Elmhurst High School - Anlibrum Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Junior Marie Heiney and her classmates take the necessary notes to complete and understand their assignments in advanced algebra. mJi- h. Roberto Mitrevsfci and fellow students pav close attention to the explanation of their honors geometry assignment. Senior Alan Reed further perfects his program writing skills in computer programming class. Academics — 21

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Math Everywhere Everywhere, every day, in many different ways, math seems to be somehow related. From counting down the days till schoors out to figuring out if you have enough money to take that special someone to that special restaurant, or if they ' ll have to settle for McDonalds; to trying to average your algebra grade, for some reason math always seems to be involved. Though we ' re still trying to figure out when we ' ll need to know how to graph all those things; Mr. Habegger says that you can never graph too much. If proofs, parabolas, sin., tan., absolute value, theorums, angles, polynomials, logarithms, rationals, or integers don ' t ring a bell as of yet, just give them time. By the end of your four years, or more, of EHS you will be almost too familiar with them! That ' s no lie either. On the more serious side, however, math is a very important part of our lives. It was important when we were born, as it will surely be when we die. No matter if it is freshman algebra, geometry, or trigonometry, math is, and always will be, never ending. Though it is hard to admit a teacher could ever be right, agreeing with Phil Habegger on one point is easy. He has been known to express the thought that what we learn in high school math will repay itself and then some, later in life. Truer words have never been spoken. So, take advantage of what ' s yours for the taking. Miss Hollingsworth explains (he finer points of writing proofs to her geometry students. Mr. Habegger pauses for a moment to take a much needed breather before showing his ad- vanced algebra students how to make yet another smooth move. 20 — Academics

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Sophomores uJie Druiey and Kevin Rogers hove found that together they moke more sense of their chemistry probiems. APPLE II, Frogger Too! Much as we complain about it, our years at EHS just wouldn ' t be the same without some sort of science in them. From scurrying around collecting leaves as freshmen, and then dissecting worms, to the more dignified learning of the periodic table and the mixing of chemicals, life just wouldn ' t be the same without it. Just think (if possible) what would you do without go- ing to chemistry and wearing those neat goggles that make you look like a raccoon when you take them off? Or, how about dropping beakers, watching videos on the crocodile (and numerous other equally fascinating animals, such as the queen bee and the aardvark), also learning the number of chromosomes you are suppos- ed to have! Now, what would you really do without all these learning experiences? Believe it or not, these things do come in handy every once in a while. For in- stance, if you just happened to want to know the molecular structure of K2Cr04, then you would definitely be in luck. Or, maybe someday you ' re going to need to know the melting point of zinc. That ' s when you ' re really going to thank your chemistry teacher. On the more serious side, Mr. Lohr recently received an APPLE II computer. He has many uses for this piece of modern technology, including making tests, homework assignments and not to forget playing Frogger! 22 — Academics