplaying, impromptu speeches and debates were all part of the social studies classes. While world and American history classes were studying the French and American Revolutions, Nlr. Heuberger's advanced PAD students staged a mock revolution to protest the lack of democratic process in making the class assignments. lVlr. Heuberger emerged triumphant, but that was expectedg after all, he seized Field Marshal Rom- mel's underwear in WW ll. ?.........::...-.-., Kelly Drake and Larry Symmonds joke over Flommel's longjohns as Debbie Fowler and Cheryl Stotz wait to ask Mr. Heuberger how he got them. 144 I Social Studies David Klein and Katy Dent protest Mr. Heuberger's assignments. Mr. Bowen smiles when told that Mr. Walters' baby was a boy.