Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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Young scientists secure good background at B-PC Offering four years of science, B-PC is doing its bit to prepare the nation's future scientists. The only required science course, general science, is taken by fresh- men as an introduction to the higher sci- ence courses offered. This general course puts in the minds of the students questions which can only be answered by further study in the science field. Living in such a complex world, we are in constant need of the basic fundamentals taught in biol- ogy, chemistry, and physics. Knowledge which a decade ag-o was considered so technical as to be studied only by spe- cialists is teething-rings for today's high school science majors. W id 1'. ' JOHN CAMPBELL ROBERT CHYNOWETH 8.5. of Ed. M.S. of Ed. Science Science Biology student Bert Lowe discovers an entirely new and Although this maze of test tubes and technical apparatus ap exciting miniature world through the lens of a microscope. pears ominous to us, Judy Smith seems to know exactly what she is doing.

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Freshman Beverly Baker gets experience with graphs in practical math class. The giant model slide-rule seems to puzzle Ace Rogers as much as his smaller one does. Fore-sighted students take four years of math Whether it is the fundamentals of prac- tical mathematics, algebra, or geometry that a student needs, or the more compli- cated techniques of advanced algebra, sol- id geometry, or trigonometry that he de- sires, a student can get it at B-PC, one of the few schools of its size to offer so complete a program in this field. Realizing that mathematics is one of the basic tools of learning and always emphasizing the practical, our mathematics teachers are zealous in their efforts to provide a good background for the student, regardless of his aim in future life. For the college- bound students, there is ample training in numerical progressions, quadratic equa- tions, logarithms, and the slide rule, as well as in graphing, radicals, and expon- ents. CLARA A'HEARN, JOHN LAWSON, M.E. M.S. of Ed. Dean of Boys Mathematics Mathematics, Science, Driver Education

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Bruce Paul and Paul Runyon are the careful freshmen workers using the power table saw. Jan Hensley and Larry Moore are two seniors who enjoy the carpentry work they learn in the ag shop. l'Ag classes emphasize scientific farming Students of agriculture prepare lor their future occupation as tillers ot the soil by extensive study in the classroom, applie cation in the well-equipped shop ol the principles learned, and alert observation on field trips. Studyina animal husbandry, even to the construction of shelter tor stock and poultry, the Hao boys acauire conf tidence in their ability to nianaae their own tarrns someday and become the fuf ture providers ot America W4 WILLIAM THORNTON, M.E. Agriculture