Waynesboro High School - Skyline Yearbook (Waynesboro, VA)

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Math averages demand Mrs. Virginia Tucker’s attention. Mrs. Margery Pidcock assumes a full-time position this year. ee a: 28 Math courses offer WHS students fresh and exciting work through challenges Wrinkled brows, new geometric shapes, recently adopted trigonometry books, and new faces create an overall facade of novelty in this year’s Math Department. Slide rules used in an overhead projector help to supplement exercises in mathematics. Organi- zational pamphlets append the existing read- ing material. Courses in SMSG math foment a frenzy of enthusiasm. Unfamiliar faces with knowledgeable smiles are visible with the addi- tion of three new teachers. Math teachers, sacrificing personal time, spend hours in aiding students during coach sessions, proving that mathematics is a science of coherent motion. Free periods frequently find Miss Janet Knicely assisting a stumped student in the math office. —— —— °°

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Mr. Tom Muncy eyes physics equipment. Mrs ite wn re yy. Oss py or so concern for microscopic knowledge. 1 la ( Scientific endeavors race students into a wider world of discovery and understanding Ricky Saum enlists Mr. William Gilbert's help in chemistry. 27 Winging its way into the minds of seniors is the advanced Biology 12 course. Newly organized for seniors planning a collegiate major in biolo- gy the interest mushrooms. Seminars in which the philosophies of biology are discussed and combinations of lab and lecture expand the pro- gram to new horizons. Tucked away in a corner of the Science Department is a greenhouse. Plants provide an- alytic specimen for the students. Biology students are using the greenhouse for spring projects. Goggled eyes and chemical reactions swirl in a maze of new equipment as chemistry students are exposed to gas hoods, giger counters, and Vande-Graff generators. Plans for the March Science Fair formulate as students demonstrate an infinite curiosity and concern for contemporary discoveries.

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An intricate math problem becomes elucidated by Miss Janet Knicely, Math Department head. Trig problems require extra help as Mrs. Patricia Kidd advises Ruth Wylie in coaching session. Mr. Earl Hamilton, a new face for WHS students, instructs Algebra Il and Math 9. [Nh Il Vv, )ih Math enlivens 4§ Yirs, Elizabeth Carter uses geometric gesturestostiraulate. J NE ) 2