Albert Lea High School - Tiger (Albert Lea, MN)

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SLINKYS ARE USED in a physics experiment in order to determine the way in which light travels. .msg tcgfzsa rwissiiu sm, I A 0, ., ,mmf 'mm Science Revised Materials Aid Science Class essons Basic curriculum changed in the sciences this year. The main difference in chemistry was the revised set of materials. Electric balances were also added to aid the students in their work. Large lecture rooms aided the regular and advanced biology classes in completing their lessons. Closed cir- cuit tv was in future planning. Regular biology was main- ly an introductory course to life sciences, and included films and laboratory exercises. Advanced biology dif- fered in that people taking this course planned on ca- reers in related fields of biology. Each student carried out an extensive research project, which he or she re- ported on at the end of the year. Laboratory work was more detailed. A high frequency UHF machine, used to measure wave lengths, was added to the physics department. Each semester was devoted to different aspects of atomics, mechanics, and frequencies. 2-1 MARVIN GLESNE - Chemistry. OLIVE NELSON - Biology. IRWIN VOLKMAN Il if 'fi ..si, R ,.1:ifi.l wigs is H at is-vi' - Chemistry, Department Head. JERALD KAPHERS - Biology, Track Coach, Cross Country Coach. THEO- DORE BOTTEN - Biology, Assistant Basketball Coach. WARNER NETTLE- TON - Physiology and Psychology. nr WILLIAM HEIBEL - Biology, Advanced I if . Biology. GEORGE MCCARTHY-Phys ics Senior Arithmetic, Audio-visual, 'I Senior Class Adviser. A i Fr : ii Q bf. Academics -- 17

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BYRON SPEAR - Department Head. Math 11 B, Math 12. WENDELL AR- NOLD - Math 10 A, Math 10 B. ROBERT DREISBACH - Math 11 A. RICHARD NIELSON - Math 10 A, Math 10 B, Basketball Coach, Baseball Coach. MARK WILCOX - Math 10 B, Math 10 C, Gymnastics Coach Not pictured. Math Electronic Calculators Give Class Added Depth Math students had the opportunity to use electric cal- culators forthe first time. These calculators gave depth to math classes, providing the student with more time for math study. Two math classes were added to the preceding math program to enlarge it to a total of seven courses. The added classes were Math 10 C and Math 11 B. The 10 C course was an algebra refresher class offered to sopho- mores only. Math 11 B taught modern algebra and trigonometry. The reason for such a broad selection of math courses available was to provide each student with all his math needs. The Math 12 class was for students planningto go to college and major in field requiring an extensive math background. The Math 11 B course was for college- bound students that did not need an extensive back- ground in math for their particular majors. lVlr. Byron Spear, head of the math department, was elected the president of South Eastern Minnesota Coun- cil of Teachers of Mathematics, covering areas from kin- dergarten to college. 16 - Academics re- MATHEMATIC CALCULATORS are utilized by stu- dents to determine quadratic formulas. ll! f 2' 1 J 5 vt - i

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CAREFUL CONCENTRATION is essential in vocabulary tapes ISOLATED LANGUAGE BOOTHS make it possible for the as this Spanish II student demonstrates. teacher to determine the progress of the student Languages Audio-Lingual Approach Highlights Curriculum Students experienced several academic changes this year in the language courses. Latin was dropped from the curriculum because of lack of interest. French, Ger- man, and Spanish were offered. The language courses continued the audio-lingual approach, which was the first to emphasize the listening and speaking aspects of a language. French IV dropped the Audio-Lingual Materials book to concentrate on read- ing. Small group work was used to give more individual attention to the students. More extensive use of trans- parencies and slides provided essential visual aid. Miss Fran FitzSimmons was introduced to the lan- guage department as teacher of the French ll,lll, and IV classes. Mr. Jeffrey Payant taught French I for the first time this year. The requirement that students take at least two years of a language was dropped because it was felt language is an experimental course in high school to determine interest. More concentrated study may be pursued in college. There were more students in the upper level lan- guages than in the lower levels as students in increasing numbers took the first year languages in junior high school. 18 - Languages