Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Math appreciation offers practical use The mathematics departmsnt continued its program this year without any major changes, with regular classes of algebra and geometry, and the math lab suc- cessful in its third year. College prep courses played a dominant role. One relatively new course, math appreciation, was designed as a liberal arts approach to math, and encompassed a wide variety of applicable procedures. Gary Bogby Vernon Bly Lowell Dougherty Edgar Eci(ey Elbert Jennings Phillip Martin Lowell Reed Edgar Eckey (top) involves students in board work. Lowell Dougherty (bottom left) goes over ossignment with junior Rick Hollingsworth. Gory Bagby (top right) checks over math lab assignment. Lowell Reed (bottom right) odds lightness to daily lesson. 25

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Various media aid language students The foreign language depart- ment worked with tapes, films, and records to help stress a deeper understanding of the people, their language, and their culture, according to Erna Bev- ington, department head. French was offered first through fifth year. Latin, Russian, and Span- ish were offered through the third year. A special oral Rus- sian course has been developed to attract the interest of stu- dents who might not otherwise enroll in a foreign language. Kathryn Kirkhoff (top right) delivers daily language lesson to o class. Erno Bevington (bottom left) listens to a student recite French. Mario Creogh (bottom right) takes time from Spanish lessons to appreciate a student ' s humor. 24

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Science education assumes new importance Alon Ewers Jerry Ferrel Judy Griffin Hugh Kent Edword Kern Herbert McCaw Ervin Poduska Horace Hendricks Wendell Stone Hugh Kent (top) delivers a lecture In biology class on cell processes. Ervin Poduska (bottom left) demonstrates an experiment to electronics stu- dents. Seniors Jon Walker and Lance Brauer (bottom right) weigh a beaker during a chemistry experiment. 26