Attica High School - Torch Yearbook (Attica, NY)

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Did you know that sometimes 2 and l can equal 1? According to our master chemist, Mr. Taylor, this is so. Oi' course, you must under- stand that we mean molecules of hydrogen, oxygen, and water. So, Mr. Taylor is right. So is Hr. Manchester, the biologist, when he states that humans have 118 chromosomes in each body cell. Not for long, though, for biology studies now seem to show only 146. Hr. Davies is also correct when he diagrams a water purification system, or the like, in his position of general scientist. Our Science teachers are pretty dependable in their knowledge of their subject. They can get it across to us even better, too, with the new, more adequate equipment in the science suite of rooms. Yes, they have benefited greatly in the new school. JUNIOR HIGH SCIENCE DEPARTMENT In an age when scientific developments are constantly changing the world, what better place is their to originate the future scientists then in Attica's Junior High Science Department? MI'- Dumke, Mr. Hartway, and Hr. Novak have accepted the challenge hurled at them, and are working incessantly to develop a greater interest and lmow- ledge in Science among the seventh and elghth grade students. who knows, another Einstein or Darwin may be the product of the Junior High Science Deparhnent I Mr. Edris Davies General Science Hr. Loren Manches A I 'N Biology Dam I-bfgiene Mr. Robert Taylor General Science Chemistry Physics Mr. Leo Dumke mme -.sw . Mr. Gordon Ha:-may J is mg 'g Mr. Jack Novak has

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F l MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT How far we have come from the 2+2-h days! Now, under the capable, chalk-stained hands of Mr. Fox and Mr. O'Connor, we are accomplishing such feats as solving equations, figuring percentages, finding the tangent of angle x, or proving that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. In the past few years we have made some changes in the terminology and subject material of our courses. What was Elementary Algebra is now Nath 9, Geometry is Math 10, Intermediate and Trigonometry have combined into Math ll, although a separate Intermediate course is offered, and Advanced Algebra and Solid Geometry have joined forces in stumping the students of Math 12. But throughout all this change, we have retained the same very good teachers to help us through the same mysterious science of mathematics. Mr. Lowell Fox Mathematics 9 Mathematics 10 Mathematics ll Mathematics 12 Nr. George O'C0l'1-KIOI' JUNIOR HIGH MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT B X R ' P, A I ibh, these are only a few formulas which confront the Math students of Junior High. Here in the seventh and eighth grades, the rudiments of more advanced Math are supplied. Under the capable instruction of Mrs. Spohn, Mr. Novak, and Mr. Hartway, the Junior High Mathematics Department is inevitable to achieve success. Eff gt Vw J Mrs. Doris Spohn Mr. Gordon Hartway Mr. Jack Novak E if I General Mathematics Intermediate Algebra di? ,My f-of

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Mrs. Carol Clark French I, II, and III Miss Luella French Latin I, Il, and III MUSIC DEPARTMENT Our music teachers are really happy this year. In all their isolated, sound-proof rooms they can play and sing to their heart's content. They do, tool Mr. Geise, the choral director, directs both Girl's and Mixed Choruses, and they are very good, as their concerts have proven. The Band also has shown itself worthy of praise. Mrs. Snith does a grand job of keeping them in practice, time, and tune. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Echoing dorm the corridor is the chant... do, das, dat, damus, datus, dant. Mingled in is the phrase. ..Comment allez-vous? Yes, Latin and French classes are in session. Miss French will soon begin the Gaulic wars, while, across the hall Mrs. Clark is going over an oral report on Genevieve, the Patron Saint of Paris. Both of the subjects are very well taught, and if we can learn them well, we will have gain- ed a great deal that will help us for years to come for Latin and French are the basic languages of our own and many others. Also, the study habits picked up during these three or four years will surely help us in our future studies. x hwy .5 Mrs. Genevieve Smith Band Mr. Richard Geise Junior High Music Chorus 16 L I