Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Sheila Cearley Bard Chafrn Jlm Chapman Curtls Chelette Ray Crlek Orlando Crsneros Kathy Clayton Jelt Cllne Lsnda Chne Ronny Coleman Jamle Collms Mlke Cone Kelley Conelley Shrrley Conklln Lon Cook John Corbett Deborah Cox Mana Corrada Jeff Coursey Rhona Cross Clndy Crulckshank Ricky Cruz Aedo Mellssa Cutrer Otls Danlels 1 O0 mathlsophomores X , 'sw 4 lL 1 Kevin Curran and Davld Rosas test Newton s method of approxrmatrng real zeroes, We made rapld computer calculations to follow advanced math ematics problems. 2 Computer Math expanded with the computer lndustry Kay Engel: information into phone hook up wlth UT s computer Taurus 3 It wasn't easy to get up ln front of the class and flgure out an algebra prob ,I lem. But Mr. Stockton gave help when needed and the whole class learned f

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3 In psychology, discussion group rap sessions taught us to relate, commu- nicating openly with others. Rose Borel tells the group about her leelings toward a speaker who had just come. ua, .... .nv- js! I 4 'f1'k A 3 To Be Informed Citizens that magical age of eighteen, we found ourselves actually listening to Paid Political Advertisements. We had ample opportunity with an exciting presidential election, as well as city council elections to vote in. Whether we were able to vote or not, we had definite ideas about the right man tor president. Carter was a liberal trom out- side ot Washington. Ford was experienced. The one thing everyone agreed on was that they were voting more against one than forthe other. City council elections caused similar reactions, but generated less interest. We telt important when we said I'd vote tor McCreary adding very quietly it I were voting. Mr. Hilsabeck encouraged his government classes to make their feelings known to their student government, causing small riots on Wednesday when the representative reported. Mr. Porter's classes learned about departments in the city government by going out and interviewing department officials. We were discovering, in his words, that The government is the servant of the people, not the peoples master. We were trying to become adults and learning how to handle their responsibilities. Social Studies courses taught us about our real world, the one in which we lived and interacted. We learned to become participants in our world and we came to understand more societies than our own. These courses taught us about ourselves in our society in our nation in our world. social studies 99

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4 Lining up at the computer and comparing results, students help each other find the answers in Mr. Packwood's Computer Math class. tl ii fwrh . r-fe - Qfxu- iw . I ,,y.',x.,',.--, Precision and Logic ith only two years required, and neither year specified, math had a smaller population than almost any other subject, Most students took their requirements in the easiest way possible. Introductory Algebra and Fundamentals of Mathematics classes always made it over the class cuts and were offered every quarter. First year Algebra and Geometry were filled, too, and in these courses, students were able to go a little more deeply into the subject. ln Mrs. AIexander's Geometry classes, Melinda Williams and Rudy Garza worked designs employing angles and lines as outside projects. April Smith made stained glass windows trom optical illusion tigures. The FOM classes worked with calculators once a week, and Mr. Packwood's MOCE class used programmable calculators. They were trying to prove, as Mr. Packwood said, You can have fun with mathematics, You dont have to be a superbrain to do math. Some students discovered that they not only had the aptitude tor math, but that they also enjoyed it. For these, there were more spe- cialized courses like Computer Math in both Basic and Fortran lan- guages. In Mr. Packwood's computer class, James Davis, Janet Hutchison, Phil Peterson, Debra Rodgers, Sandy Slavins, Karen Walker and Ftonald Wright each played a specific part and acted out the workings of a computer. Calculus classes were usually active, and Trigonometry classes traded sarcastic witticisms with Mrs. Teel and Mr. Taylor. Lucky members of Mr. TayIor's classes joylully celebrated the birthdays of Attila the Hun and Adolt Hitler, not to mention the St. VaIentine's Day Massacre, with bloody festivities of their own. The advanced math classes were small, but intense and fairly dedicated to learning as much as they could. The little things in math could be extremely frustrating, like when you begged Mrs. Teel to explain where 2b2fa came from and her lightning-quick hand zoomed along without pause. Or when you were only telling your neighbor that yes, Mr. Taylor was cruel and inhumane, and he heaved an eraser at you, right on target! But in suffering through these little idiosyncrasies, we acquired a lot of knowledge we could take with us and really use later on. We could apply the precision of a geometric proof, and the reason- ing behind it, to thinking in our day-to-day lives. Vile could make change with frightening accuracy. Mr. Packwood said, Math is a subject we'll all use in lite, one we often use without realizing it, Mr. Taylor added that Mathematics deals with ultimate precision. You learn a thinking process of logical reasoning. And Galileo said, lt fthe universej is written in the Language of mathematics. math 101