Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Hallelujah For Experiments!

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Experiments seemed to be the biggest part of Mr. Day ' s general science classes. The classes studied the reactions of acids, trying to determine which one was the strongest. They also did projects on solar energy. From this, they tried to determine how to make more energy at cheaper prices. Let ' s get Tri to taste it! He ' ll taste it, he tastes everything! General science students often heard this popular phrase while working on experiments. One day, Tri Nguyen was asked to taste a mixture . . . luckily yeast and milk wasn ' t harmful to his health! When students weren ' t working on experiments, they held class discussions that ranged from atomic bombs to anti-spy satellites. People who walked past the biology room might have thought that Mr. Wilder had graduated from Fred As- taire ' s school of dancing. He also sang a variety of sea- sonal songs during class. One day, he was joined by Scott Cooper in a duet, featuring their version of the Hallelujah Chorus. These were just a few antics that Mr. Wilder used to get his students to relax before taking tests. When the class wasn ' t taking notes from the overhead, they were busy studying cell movement under a micro- scope. The students also watched fllmstrips which ex- plained cell division, RNA and DNA. Biology and general science students had a good time during class, but what was most important, they learned a great deal from Mr. Wilder and Mr. Day. ,, Mickey Siemers, and Bob Buit watch Mr. Day ' s various experiments with enthusiasm.

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storing Facts For The Future 72 chemistry and physics