Hillsdale High School - Echo Yearbook (Jeromesville, OH)

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Advanced math students started the year studying solid geometry with cones, cylinders, and rectangular solids. Later, trignometric functions, logarithms, and explanation of graphs were introduced. Mr. Nelson has found that sending students to the black-board to work equations makes math more enjoyable and easier to understand. ml Geometry students learned the advantages of a knowledge of theorems, postulates, and proofs, and a limited amount of solid geometry was included in their studies. The students were also assisted in their work by the use of compasses, straightedges, and protractors. d d ix 2 Pr ' L 2-i t H ,ms l e , -V an-rs. f ' Math Students Challenged by New Approach. Algebra Il students applied their two years of high school math in learning about functions, sequences, linear functions, quadratic equations, parabolas, and Algebra I students have learned the basis ofa four-year imaginary numbers. Much work was done with mathematics program. They studied sets, subsets, proportions equations, formulas, and graphs. The students pre- factoring, simplifying formulas, equations, graphs, square pared for next yeafg advanced math, H roots, absolute values, and real numbers. I4

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l A few highlights of the freshman students' year were speed reading, reading "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, and putting on a play of "Romeo and Juliet. Another interesting highlight was library procedures taught by Mrs. Murray, librarian. "Julius Caesar." by William Shakespeare, was acted out by the sophomore class. Other selections read and studied by the sophomores were "Silas Marner" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." In addition to their literature studies, grammar played an important part. Both freshman and sophomore classes covered an extensive study of newspapers under the direction of English teacher, Mr. Robert Lavengood. Develops U nderstandin, The junior class, accompanied by Mrs. Petty, traveled to Columbus on January 12, to view the movie production of "The Sound of Music." During the year, they studied the various aspects of American Literature and authors. The second semester's work included a course in children's literature, as well as a research paper. The senior class, under the instruction of Mr. Robert Haxton, studied the various ages of English liter ature. One six-weeks period was devoted ro the study of "Macbeth, " Students planning to enter college next fall were required to write a 4000-6000 word research paper.

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Science Is an Exploration Into Education. 1 i i Biology students studied the various parts ofa cell. Dissec- tion of a worm, clam, fish, and frog were highlights of the c1ass's sessions. They also studied other living organisms, such as man, and his life processes. The slide rule is used extensively in the nu- merical work clone by chemistry and physics. Physics class was dominated by work done with electricity, heat, light, motion, and sound. Radio- activity added an interesting phase to the course with its detection, counting, and graphing of radioactive substances. The chemistry c1ass's studies were devoted to the composition, structure, and properties of sub- stances and the changes they undergo. Along with the class work, regular laboratory sessions were held where the makeup of substances was studied by experimentation. Psychology is the science of mind and behavior. This class studied human beings and analyzed their conduct in mind and body. They also inves- tigated and the early thoughts about man in the primitive world and compared him with man in the modern, complex world. Observation played the biggest part in the genetic and educational findings made by these students. I5