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

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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

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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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The science curriculum has expanded over the years to 15 courses. The newest addition offered this year was electronics, a one semester course involving math and laboratory work with electronic circuits used in power supplies, amplifiers, radio, TV ' s, etc. Alan Ewers noted that more than 50% of the student body were enrolled in a science class, although now students are only required to take one year of sci- ence or math to graduate. Ris- ing enrollments in science at all levels reflects the growing need for people in the field of scien- tific research. Herbert McCaw (top) prepores for demonstration with rats. Jeff Brown (right) studies magnesium reaction in the course of an experiment. Terry Saville (middle left) records data from a physics experiment. Judy Griffin (bottom) helps students with a biology ossignment.