McKinley High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Senors y senoritas escuchan, porfavor, says Mr. Richard Wasai in his first year Spanish class. Math and Language Departments Mathematics and language are of great importance for entrance into college and for the successful achievement of vocational goals. This year's math curriculum included courses ranging from General Mathema- tics to College Math. Filling tax returns and learning short-cuts in everyday arithmetic were the bases for those who took Business Math. College -bound students were offered such courses as Algebra 1-2, 3-4, Unified Geometry Cplane and solid ge o metr y combinedjg Trigonometryg and College Math. Illinois Math or UICSM entered its fifth year here at McKinley. It is amath course which incorporates the use of reason, rather than formula, to arrive at a conclusion. The School Mathematics Study Group or SMSG, a course which goes into advanced algebra, was in its fourth year. Guest speakers proved to be an asset in helping students understand and relate what they had learned to present-day pr oble m s in economics and business. The high ideals of mathematics are being increasingly stressed as a significant part in clear and logical thinking. lk lk 'F The means of communication play an important part in our progressive world. Only by learning and applying the many lan- guages spoken can students become aware of the beauty and magnificence that exists among the people of other nations. - The students of McKinley were offered a diversified choice of four foreign languages. Added this ,year were first year Spanish and advanced Japanese. As in the past, French, Japanese, and Latin courses were taught at the beginner and intermediate levels. The linguistics app r o a ch of the audio-lingual methodwas used in several classes to train students to recognize the spoken language.

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E. New Science Facilities Acquired The expanding Science De par t m e nt moved this year into a 3422, 052 n e w ly- equipped building. The twelve classrooms fulfilled the needs for more modern facilities. First-year Biological Sciences Curricu- lum Study CBSCSJ was an introduction to biology and its fundamentals, with emphasis on laboratory work. Second year BSCS gave students an opportunity to probe deeper into biological research methods. Experiments included the growing of plants and reactions on various chemical changes. Chemical Education Material Study CC HEM Studyj approached chemistry as an experi- mental science. It was a laboratory-cen- tered course which demanded careful obser- vations of regualrities of reactions which 6 mental science. It was a laboratory-cen- teredcourse which demanded careful obser- vations of regularities of reactions which warranted valid conclusions. Chemistry students gained knowledge of the elements and compounds, andtheir re- actions in chemical changes. The proper- ties and changes of inorganic and organic substances were also studied. Physic students learned how the forces of nature act and undertook problems deal- ing with energy and its control. Physics o- pened a new dimension of the world through its study of such diverse topics as color, music, radioactivity, and electricity. Elizabeth Tachikawa uses a graduate cylinder as she checks her notebook for scientific data in CHEM Study. Experimenting in BSCS class, Nicholas Young waters germinated seeds after careful exam- ination of growth.

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Foreign language students Maria Fabella, Jolene Okamura, and Leslie Pang listen attentively to the grammar lesson. Broadened Listening and speaking were stressed. ln Spanish classes, -along with Spain's history, culture, and literature. In the Spanish lab- oratory a brand new monitoring system which accomodated the teacher and twelve students was installed. In Japanese, students learned to read and write the languagethroughpractice and con- stant oral drills. The Japanese laboratory consisted of seventeen new head sets and a central panel similiar to that of the Spanish lab. The culture and civilization of the Roman and Greek worlds were important topics in Latin classes. With 6096 of English based on Latin, students had a depth study in English grammar. Reading, writing, speaking and under- standing the French language were the bases of this course. Important also was the study of French culture and its influences. During the Christmas season, French stu- dents had fun singing carols. Board work helps the student grasp the basic concept: of mdthe matics in Mr. Raymond Chung 's class.