Boonton High School - Echoes Yearbook (Boonton, NJ)

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The Need to Know The Science Department offers a variety of courses enabling the student to develop an understanding and awareness of the world around him. In addition to the conventional Biology. Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science courses, the teachers continue to keep their knowledge up to date with the latest issues of scientific interest. The division of the Ecology course made possible the study of two views of the environmental problems with which we are faced. Taught by Mr. Petrein as a science. Ecology deals with the causes of these problems. As a social science. Mr. D’Amato discusses their possible solutions. (Above) Rocks, rocks and more rocks. Freshmen James Dock. Thomas White and Mary Ann Jones try to identify the various minerals through a series of specialized tests. (Above center) Working with chemicals can cause some dangerous temptations. Perhaps the wrong amounts or mixtures could result in . . . Seniors Sue Snider and Sue Rebele carefully rinse their solution of silver nitrate through the filtered funnel in a hopeful attempt to correctly conclude their Chemistry lab. Mr. Wittman Department Head City College of NY Rutgers University Miss Allen Montclair State Rutgers Univ. Mr. Plain City College of NY New York Univ. 26

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(Far left) Working busily on her Algebra test. Sophomore Nancy Neuberg rushes through the last problem during the few remaining minutes of the period. (Center) Senior Mary Anne Price completes her trigonometry homework by drawing the sine and cosine curves on the Cartesian coordinate plane. (Left) By the expression on his face. Mr. Donnelly makes his point very clear. Trying to smooth out any last minute problems before the chapter test, he gets the student's undivided attention. (Below) During Mr. Hardy's Honors Geometry class. Sophomore Zach Cobrinik masters the theories behind similar triangles while Junior Liz Henry and Sophomore Buddy Zinke volunteer their knowledge on the subject. Mr. Hardy Univ. of Notre Dame Miss Sanders Glassboro State Mrs. Holzschuh Montclair State Mr. Vnenchak Montclair State Montclair State 25

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Senior Shayne Russell records results of an experiment testing the tropisms of plants from a clinostat that rotates the test plant. Mrs. Palmieri Douglas College Mr. Petrein Bloomfield Col. Montclair State Mrs. Pisano Jersey City State Fairleigh Dickinson Mr. Newman Paterson State 27