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

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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.

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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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Mathematics Department Aims At Developing Logical Thinking Richard Backensto llluffton AB Orlando Byers University of Michigan BS University of Michigan MS • John Davis Western Michigan William Lakey BS University of Michigan BS University of Michigan MS Graham Porter Wayne University BA Wayne University M Ed. Since mathematics has increased its importance enormously in the affairs of every- day life, the mathematics department contributes the necessary background for a fuller and more complete education. Mr. William Lakey, head of the math depart- ment at Edsel Ford, states, “It is the purpose of the mathematics program at EF to give the student a broad comprehensive view of the field of math, while at the same time prepare him with the skills and understandings he will need in the future. Whether he continues his study of math after leaving high school or not, he will have some idea of what math can do and how he might use it. The courses offered by the math department of Edsel Ford are; three semesters of geometry, four semesters of algebra, and one semester of trigonometry. WI Jerry Gorrcll works out a problem in math class with the help of Bob Anscombe. Seated is Fred Prentiss. Bill kubic and Roscann Ray woik with solids in Geometry. The problem confronting these students is to solve algebra equa- tions.