Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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Man Depends upon Science In today ' s world of atomic power, man de¬ pends wholly upon science. Today ' s students have a greater variety of texts and equip¬ ment to use in building an understanding of the principles of science than ever before. At Astoria High School, students are trained to think for themselves by doing experiments, observing the results, and drawing their own conclusions. All are required to take an introductory course of biology, but the more advanced courses of chemistry and physics are optional. Dr. Powell, professor of physics at the University of Oregon, gives a lecture to the science classes on the use of the laser. Sweating out an identification test, soph¬ omore biology students examine cellular organisms under the microscope. George Hoyden takes aim with the monkey gun as Mark Edy, Penny Price, Chris Copstead and Laurie See- borg wait for the results. The monkey gun demon¬ strates to the physics class Galleo ' s theory of falling objects. 18

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At the beginning of a study of triangles, Mr. Reuter demonstrates the altitude of a triangle to his 5th period geometry class. Mathematics Gateway to Opportunities Today a solid background in mathematics is essential to most college-bound students. Math is also needed in most technical voca¬ tions. With the business of computers becom¬ ing more and more common, there are many openings for the people trained in this field. When asked why they take so much math, Mr. Scott ' s advanced math students replied that their reason was for status.” They felt that they had more opportunities for schol¬ arships with these credits. Courses in math offered at Astoria High are algebra, geometry, business math, advan ced algebra, senior review, and trigonometry. Mathematics courses are electives in senior high. Andy Thorsness, of the advanced trigonometry class, displays the use of the slide rule by working out the cosine of an angle of a triangle. 17

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Vigorous Exercise, Keynote of P.E. Caughf in the camera during one of the fall swimming classes, Mr. Bryant seems to be saying, Nextl” Brian Olsvik, student P.E. leader, answers apprehensively, Wha, me? Developing muscular control, Colleen Brown, Penny Dimick, Ann Yancey, and Lisa Henningsgaard attempt a gymnastic stunt on the parallel bars in P.E. while Randy Aspmo and Karen Olsen spot. “I, 2, 3, 4, Ugh,” count the boys in 7th period boys ' P.E. class as Mr. Bryant checks them. An influx of new students overcrowded the P.E. sections this year and made close co¬ operation of instructors necessary. Although varied activities were offered, improving posture was stressed in the Girls ' P.E. classes. Weight lifting, wrestling, gymnastics, speed- ball, and rugby were only a few of the pro- grarr.s that the boys participated in. 19