Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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Students Probe Post, Present social sfua'ies The FHS Social Studies Department, headed by Mr. Richard Lumby, ot- tered an extensive selection ot courses during the '59-'60 school year. By intorming the students ot historical baclcground and current events, these courses helped to acquaint them with the world as well as their duties as citizens ot the United States. U. S. History, a year course tor iuniors, used a new textboolc and Senior Scholastic this year. The students studied the overeall history ot our coun- try and during the spring semester wrote a term paper over a period. A popular year couse open to all classes was World History. This course traced the development ot civiliza- tion trom ancient times to the present. The American Observer was used to lceep up with current attairs. History ot Political Thought and International Rela- tions, both one semester courses, were ottered tor many college-bound seniors. The tormer traced the main trends in European political philosophy while International Re- lations included the study ot America's current toreign policies. In the latter, the class tools a tield trip to Chi- cago and visited several toreign consulates and embassies. Government, an elective class tor iuniors and seniors, explained the types ot government prevalent in local, national, and state politics. Problems ot Democracy was ottered to seniors only on a two semester level. The tirst semester contained the study ot sociology, while the second covered all phases ot economics. A one semester Citizenship class tor sophomores acquainted them with their duties. Richard Lumby, Chairman of the Department of Social Studies. H Mr. Chance prepares his attentive United States History class for the next chapter test. Dennis Breo and Poland Ruhl seemrto know the answer to question posed by Dick Dorman and Vernon Mercier explain the social vtr. Hamilton in his History of Political Thought class. security system to Mr. Lumby's Government dass, 2 I

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Brood Field Enhonces Culture language offs The language arTs deparTmenT, consisTing of English, foreign languages, dramaTics, and speech, concerns every FHS sTudenT in some way. The English deparTmenT culTivaTes adepfness in our naTive language. This area Tries To meeT The needs of all by providing classes on Three levels of in- sTrucTion. Though required, The sTudenT may elecf any English course he Thinlcs besT suiTed To his needs. Miss Dagmar Hansen, Chair- man of The Department of English- college-preparafory seniors. This year Two new courses have ln previous years, an accelerafed course in This field has been offered To been added To The curriculum for sophomores and juniors planning college educaTions. Juniors also may selecf journal- ism, a course infended for Those wiTh iournalisTic inclinaTions. Keeping abreasT wiTh The pace seT by The English classes, The foreign languages boasT four year courses in Three languages: LaTin, French, and Spanish. TexTs and supple- menTaries are used which noT only Teach The rudimenfs of -The Tongue, buT also poinT ouT The hisTorical and culfural baclcground of The counTries. DramaTics is a course in The humanifies imparfing The im- porTance and beauTy of man's expression of himself Through creafive acfing, lT provides The individual wifh an oppor- TuniTy, by inTerpreTing The moTivaTions of The acTions of oThers, To see his own emoTions and To undersfand Them. To enable sTudenTs To convey Their Thoughfs orally in proper fashion is The goal of The speech classes. This one semesfer course is Taken by all sophomores. Tallcs ranging from a clemonsTraTion speech To an imiTaTion of one of Esop's Bob Schroeder points out to Miss Beulah Charm- Tables are required OT The STUdenT5' ley's English I2-C class the locations of Conrad's novel, Lord Jim, a class project In Miss Mabel Bower's Caesar class, Sandy Schoon- The students in Ralph Ensrrom's sophomore speech class hoven explains a model of Greek Architecture. listen aftentively as Peggy Hildebrand? gives a speech. 20

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Courses Develop Logic mafhemafics Math and all iTs phases play an imporTanT roll in our modern world. More Than halt The sTudenT body oT Fl-lS was enrolled in math classes oT some Type This year. Under The direction oT Miss Ferne Kuhlemeyer, de- partment head, The six instructors oT Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonom- eTry, The Three main areas comprising the deparTmenT, TaughT some six hundred students. GeomeTry, a course oTTered primarily To sophomores, concenTraTes on The developmenT oT logical Thinking, while Algebra 3 and 4 Taken by iuniors is a conTinuaTion oT The basic principles oT elemenTary algebra. Trigonometry, a course open To seniors only, chieTly con- cerns Triangles and Their various Tunc- Tions. College Algebra, a second semesTer course, deals wiTh The applicaf Tion oT advanced algebraic skills. l-ligher maTh aT FreeporT l-ligh School is helptul not only Tor The knowledge iTselT buT also because people Taking College Algebra and TrigonomeTry get crediT aT The UniversiTy oT Illinois. AT iTs TirsT meeting in January Micro SwiTch enTerTained The recenTly Tormed L. E. Mensenkamp l-lonor MaThemaTics Club giving a dinner aT The planT. The club honors a Tormer maTh Teacher and principal oT FHS. For eligibility, a senior musT have had Tive semesTers oT math mainTaining an average oT 3.25 or higher and be cur- rently enrolled in College Algebra. if Mr. Bartholomew watches as his geometry class struggles through another test. 22 Miss Ferne Kuhlemeyer, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics. ,QW . - 'I Members of the L. E.Mensenkamp Honor Mathematics Club include: Row l: B. Allen, vice-president, S. Snodgrass, secretary-treasurer, S. Seeman, president. Row 2: J. Klosa, M.A. Smith, K. Uthlaut, N.K. Muse. Row 3: S. Stein, M. Ascher, L. Moy, D. Breo, M. Enstrom. Row 41 B. Schroeder, J, Meyers, D. Wil- son, D. McNary, R. Ruhl, M. Arndt. mms Miss Sullivan helps one ot the students in her Algebra 3 class as the others prepare the next day's assignment.