North Phoenix High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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1 Q RE 5:- Coach McDermott talked with Pete Nelson, a Blind for a Day participant, and Bruce Jordon. HBlind for a Day Event Proved Valuable Project Seen groping around the campus last year were several North High School pupils, participating in the annual Blind for a Day experiment. Spon- sored by Mr. Gilleland, these physics students learned to appreciate fully the tremendous part which two eyes play in everyday life. Familiar objects became mysterious obstacles, and well- traveled North High sidewalks and corridors were confusing highways leading from one dark cave to another. Despite their handicap, the seniors were active both at home and on campus. Al- though they had guides, the pupils managed alone most of the time. New Mustangs were intrigued with the day's activity, as were those who saw the blind students after school hours. Bettyiwarner gasped as blindfolded Ted Borek attempted TfYint'-Z YO UPCU her l0ClC91', PhYSiCS Student Bllfbilfil to pour milk into his glass during lunch period. Greenwell used the sense of touch to find the correct combination.

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Physics students gained appreciation of Eyesight Blind for a Day was described differently by each participant. Irby Cain summarized all their feelings when he said, Everything seemed to move at a snail's pace. Some students said that sounds were distorted and loud, some were irritable and nervous. Others were bored because they could not see objects being discussed, and were suspi- cious of their surroundin s. While walking on theg campus, students were able to tell when they were near buildings because of sound echoes. They could also tell when a per- son opened the classroom door because of a breeze. Bob Capri stated, It excited me to be able to know various things through smell, sense of touch, and hearing. Others noticed the acuteness of their senses during the day, and realized how sharp must be the senses of the permanently blind. Although leading a somewhat normal day, stu- dents' behavior bordered on the abnormal when y pcagjgggting in campus life and recreational Mr. Gilleland tested Barbara Greenwell's sense of touch and judgment in determining the relative positions of wooden rods. son Leonard Bafaloukos Annette Whetton Nm howe Douglas Bell Karl Abrahamsen Miles Lister. The Blind for a Day participants, Front Ro Borek, Arthur Truter, Barbara Greenwell, Patricia Sand- Boli Capri, Judy Peers, ,Dennis Meader. Back aw: ed studehts were memliers of Mr. Gillelatid's physics classes.

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Westinghouse participants were Martha Stellhorn, Benny Simmons, Leonard Bafaloukos, Wil- liam Mitchell, Robert C. Lutz, Barbara Stallings, Sheri Arentz, Carole Grosser, Gary Tizard, and Donald Vinson. The students were all seniors. North Sponsored Ten Westinghouse Participants Each year a national Science Talent Search is sponsored by the Westinghouse Corporation. There are four requirements that a student must meet to enter the contest. The student must get a teacher's recommendation, take the Westing- house test, fill out a personal data sheet, and do a research project. North had ten entrants in the contest. Their names and rojects are as follows: A eri rentg- sa is mento ormal Values for Serum Beta-Lipoproteins of High School Age Bill Mitchell- Desalination of Slightly Saline Water by Electrodialysis Using Animal Mem- branesf' Benny Simmons- Physiological Effects of Ion- ized Air. Barbara Stallings- The Destruction of Red Blood Cells by Non-complement Binding Anti- bodies. NX Bob Lutz- Design, Construction, and Opera- vtion of a Highspeed Centrifugef' students by Means of fhQr Gary Tizafd-HA Study of the Sensitivity of -I-COUHIJ-Bilffi10Uk0S- 5fEf0iCF I 0116 CCYS Micrococcus Var. Aeurus to Chloromycetin, Dihy- Upon Protozoa. Carole Grosser- Effects of Strenuous Physical Exercise upon the Power of Abstract Reasoning. Marty Stellhorn - Chromosome Analysis in Manf, drostriptomycin, Penicillin, Polyxmin B, Tetra- cycline, and Aureomycinf' Don Vinson- The Effects of 2.4 dinitrophenol with respect to Oxidation of Living Tissue.