Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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MATHEMATICS During The pasT year The lVlaThemaTics DeparTmenT placed more emphasis on The sTudy oT maThemaTics, algebra, geom- eTry, and TrigonomeTry because oT The war. New courses were inTroducedg oThers were supplemenTed To include a broader approach To maThemaTics. AeronauTics was added To Anderson l'ligh School curriculum To answer The need Tor This phase oT maTh. A new course in Reifresher lvlaThemaTics presenTed an opporTuniTy Tor upper-classmen To brush up on Their maTh beTore advancing To higher insTiTuTions oT learning. A new idea was inTroduced in The alge- bra and geomeTry classes This year. The algebra classes were required To devoTe ThirTy minuTes each weelc To deTiniTely planned drills Tor The mainTenance oT ariThmeTic lcnowledge previously acquired. GeomeTry classes devoTed The same amounT oT Time To The review oT algebra. Because oT The imporTanT parT ThaT maThemaTics plays in many Tields oT es- senTial indusTries, This year high schools aTTempTed To induce sTudenTs To sTudy as much oT This subiecT as possible. A special' maThemaTics TesT was given To The sTul denTs in order To esTimaTe Andesron l-ligh School's sTandard in regard To maThe- maTics and also To acguainT,,The sTudenTs wiTh Their individual needs in The Tield oT maThemaTics. i . Weaver Basil l'losier HerberT Miller W. H. Brinson Elgin Todd Therese Bowen Nedra Denny Fred W. SToler

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FGREIGN LANGUAGES Thy Gregg l-lelen Humphrey Richard Rencenberger Wilma Baly T MUSIC---ART One has only To loolc aT some oT The posTers rnaole by The ArT DeparTmenT To see whaT splendid worlc The sTudenTs in ThaT oleparTmenT clo. As iT is in The ArT DeparTrnenT so iT is in The Music DeparTmenT. This deporTmenT oTTers several diTTerenT inTeresTs anol a varieTy oT Things To enTer inTo Tor sTu- clenTs who are noT inTeresTed in any kind oT music. America does noT sTand alone. IT we are To be a naTion oT The world we musT learn To Tallc wiTh people oT many naTions. For This reason, There is a Tine Foreign Lan ua e De arTmenT in A.l-l.S Q Q p ' F TradiTional is The sTudy OT l.aTin, one oi The languages loasic in The proper under- sTanding oT Fnglish. Courses in French and Spanish are also TaughT. G ldine STriclcler Fannie Nagle L J McClinTock Whifson

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SCIENCES ending: L. B. MaTher Leo Sanders Fred W. SToler afed: Jesse STuTsman JusTine MiTchell Iv1argareT Mulle B. R. STewarT MonTTorT Barr B. B. l'lorTon F1 All The barbarous habiTs oT boys and The sgueamish, scornTul looks oT The girls were discovered when The lowly amphib- ian was dissecTed in The newly organized Advanced Biology class. This course is TaughT by Jesse STuTsman, head oT The Biological Science DeparTrnenT, and was oTTered Tor The TirsT Time This year. ln This clivision oT The deparTmenT, saTeTy, phys- iology, beginning and advanced biology are classed. B. B. l-lorTon supervises The work in The Physical Science DepT. and is assisTed by B. R. STewarT and lvlonTTorT Barr. There are Three sTudenT assisTanTs who help in iw A The laboraTory and classes. Aside Trom acid burns, small explosions, and numerous odors, The chemisTry lab- oraTories have been organized successTul- ly. CerTain sTandards have been seT by The Army and Navy DepT. Tor sciences TaughT in high schools and The science course in Anderson l-ligh conTorms To These sTandards. This course has probably caused more headaches To The sTudes oT Anderson l-ligh Than any oTher, buT when compleTed iT is an achievemenT oT which To be very proud. X i, .Tyra .Qu . .mmgmt Q Y ,