Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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B Mathematics (:C:URAC;V counts. Carefully plot- tint; .1 Ml ol |»iiiius. juiiioi- Roger Brady gr.ipli ' . ,1 linear e(|uation in Algebra III. Students Strain Minds To Conquer Modern Matt It works! A jo)ous .shout followed the realization that a problem came out right. All math .students faced new and greater challenges in their classes. Modern math still puzzled many MHS ' ers. In freshman algebra the .students learned basic principle.s such as the structure of the real and natural number systems. The concept that everything is a member of a set is a basic principle of modern math. In advanced algebra, students .solved trigonometric equations and rexiewed the uses of sets. They also learned to draw accurate graphs. Thinking systematically, young mathematicians pro cd theorems using basic definitions and corollaries. They also found the areas of geometric figures such as trapezoids and parallelograms. In senior math, students reviewed trig and used logarithms to solve problems. Most seniors found that limits of sequences posed their tiiost difficult problems. Using the laws of probability, they estimated t!ic chances of two fives turning up on a throw of five dice. On March 9 interested juniors and seniors took a national math contest .sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America and the Society of Actuaries. The three highest juniors and the three highest seniors qualified for a regional math contest. Seniors who qualified: Mike Alford, Jolin Kedik, and Kirk Fletcher; juniors: Randy Shayler, Mary Jane Dexter, and Dennis Cackow.ski. A ■Srrn ' i ' Ol chance. Senior math sindinl .Mike . lford demonstrates the la«s ol probability with the use of dice. KI- I WEl-.N HI IKS. llurr ing lo Iniisli boili hoMiework and iunLlie Ijefoie llic bell rings, juniors lUll Uailx. Mike Nalali. and ]oe Jasiewicz wrestle with the graph of a difficult quadratic equation for advanced algebra. 26

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I V I K l l R o..iii..ii.il .l.iiiii -ll..|, Mllcldils likr M..lli«.li, Khii.il.l 1.111 .111(1 .Mike li iiu ' M ' l ii| :i (iidiii mi ilii III u 1)1- ' iv li;isi( ( ' l( ' iricii Ir.iiiict. Show Boys ' Drawing Skills It ' s neat! , Is it for real? , and Did the woodshop boys make this? ' ' exclaimed .students as they spied the display of articles in the main lobby. Creating all kinds of things from chessboards and fruit bowls to tables and chests of drawers, the boys in vocational wood shop turned raw pieces of wood into beautiful, finished objects. In other ' ocational shops machinists worked with metal on su( h machines as the drill press, milling machine, and metal lathes, used precision instruments, and made small tools of the machinists trade. Student electricians learned to wire a room, to repair household ap- pliances and electrical machines, to construct aircraft receivers and stereo hi-fi sets. During the Christmas holidays a new $10,000 printing press replaced the old one. On this press and on other equipment, the print .shop boys ran off the Alltold and printed forms and programs for the school city. In the only high school print shop in .St. Joseph County, vocational printing students designed projects and hand set the type for them. In vocational machine drafting, boys drew de- tailed plarts of machines .showing three dimensions and sometimes designed their own machines to meet particular needs. Other advanced drafting students drew house plans and constructed balsa wood models of their houses. .As boys prepared to take more advanced ocational courses, elexen- girls im-aded the predominately male shops to learn the .skills that thev will need in their own homes: reading gas meters, rcfinishing furniture, and replacing damaged electrical plugs. This home man- agement class, under the direction of Mr. Milt Ross, also computed electricit) ' costs, spliced wires, and replaced liroken panes of glass. ORH I PRI SS. Tc ' l)liiik in xoc.Tiioii,

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■L I ' KRri.KXlNf. I ' ROIJLEM. Pre algebra Miidi ' iil |i-.in (.)iijinl) conicnlriic 3 she (iiul ' . ilu ' .irc.i of a p.irallologram. 27