Walter Hines Page High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Bill Carr explains some algebra to his class. Students progress from Always playing an outstanding role in the curriculum at Page is the math¬ ematics department. This year the mathematics program at Page High School was based on a progression from basic ideas to more complex con¬ cepts. Planning for college or intend¬ ing to work immediately after gradua¬ tion, the student found subjects which suited his plans. After one year of math, he could either stop or go on to more advanced studies. From alge¬ bra ' s equations and formulas he could proceed into formal proofs and con¬ structions of plane geometry. Complex shapes of solid geometry were next, then the triangles of trigonometry. Finally the serious student could find a real intellectual challenge in college algebra. MALCOM McLOUD B.S., M.S., Texas College of Arts and Industries Junior Engineers, Camera Club Advisor A. G. MYRICK B. S., N.C. State 26

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to modern society Mr. Mitchell leads a discussion in American history. Sandy Worth glances nonchalantly over his history report. First and second period history stu¬ dents were greeted each morning by television history. This new approach to history was taught by teachers in the state through the facilities of WUNC-TV. Students watched televis¬ ion for the first thirty minutes of the period and then worked with supple¬ mentary material or divided into groups for discussions. Classes in American and world history were con¬ ducted by Miss Linda Rankin, Miss Re¬ becca Baird, Mrs. Lois Puryear, and Mr. Jack Mitchell. Requirements in all history classes were book reports, notebooks, and ex¬ tra projects. JACK MITCHELL B.S., M.A., Appalachian State Teachers College Interact Club Advisor, History MRS. LOIS PURYEAR Club Advisor, Football ond B.S., Wake Forest College Track Coach History Club Advisor 25

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General Math to College Algebra Students taking General Math 3 and 4, taught by Mr. Malcolm McLoud, studied lines and an¬ gles, decimal and common frac¬ tions, graphs, and ratios. In Algebra 1 and 2, much emphasis was placed on formu¬ las, simple equations, and signed numbers. Those teach¬ ing this course were Mrs. Anne Sprock, Miss Nancy Thomas, and Mr. Malcolm McLoud. First degree equations, func¬ tional relations, algebraic frac¬ tions, and quadratic equations were all taught in Algebra 3 and 4. Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs. Anne Sprock, Miss Nancy Thomas, and Mr. Henry Chad¬ wick were the teachers. Geometry 5 and 6 were taught by Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs. Anne Sprock, Miss Nancy Thomas, and Mr. Henry Chad¬ wick. In these courses the stu¬ dents put to use the many post¬ ulates and corollaries they learned. Rectangular and polar coor¬ dinates, trigonometric func¬ tions, logarithms, reduction for¬ mulas, and trigonometric equa¬ tions, were all studied in Trig¬ onometry 7, under the instruc¬ tion of Mr. Alvin Myrick and Miss Nancy Thomas. NANCY LOUISE THOMAS Miss Thomas and Jay Brantley discuss the possibility of proba¬ bility. Mrs. Sprock and student explore all the angles. B.S., Wake Forest College 27