Central High School - Delphian Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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SCIENCE In the past few years, science has become increasingly important in the educational pro- gram of the entire nation. Central's Science Department, which was already an important part of the curriculum, has grown and expanded to meet the increasing need. Three courses are offered in this department: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Biology, usually studied in the tenth grade, is a study of the science of life. Chemistry, an eleventh grade subject, probes the science of the corn- position of matter and its transformations. In the twelfth grade, a science major is completed with the study of physics which is the study of matter and energy. ,...--I R1 'n,,..,..

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bca' MATHEMATICS 'Rithmetic has always been one of the basic 3 R's of learning. Today it is more important than ever, and its im- portance is steadily increasing. Students may elect a math sequence toward the completion of either a col- lege preparatory course or a prebusiness plan of study. A college preparatory math major usually includes algebra, which treats the relations and properties of numbersg plane and solid geometry, tl1e study of solids, planes, lines, and anglesg and trigonometry, which deals with the properties of triangles. Physics may also be counted toward a mathe- matics major. Math in pre-business courses would involve business and shop math. Re- fresher math is also offered to any stu- dent in need of review.

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fl .Iii SOCIAL SCIENCE In the tenth grade, students learn about the conditions and changes of the Old World in their World History course which is a stepping-stone to the understanding of the history of the United States which is offered in the eleventh grade. Starting with the dis- covery of the 'tNew World by Spanish explorers, the students are led along the road which fashioned present-day America. Upon reaching the twelfth grade, sen- iors have the option of choosing either World Heritage or Government and Economics. In the former, the only course of its kind in the nation, the course of study is divided into four parts: literature, history, philosophy, and cosmology. The latter gives the stu- dent a working knowledge of govern- mental control in state and local gov- ernments, income tax, foreign policy, and basis of the economic systems of many other important fields.