North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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Johnny Butler explains a geometry problem to Alice Stewart. 4 You may know about basketball, David, but I know about equations. explains Sally Chandler to David Teegarden. Mathematics These Subjects Call For Brain Power Mathematics is defined as, the science of quantity and number and of operations involving them. Today mathematics is much broader than just dealing with numbers and their relations to each other. A math student must deal with unknowns, radicals, logarithms, hyperbolas, ellipses, sines, co-sines, and inverse variations. Almost any occupation in the modern world requires a great understanding of math and its related courses. Some phases of employment require only a minimum knowledge of math but most of the newly-createdjobs and opportunities expect plane or solid geometry, algebra, ad- vanced math, trigonometry, and the other higher math courses offered. Scientists, engineers, architects, aswell as businessmen of tomorrow get their beginning in the field of math offered to them in high school. It is here that they begin with the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and advance from there to the more difficult and complicated phases of the New Math. Mathematics is being emphasized more and more in the world today and is becoming a prerequisite for any and all vocations. Bob Moncrief, Charlie Heitt, and Gary Yeilding perform at the blackboard.

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Social Studies Prepare the Citizens of Tomorrow lt has often been said that the most im- portant thing in life is understanding it and the people who participate in it. To take the past and use it to mold our present and future is the goal of the social studies department. Thus social studies should be thought of more as a guide to compatibility with our fellow man rather than a boring study of past ages. Striving toward this goal are the courses in American and World History, World Geography, American Government and Eco- nomics, and Human Relations. Human Relations is truly an excellent name for this course, for what is more im- portant than learning to live with our con- temporaries. This is accomplished through the use of good study habits, driving, the effects of alcohol and the study of various vocations. Eugene Anderson and Philip Reid practice good behavior in making an acquaintance, rx Sing Along with Larry. Larry Woolridge leads Kay Graham Brenda Johnson, Joe Cook, Tommy Malone, Judy Rhodes and Brenda Cummins in a Song of the Presidents in American History. History courses enable students to not only look into the events of civilization as far back as the records permit, but also to realize the history they read in today's headlines. One of life's greatest advantages is learning and profiting from the mistakes of others. World Geography enables a student to become familiar with the climate and terrain of the other countries of our globe. Last but perhaps more important is the intensive study of our government and the economic Way of life that of necessity accompanies. Thus we learn that a knowledge of our world and ourselves is to be gained by taking advantage of the opportunities offered by these social studies courses. Candy Fields and Lloyd Watson display the bulletin board in American History, 'Nw

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Science Trains Wildcats for the Challenges to Come Intelligent, curious, or just plain bug happy are only a few of the adjectives that could be applied to the happenings in the varied departments of science. Intelligent is the only word to explain the utmost in science, physics. S2lf2gt2 is the secret password into the world of physics. Physics prepares the high school students to the highest degree of science. Curiosity is encouraged in chemistry. The exploration of elements and matter aids in the comprehension of ideas that were once only words in the textbooks. Bug happy is the only word for the dis- secting, chopping biology student. Biology is the introduction into science for many North Little Rock students. All these science courses join together to make the NLRHS student a well-rounded science graduate prepared for the vast field of careers that lie in the future. No, these aren't skin divers-- -they're chemistry students trying out the new lab goggles. This must be it---it's the only thing we've found that looks like the picture in the book, Bob Vint and Don Trickey dissect a frog in biology. This is making me dizzy---Physics students Fred Smith and Patsy Kyle measure the number of times a pendulum swings back and forth in a minute. 19