Roseburg High School - Umpqua Yearbook (Roseburg, OR)

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a Wondering why anyone would ever take a class like calculus, poor Mike Bartholomew struggles with his assignment along with most of his classmates. A Trying his very best to present an understandable lecture, Mr. Robert Fey requests, “Will you please remove your headphones during the lecture.” ▼ Students who master the techniques taught in Alge- bra II and math analysis move to a college credit class in Calculus, taught by Mrs. Jean Defenbach. Math 25

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 Math Spaghetti Test, Fun Functions Featured Math, usually considered a dull or a proce- dural class, was not this year because of the efforts of a witty group of teachers. In present- ing the method for finding if a set of rules could make a set of numbers a function, Mr. Don Crossfield, department head, explained a “Speghetti Test,” the brain-child of Mrs. Jean Defenbach, with twenty-one years at RHS. Mr. Mike Gould completed this trio. Into this unusual family came Mr. Richard Carrillo and Mr. James Moyer. Carrillo, a per- sonal finance teacher, and Moyer, a business education teacher for seven years, combined to teach one class of applied math. Calculus, a very specialized class for seniors, was offered for the twenty-first year. Defen- bach was the teacher for these students, whose college credit for their efforts during this two- period block class. The team of Mr. Robert Fey, Mr. Ron Goo- dell, and Mr. Duane Hatter completed the math department. They taught geometry and Alge- bra I. Standardized Achievement Tests (S.A.T.) were an area of great achievement for the Ro- seburg scholars. Math students scored on par with the national averages, and great improve- ment was shown by these students in achieving well above the regional average in this test. New textbooks caused changes in curriculum and lesson plans, changes were well received according to Mr. Crossfield, department head. ► As the class groans, Mr. Hatter assigns the duties required for the following day. T “Sorry, I don’t know the square root of 10947682 off the top of my head,” says Mr. Crossfield in disbelief. 24 Math

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Foreign Languages Trip Planned “Sprechen Sie Deutsch?” Students who can answer yes to this question wrote and per- formed reklamen (advertisements). Many of these were original works, and others were co- pied from television and magazines. Another accomplishment in German class was the planning of a trip to Europe, which was being organized by Mrs. Lucia, their instructor. A large group of students eagerly anticipated the chance to accompany her. “Parlez-voux Francais?” New textbooks re- placed eight-year old ones. French I studied Sonets while French II and III worked out of its companion, Scenes et Sejours. Culture and history were emphasized in French III, students learned about former French colonies, like Senegal and overseas de- partments such as Martinique. The cultures were compared to that of France itself. Learn- ing the differences and similarities was fun for the advanced French classes, according to Kris Knock, a third-year student. “Habala usted Espanol?” Spanish classes learned about the pasadas and pinatas of Mexi- co, which are Christmas traditions in Mexico. The legend of the Christmas flower of Mexico was studied in December by the advanced Spanish class. T I need a volunteer — or a victim!” announces Mme. Gorton. ◄ Freshman student Barbara Weaver en)oys the French Christmas traditions and finds candy In her shoes instead of coal usually given bad children). T “I’ll buy Park Place, Boardwalk, and two hotels, too, ‘‘cries Deri Tollefson, much to the dismay of her opponents in Spanish class, as they play Monopoly to help develop their skills In language-transfer. 26 Foreign Languages