North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Mr. )ohn Stauffer, geometry teacher, uses an overhead projector in explain- Scott Spridgeon, sophomore, puzzles over his introductory algebra. He is ing a confusing problem to his students. looking carefully over problems for an upcoming test. Demonstrating the relationship between lines and points is Mr. Robert Mr. Donald Hunter, fundamentals of algebra teacher, gives extra help with Lovell. He hopes to enable his students to better understand the basics of a difficult problem to sophomore Mary Carpenter. geometry. 24 Mathematics

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Social Studies Mock elections conclude study of national campaign Because it was an election year, so- cial studies classes often centered around the national election and vot- ing. Early in the year, a mock election concluded a five-session course on the national election. New faces in the social studies department were teach- ers Mr. Arthur Eldridge, from Fairfield Junior High School; Mr. Don Evans, from South Side High School; Mr. Dean Slavens, from Skokle, Illinois; and Mr. Joseph DiPietro. Mr. DiPietro replaced Mr. Duane Brown, who moved from the social studies hall to the deans ' office. Mr. Cleon Fleck, de- partment head, celebrated his six- teenth year at North and his thirty- sixth in teaching. Mr. Fleck feels the purpose of his department is to make students better aware of what goes on around them. Seniors Penny Robinson and Tim Cole discuss newspaper articles on World War II in Mr. Cleon Fleck ' s senior government class. Mr. Myron Henderson lectures to his class on the upcoming national elec- tion. Much acti vity was centered around the election. Mr. Arthur Eldridge, social studies teacher, lectures to his class on current issues. This was Mr. Eldridge ' s initial year at North Side. Social Studies 23

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Mathematics Department gains equipment; offers advanced course on independent basis The class looks on as Amel ia Brand, junior, finds an interesting way to view an otherwise boring protrattor. The math department offered the opportunity of taking five years of math. Seniors could take trigonome- try and advanced math. The ad- vanced math course w as taught every Tuesday morning at 7:15. Mr. Robert Love!! taught the advanced math stu- dents on an independent study basis with pass fail grading. Trig students learned the mathematical language and trig functions. The second semes- ter these students studied analytic ge- ometry. Mr. Charles Clark headed the department, vi ' hich also offered fun- damentals of algebra, geometry, and advanced algebra. Other math teach- ers Mr. Donald Hunter, Mr. Dale Goon, Mr. John Stauffer, and Mr. By Hey made use of new equipment which included several adding ma- chines and a small computer. Mr. Robert Lovell explains the use of the calculator, one of the new math aids, to sophomores Steve Lauer and Tim Miller. Mathematics 25