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

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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

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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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• , Courses de-emphasize brain-squeezing, CIGnCG stress individual research projects Senior )im Wehrenberg constructs a sound-proof box as a part of his advanced science project. His experiment will note the effects of silence upon guinea pigs to be housed in it. The science department was granted new technically-advanced equipment this year. Experimenting with the instruments are seniors Gene Chaffin, Dan Zweig, and Denny Maxwell. Science is a way of life, according to Mr. Ronald Dvorak, science de- partment head. Getting away from the stereotype of brain-squeezing sci- ence courses was a concern of Mr. Dvorak. He hoped students derived from science not only facts, but also a realization of the relation of tech- nology to living. Some courses en- couraged individual research projects, and most required laboratory work. Students in the man-made world course studied traffic patterns around the city, planning to offer the city traf- fic department solutions to the prob- lem of Fort Wayne ' s vehicle-clogged streets. All classes participated in field trips to the Chicago Museum of Sci- ence and Industry. The department was more than just pretty, remolded rooms. New mod- ern equipment added efficiency and was appreciated by students and teachers alike. Hopefully, though, the students took with them not just knowledge of science. As Mr. Mark Tipple expressed it, Awareness is what it ' s all about.