Edsel Ford High School - Flight Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Method, Importance Of Science In Daily Lives Of Students i Stu Gingrich Roger Iddings Central Michigan BS Hanover AB University of Michigan MA Art Konarske University of Michigan BS University of Michigan MA Stan Smith Michigan State Normal BA Wayne University MA Care in measuring accurately is one of the requisites of science. Here a student attempts an experiment. Pat Offerman. Ray Stakowski. Jerry Parsons. Pat Fielding. Mr. Dawson, and Don Patrias are shown working in a natural science class. Mr. Iddings’ chemistry class carries on an experiment. Students at work are Bob Bailey. Elaine Smith. Ralph I amphear. Virginia Vanivelt. Barb Shull, and Judy Peters. 25

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Sciences Aim At Understanding World Of Nature, Scientific Lee Bartlett Albion AB University of Michigan MA Mark Boersma Central Michigan BS University of Michigan MA Ernest Burkman Michigan State Normal BS University of Michigan MS Allan Dawsou Michigan State University BS Michigan State University MS To live effectively in the modern world, all students must understand their phy- sical environment. It is through natural science that this need is met at Edsel Ford. All students are required to take three semesters of natural science. This course incorporates biology, geology, chemistry, and physics in order to achieve the three najor aims of the science program. These aims arc to understand the world of nature, to understand methods of science, and to understand the importance of science in our daily lives. The required science consists of basic laboratory courses, which enable interested students who have the necessary ability to enter the second semester of biology, chemisry. or physics, and complete a major or minor sequence in the field. Photo- graphy and horticulture can also be elected as part of the science curriculum. 24 Students learn fundamental ' of horticulture in the greenhouse.

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Business Education Offers Commercial Training To Students; Bernard Barnett Central Michigan BS University ot Michigan MA Robert Evans Michigan State University BS University of Michigan MA Neil Goodbrcd Wayne University BS Wayne University MS Marko Lulich Northern Michigan BS Al May Central Michigan BS University of Michigan MA Ken Ripple Western Michigan BS University of Michigan MA Curriculum of the business education department is designed to aid the student in making a satisfactory adjustment to problems of living. Primary among these problems is the skill of working with others harmoniously and cooperatively, as well as displaying initiative, industriousness, and understanding the importance of achievement. Associated with these values is the teaching of skills in the field of typewriting, shorthand, bookkeeping, office machines, and practice, and retailing which are necessary for job placement. Sandy Scanton practices on an electric typewriter in a com- mercial class.