Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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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.

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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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Care Farr Chairman of the De- Y I also added variefy. partmenf of Science. 'XM 1, X ,f The Biology class listens closely as Mr. McWilliams reviews the day's lesson 'sis JW Mr. Langdon's physics sfuclenis pu? some basic laws to practical use in the lab. 6 Accelerate Department Poce science ln lceeping wiTh The rising emphasis on science, The FHS science deparf- menf has made many changes in iTs faciliTies under The direcfion of De- parfmenf Head, Mr. Farr. The deparfmenf made exfensive improvemenTs in each of The Three main areas-chemisfry, physics, and biology. New furniTure provides a livlier afmosphere for biology, offered primar- ily for sophomores. These sTudenTs learn abouT life in all ifs phases from The simplesf planTs To a sfudy of The human body. Field Trips in The spring The physics deparTmenT underwenf Two maior changes. A new course, ad' vanced physics, was opened To inTer- esfed seniors. The complefely remodeled room conTains a new confrol uniT for conducTing elecfricify To The sTudenTs' worlcbenches. This enables Them To have lab periods in which They can apply Their learning. ChemisTry sTudenTs used a new book This year To help Them in Their sfudy of The laws of science. This course includes The sTudy of The chemical composifion of all maTTer. There are also various one-sernesfer courses offered in This deparTmenT such as Science C, Science P, and Science B. These subiecTs give The sfudenfs a brief background in chemisTry, physics and biology. ...NSN . , , i ,AL-,? ? T V J 'LA' fri As J. Mordick consults Mr. Hull, T. Corrnan, A. Meyers, B. Bauch, and B. Rolinger finish a chemistry experiment. 23