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

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Nurse, Librarians Contribute Special Services For Students: Library equipment purchased for student use has been an aid in obtain- ing the knowledge necessary for specific courses. Books selected from re- commended lists, or from teacher’s recommendations, have offered much enjoyment and information to students and teachers. Clippings, periodicals, and pamphlets are also catalogued and available. Lounge furniture is placed in the library so that students may read in comfort. Another source of enjoyment is the listening rooms with Hi-Fidel- ity record players and about 300 records, which may be obtained at the desk. These records are listed in a special section of the card catalougc. Betty I ec Magazines are displayed in the lounge area, and may be read during study Michigan Slate Normal BS Periods. Providing a place for the nurse to carry out her duties and to hold var- ious health activities is the purpose of the health room. The health room A' Lucille Pcthel University of Michigan AB University of Michigan MLS Victoria Stock University of Virginia RN Peabody College BS University of Michigan MS may be divided into a multi- purpose room and a waiting room by using the folding doors. Boys’ and girls’ cot rooms are also provided in this area. The nurses office is used to file and keep essential records. Multi-purpose room is used for visual screening, special projects, and Future Nurses Club meetings. Cot rooms are supplied with cots that may be used by student or faculty members. Conferences with teachers, students, or parents are held in the nurses office. Splints, a wheel chair, and various other first aids are available in case of emergency. Edsel Ford students listening to music on some of Ford’s Hi-Fi record machines. Marianne Butler, left, and Sharon Sherer, right, discuss prob- lems with nurse, Miss Stock. 2»

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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.

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Language Instructors Teach From Choice Of Four Tongues ♦ One of the objectives of our language department is its use as a basis for further language study in college. Also, students often find that a language is a requirement for entrance to certain colleges. For the student who does not intend to enter college, however, a language can be applied many times to the understanding of certain other Virginia Waldinger principals in related COUrseS. Michigan State University BA German. Latin, Spanish, and French are the languages offered at Edscl Ford. A university of Michigan ma four semester course of each is available. Starting with the spring semester of 1956, %$ however, I2A's were allowed to adopt a new course in conversational Spanish. This one semester elective is for students with no other language experience. Helene Wilson University of Michigan University of Michig » AH MA Foreign language students of Miss Wilson write school lunch menu in German. Left to right are Sue Crumback, Miss Wilson. Ben Houser, and Ned Lougheed. 29