Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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S i ! Looking back on previous steps, jane McKarns works with speed and accuracy in an attempt to find the correct answer. side in a geometric proof of an unknown quadrilatcral Math Provides Toughest of Challenges ln todayys world of technology, mathematics plays a major role in describing our natural environment and developing our most advanced aerospace equipment, The year BHS offered courses ranging from arithmetic to calculus. Confronted with five choices, 550 students toiled with protractors, compasses and slide rules. Underclass courses One third of the freshmen found themselves engrossed in general math, gaining a firmer understanding of arithmetic principles, The majority puzzled over Algebra I, working with variable equations, polynomials, algebraic func- tions, and solving Hstoryn problems. Proofs and theorems created problems for 88 sophomores in plane geometry, which in- cluded similar and congruent triangles. For the second year, sophomores as well as juniors and seniors studied advanced algebra. The Five sections were introduced to logarithms, analytic geometry, trigonometry, and the con- cept ofa function. Advanced Courses More than 120 college prep juniors and sen- iors struggled with advanced mathematics, using as a new text FUNDAMENTALS OF FRESH- MAN MATHEMATICS. The course consisted of a review, development, and organization of all principles learned previously. Also presented were vectors, matrices, and a few fundamentals of calculus. Five courageous seniors acquired a head start for college by enrolling in calculus, a course providing an overview of the subject. l7 nn--f Right shape but wrong place. A confused student points to the xy rong

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Books and Pictures Span Wide Range of Interest and Action Looking for a picture of a starfish, a college bulletin, an old issue of Newsweek or a good novel? Youive come to the right place if youlre in the BHS library. With a collection of over 9,000 books, it is the academic hub of the school. While a freshman is looking up the temperature of the Gulf Stream, a sophomore may want information on Pasteur. Poe is a popular subject for a junior research paper, and a book on capital punishment is likely to aid a senior preparing a debate. For the fifth year Mrs. McKarns served part- time as assistant librarian. Thirteen students also volunteered their time to assist Mrs. Bo- brock, head librarian. If you ever needed any- thing, Mrs. Pxobrock always knew where to find it. The library continued to benefit from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for the purchasing of new books. Photography One of the busiest groups this past year was the photography class. The course of study in- cluded instruction in the basics of photography, while the lab work offered great deal of extra experience. Since a function of the class was to provide pictures for ZETA COBDIA and HI- LIFE, they were able to see their work published. Photographers. FRONT: Linda Boyd, Brad Lindsey. Mike Arnold. BACK: Steve XYalker. Rex Lavoie. Bob Carroll, Dave Beineke. NOT I'ICTI'BI'fD: john Henry. Tom Stuller. Student Librarians. SEATICD: Carol Barbee, Brad Lindsey. Linda Meyer. STANDING: Kathy Sewell, Marsha Bidenour, Kathy Harrison, Colleen Mul- ligan, Terry De Muth, janie Amyx, Mary Pelland, Sandy Ferree, BELOVV, RIGHT: Assistant librarian, Mrs, VVilIiam McKarns and Patti Blaisdell 16

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Diversified Science Prime ineridians. gall hladders. helices. and calorimeters-these commanded the attention ol 560 science students seeking to learn more ahout the world they w ere to live in, Freshmen hegan their seience curriculum with general science. studying anatomy. ehem- ical equations and energv. .xll students enjoved a geological field trip to Beaver Creek. XYith a microscope for each student. biology hecame a discovery course, catching every- oneis interest. Students dissected frogs. fish, and grasshoppers. and took field trips to the XYilliams County Conservation Farm, Beaver Creek, Collis Woods, and the Toledo Zoo, Chemistry lmecame more like a college course as large groups of students attended lecture classes and divided into lah classes of 22-26. Amid heakers and hunsen hurners, they studied erties of suhstances. relationships hetween phenomena of the uni- verse. Lahoratorv periods often found them houncing super halls to study reflection and mo- mentum or waving Slinkvs to observe wave motion in relation to sound. USiflgfllDiI12li0l'lCS. llowie Yreeland. Greg Ciliek, and I,aYon Harrington measure lrequeuey lengths. S Living dangerously. ehemistry students. Barh Cromes and Sally Xiignery test lor the elteets ol aeicls on metals. Schrodinger wave equations and chemical prop- ln physics I8 senior hovs and 3 girls studied the