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

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Rules For Math And Heaven Mrs. Hawthorne explains a problem to her advanced algebra students. Dave Snyder concentrates on completing his homework assignment before the bell rings. a 74 advanced algebra

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Chemistry and physics were academically oriented courses that juniors and seniors could take as electives. Students found that chemistry was harder than some of their science courses of the past. Before, most of the material they had covered could be memorized. In chemis- try, they found that the material couldn ' t be temporarily memorized, but had to be stored away for later use. This was because the subject matter was often applied to new concepts in the following chapters. Memorizing the chemical symbols and understanding the periodic table were only the beginning of things to be learned. When it came time to learn about the positions of electrons outside the nucleus, Mrs. Kremer made a felt diagram so they could visualize the atom. Mr. Day ' s physics class used experimentation to help learn the properties of matter and energy. One experiment was designed to measure the velocity of a toy dart as it was being shot from a dart gun. As Mr. Day was demon- strating this to the class, he accidently shot a dart that hit Larry Schmidlin in the head. By taking physics, students learned how mathematics could be applied to science. They learned fundamental laws of force, and studied concepts related to mechanics, heat, light, sound electricity. Science courses for the upperclassmen involved a great deal of concentration and determination. With the knowl- edge they acquired, maybe someday they ' ll make CC famous by winning a Nobel Peace Prize!

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Advanced Math — a course for college bound stu- dents, was taught by Mr. Jared. The course dealt with analytic geometry and trigonometry. Since the material covered in class was needed for their future math classes, the students found it extremely important to learn as much as they could during the course of the year. Mr. Jared didn ' t waste a minute of class time. The students were kept busy working on a new section of material every one or two days. By the end of the first semester they were familiar with many new terms — polar coordinates, radians, cosecants, asymptotes, and hyperboles were just a few. For the juniors. Advanced Algebra involved a great deal of work. The students were taught by Mrs. Haw- thorne. A typical class period was spent reviewing the homework and going over new material. Mrs. Hawthorne used the overhead projector to illustrate new concepts, and usually the students were able to complete a new chapter every week. Most of the time, the student took the rules for solving algebraic equations for granted. One day Ken Benkeser decided to make up his own laws for a particular algebra problem. Mrs. Hawthorne explained to him that this wasn ' t possible. She said that a person can ' t make up his own rules for getting to heaven, so he can ' t make up his own rules for algebra. For the upperclassmen, math courses were important to their future. Mr. Jared and Mrs. Hawthorne made sure that the students understood the materials that they needed for college. • m n T3g«i M - 5 ' ) IB . ' T PSi 1 7 ■ JB 1 ■ Tony Weber doesn ' t seem to need his algebra book while studying from his notes. r .1- 4 . r senior math 75