Did anyone else suffer through geometry with Mr. Hurd? He used to label his parallelograms: "Able", "Baker" "Charlie" and "Dog". I took his class just after sophomore P.E. If you walked into his class even one minute late, he'd make you stand in the corner. PE was on the first floor of Bowen; his classroom was on the 4th floor. I spent many a fine moment in the corner of Mr. Hurd's classroom.

I had Mr Hurd for geometry...but the absolute worst was Herb Wolf. I still have anxiety dreams about him and algebra class.

Yes, I had Mr. Hurd in 1965 (sophomore year).  Remember Side-Angle-Side (S.A.S.), Angle-Side-Angle (A.S.A.), and Side-Side-Side (S.S.S.) for similar triangles?

Yes, I had Hurd. Boy do I remember him. And he never marked on a curve! Ever! Mr. Army!

I didn't have the privilege of Geometry with Mr.Hurd, however I did have Mr. Wolf for algebra. I thought the world had come to an end and it was only 1964 !!

I remember Mr. Hurd real well.  My brother Dan and I were in his solid geometry class. The only way to keep sanity we played a game...the least amount of steps in a formula game.  He was certifiable.  I dont think  I ever saw him smile ... well maybe when he caught someone cheating or chewing gum....

I had Goldie Tannenbaum freshman year for algebra. We were in a mobile unit. There was a period of time when there were scheduled sonic booms. Our whole mobile unit would pitch down and bounce back up. There used to be kids doing a countdown before the sonic booms and Goldie would get so upset trying to keep order in the classroom.

Poor Mrs. Tannenbaum in freshman algebra...could not control the class at all. She had to grade on a curve so          sometimes 30 was a passing grade. I learned zero in that class.

I agree with Shelley. Mrs. Tannenbaum, Freshman Algebra, was probably the worst teacher I had at Bowen. I can't say I learned zero but I would say that class was where I learned to hate math.   On the other hand, I had Mr. Skavarcus (sp?) for sophomore geometry, who was very compentent.  I did well in the class despite the fact that I was reading a paperback of  Lord of the Rings hidden behind my geometry text.

Well, the class of '67 did not have it any better with Algebra and Mrs. Tannenbaum. She seemed to hate the girls. And she really picked on Arlene Cohen; I felt really bad about that. As I recall, she preferred to seat the boys in the front. I learned to hate math also. And then I had Charlene Wison for Geometry and she spent all of the time flirting with Coach Spirakes, who was running football sprinting drills in the hallway outside our geometry classroom. I want to express my gratitude publicly to Palmer Blakeley, without whom I would never have completed a theorem.

Does anybody remember who said "such is the case" ?  Mr. Goldman.  Hint - he taught trig.

My math memories are of Mr. Eubanks (telescopic algebra) and the dear, white-haired, gentle, Mr. Clarke (geometry).
Mr. Clarke was a kind and gentle man who was crippled by the combination of rhumatoid arthritis and the after-effects of being knocked down a flight of stairs in the 1950's by a rushing student.  Since my  brother had been one of his star students a few years earlier, he chose me to assist him up to his classroom, supporting him with one hand and carrying his papers in the other.  Despite sneaking advance copies of his tests and still not making passing grades, he still passed me out of what must have been sheer kindness.