Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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include math in schedule Putting problems on the board and discussing them with the class ore a part of each day in algebra classes. Freshman Don Fogle- man tells the class how he solved this problem. Freshman general math student John Hoyden says, ' This just won ' t come out right. And Mrs. Erma Brooks, moth teacher, explains what he did wrong in working the problem. Geometry students Dick Cassens, Charlie Franklin, Conni Bastin, and Joe Arndt work with compasses and straight edges during Mrs. Brenda Maddox ' s fifth period class. The classes learned the relation of circles to other geometric figures.

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Seven courses offered; 59% of MHS students Junior John Rusie glues together the four-sided pyramid he made in Mr. Wendall Hurst ' s eighth period solid geometry class. General math, first and second year algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and senior math mode up the math courses from which MHS students could choose. Realizing the importance of math in future education or occupation, approxi- mately 59% of the students in MHS included some phase of math in their schedule this last year. Plane geometry students studied theorems and assumptions and put their knowledge of the the- orems to work by solving problems. The object of the course was to help students in logical thinking for use in every day life. Learning to work with equations and graphs was the goal for first year algebra students while second year students concentrated on furthering their knowledge of this and adding logarithms and pro- gressions. Solid geometry students constructed three di- mensional figures after learning the basics through text book study. Senior math, the highest math course offered at MHS, had a review of algebra as well as studying analytic geometry and set notation. Also included in their study were inductive mathematics, determi- nants, and inequalities. Karen Broyer, senior math student, explains a graph equation she put on the board in Mr. Wendall Hurst ' s first period class. « l.,.,...,LM.di i . Ti 1 1 n, liuj 26

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Junior Kenny Mitchum works on a water color painting of ship during art class. This is one of his individual projects. Art instructor Clarence Thomas advises freshman Kay Pitts on her sculpturing assignment. Sculpturing was one of the projects that students could choose to do during the year. Art students donate oil Seven fourth year art students worked approxi- mately 12 weeks on a 4 ' by 8 ' oil landscape paint- ing for the cafeteria. Freshmen and seniors heard a lecture on painting and art in general given by Mr. Antonius Rae- makers, a local professional artist. He also held discussion on abstract art during the first semester. All art classes visited the Fall Foliage Festival Art show at the 4-H Building and saw the works of local artists. They also toured Mr. Raemaker ' s Art Galleries, which contain not only his own art but also that of his students. Pencil technique, water color, pastels, figure, and animal anatomy were studied by each of the classes. Juniors and seniors, third and fourth year art students, also studied crafts, ceramics, and mosaics. Other topics in the course of study were the use of color, lines, and shading, sculpturing, modern art, and paper mache. The five art classes helped other classes and clubs in their projects. For the Madrigal Dinner at Christmas the classes made the moose head which hung over the main table. Third and fourth year students were generally on their own, except for suggestions from Mr. Clarence Thomas, art instructor, as to what major division they concentrated on. The students set up a display of their individual work in modern art in the front hall of the annex for about two weeks during February. Fourth year senior art student Larry John- son odds a stroke of red to his oil paint- ing of a busy city street. He copied the picture from another painting, working on it during first period art class. 28