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

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Senior Tony Terrell donates classtime to move boxes. Some science classes were chaotic the first few days due to renovation. Junior Kurt Ahlersmeyer demonstrates the use of a sound detecting device, viewing the pat- tern that his voice creates. A violent chemical reaction results In senior chemistry student Dale Warner ' s laboratory work and Is recorded by junior Jeannie Young. Science 27

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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.

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• I students develop fluent speech rOreign Language through use of recorded tape I like to see students progress in their ability to comprehend, speak, read, and write a foreign language fluently, said Mr. Paul Lemke, foreign language department head. We want them to learn everything about the language that they can, from speaking it well to learning its culture and his- tory. New equipment, including de- vices which teach the student through use of recorded tapes, helped stu- dents to accomplish this. German teacher Mr. Leslie Roberts was new to the department and taught first and second year German at both North and South Side. French students were primarily interested in learning the language, studying the verbs, and getting an idea of the French customs. Fourth year students read modern novels in French. Mr. Beckley ' s third and fourth year stu- dents read Caesar and Cicero. Foreign language department head Mr. Paul Lemke watches his second year Spanish class recite from their Spanish textbook. Mr. Lemke teaches first, second, and third year Spanish. Mrs. Ramona Ransburg ' s second year French class listens to the sound tapes of pronunciation through the earphones. This equipment was revamped for the department. Lecturing to his class is Mr. Leslie Roberts, new German teacher. Mr. Roberts is doing double duty between North and South Side. 28 Foreign Language