Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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 Not pictured , . . Dr. Waltraud Cate Mrs, Elene Lilker Mrs. Lucille Drake Mrs. Nucia Lodge Dr. Kenneth Miller Mr. Donald Norton Mr. Joseph Ochoa Miss Marian Schmit Mr. Patrick Presto Miss Sandra Stoneman Mr. Kenneth Snyder Mrs. Laura Sung Mrs. Elsa White

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Some of us continued to take math through our senior year, but even those who didn't still retain memories of theorems, postulates, corollaries, and cosines. The Paly math department offered us outstand- ing programs in S.M.S.G. and traditional math. For math enthusiasts the A.P. course offered a program ■n freshman college calculus. A program in compu- ters was open to students interested in learning and computing math on an IBM computer. Whether fair or good at math we found the math teachers ever ready and willing to help us. To all, science was a challenge, and the field itself was fascinating. Included in the science curri- culum were courses in biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and earth science. Department head William Bunton directed the unique two-period college chemistry class again this year. Biology courses were ably handled by Mr. Shu- gart, Mrs. Rodman, and Mr. Shroyer. Henry Martin successfully handled the physics classes again this year and one of the new teachers, Mr. Barr, directed the geology and earth science classes.

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We can now look back on the many days that we shoved our way up the stairs to our language classes. Paly offered us many choices of a foreign language—Latin, Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Chinese. The latter two were Paly's unique programs. Almost ten years ago Russian was instituted at Paly, taking it one of the first schools on the west coast to develop this instruction. Four years ago the Car- I ncgie Foundation sponsored the teaching of Man- darin Chinese, now under the able guidance of Mrs. Laura Sung, This year many of us participated in the Audio- Lingual language programs. Students studying a for- eign language by this method learned the accent and speech of a country along with its culture, way of life, and traditions. The students participating in this program were more able to speak fluently the language of their choice through their exposure to the spoken word. In the traditional language classes we gained further insight into the customs and attitudes of other countries through film-strips, magazines, and an extensive reading program.