Warwick High School - Warwick Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Kennedy, my fruit fly has one red eye and one white eye, stripes, six legs, and only one wing.” industrious senior Genetics student may have gotten his .eciing jars mixed up with a few spiders and bumble bees, but we knew that his end results couldn’t be any more disastrous than last year’s five pound fruit flies. The underclass Science courses this year may not have been as productive, but the knowledge they gained from such intro- ductory courses as Physics, Chemistry, Earth-Space, and Biology did much toward increasing their enthusiasm in the field of Science. The department received a number of reference books for classroom use which, coupled with experimental projects and laboratory work, modernized the program. Besides the addition of books, the Science Department received such new equipment as oil emersion microscopes, making greater magnification possible, stereo microscopes, which because of their two viewers were especially valuable in viewing living organisms, and incubators which were used in rearing bacteria and hatching eggs. Also on the list of new equipment were two classrooms of badly needed tables and chairs, which, however, were going to waste in Mr. Howell’s room as everytime we walked in we found all his poor, gullible eighth graders standing in one corner of the classroom, hands clasped together and held in the air as Mr. Howell, looking very smug and evil, pulled the lever of an electric generator and sent all the students screaming about the room as a result of the electrical shock. I wonder what it feels like to be seen under a microscope? Science Shocks Students With New Phenomena 24

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I’m sure a circle has corners . . . just let me work it out on my trusty slide rule.” Students Improve Reasoning Through New Math Get out a sheet of paper, please ...” Another of Mrs. Bright’s well-known Trig tests, no doubt, or one of Colonel’s Geometry tests, or maybe one of Mrs. Hazelwood’s Algebra quizzes. Whether it was Trig or General Math, freshmen and seniors alike found that mathematics was simply one problem on top of another, from one plus one to solving quadratic equations. Besides general mat h, more and more eighth graders attempted first year Algebra, which dealt with standard Algebra principles. Students who managed to survive moved on to Geom- etry. The department offered plain, solid, and co-ordinate Geometry in a single year. Second year Algebra and Trigonometry were the next rungs on the mathematical ladder. This year, for the very brave, Advanced High School Mathematics was offered. Students who planned a career in engineering or other vocations which required a mathematical background found the courses offered a great help in advancing toward their planned goals. By the end of the year, each student was familiar with the new con- cepts, proving the Math Department to be an extremely valuable part of Warwick’s curriculum. As for those tests, well, maybe they’ll be easier next year. Now let me think ... a four sided triangle.

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Qocial Studies Stresses Politics in Election Year The Social Studies Department, in the past very controversial election year, was probably one of the liveliest sections of all. The frequent cries of LBJ for the USA” and Goldwater” became more heated as the election approached. Because of the m tense student interest at Warwick, political rallies, public survey polls, assemblies, meetings, and mock elections were participated in with enthusiasm. It seemed the students had firm opinions on the candidates they were supporting, so, instead, the classroom discussion often revolved ardund guessing what party and candidates one’s teacher preferred. But I saw a Goldwater sticker on his car’s rear bumper.” That’s no help! He’s got a Johnson sticker on the front bumper.” However, when the day after the election rolled around, it wasn’t hard to tell those who had picked the winning ticket from those who hadn’t. Besides the election and current events issues, chapters and assignments in Government, Sociology, History, World Geography, and World History were occasionally covered. As Mr. Luck would say — Well, class, you didn’t accomplish much today, did you !” Besides the previously mentioned subjects, a new course, Modern European History, was introduced in the Social Studies Depart- ment. This new study was an elective course which more effec- tively prepared a student for college, and provided for a better understanding and appreciation of today’s European problems. The new textbook used for this additional course was History of the Modern World by Palmer and Colt. In the way of new equipment, the Social Studies Department received a new atlas for use in the World Geography classes and new maps for use in the Modern European History class. Now let me get this straight . . . General Washington was on our side. Carlton Morgan exhibits his tech- nical skill as he adjusts the flicker on a motion picture projector. 25