Columbus High School 1960 Yearbook (Columbus, GA) - Full Access

( 24 ) "What e m to be your trouble, Bill?" ask Mr . Althea Booth, eighth grade math in tru tor, to ub-fre hman Bill Gordy as he truggle with an extremely diHicult math problem. It is there that tudent build a strong background in mathematic . Math cia , at our desks we sit, Our brains are numb, we've lost our wits, We've racked our brains and sought and sought, But from our brains comes not a thought. Every student who has ever taken math can apply thi poem to his feelings at the beginning of a hard test. In the eighth grade we counted on our fingers hut when enior we learned that finger can't be u d to figure logarithms. The goal of the CH mathematics department i to give all tudent a good background in math. Thi is very important to everyone because math is the back– bone of all type of work. Knowledge of thi fact is evi– denced by the great number of pupil taking advantage of the courses offered them. Approximately 88 per cent of the tudents take these. Math cour e vary from gen– eral math to analytic geometry. Our mathematics department tre se hard work and accuracy. With difficult problem our mind are forced to learn b thi con tant rea oning and practice in thinking. Numbers build many wonders ML 1ildred Brown, horter College, A.B. Mr. 0. D. Paul, Troy • tate Col– lege, B.S. \fr~. II he a Booth, Pt>abody Collegt>, B. ., L.A n~s . ara Carter, Troy , tate Col– lege B. . \rr. Robert Pric • Mi~" ~:fa rtha Tn, . tale Col- Roger•. l\lt>rcer lege, B. . ~1iver~ity, L . t'~~ s. IS \faj. Eugene Freeman. niver– ~ily of Ken tucky, A.B. 'f f'••• arah . mith, Jacksomillt• Col– It'll;!', R. ., Au– burn University, M... n~ Fannie Higgins. l:niver– ~iLy of Georgia, B. ., Aubu~n niver ity, M.. \fr. Bill Tinkler. Auburn Univer– sity. B. . Colonel Paul fit chell, U. . filitary cade– my, B. ., Univer– ity of Alabama, M.A. Mrs. Mary William•, tate ollegt>, B.., uburn Univer– sity, 1..