Chapel Hill High School - Hill Life Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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Mrs. Sommerfeld explains the finer points of construct- ing a proof to Nancy Haigler. 4'0W4g,, p ' 'L . .. Tammy Tasker explains her project on measuring dis- tances to her Math IV class. MATHEMATICS Consumer math students work problems at their seats. The Mathematics Departmentlike the English Department, is characterized by a mixture of both standard and experi- mental teaching methods. With the ex- ception of two courses, all math is taught under a plan outlined by the School Mathe- matics Study Group CSMSGD, which stresses reasoning rather than memo- rization. SMSG, now offers a program in MathIV dealing with elementary func- tions and matrix algebra. This year, for the first time, the cur- riculum follows the SMSG plan of teaching plane geometry between, rather than aft- er, two years of algebra. This year's senior class is the first one to have had all four years of math under the SMSG program. Although the material and the approach in SMSG are different from that of more traditional mathematics, students learn the same basic principles. Consumer math is a course offered to students who want a survey in general mathematics to use in any vocational field which they might select. Math IV, which is a semester of trig- onometry and a semester of solid geom- etry, is the other course taught by the traditional method.

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Diane Woods, Lee Fambrough, and Linda Wheeler write French exercises on the board. Mrs. Basile holds the microphone while Wynne Carter and Carl Lloyd record a Spanish passage. LANGUAGE CHHS is tri-lingual -- the Language De- partment offers notable courses in French, Latin, and Spanish. Conversation is stressed in French and Spanish, Whereas translation is the most important aspect of Latin. Latin, from which many other languages are formed, is often the basis for the study of the other languages. In the first year vo- cabulary and grammar give necessary back- ground for reading THE GALLIC WARS of Julius Caesar, which climaxes the second year. The use of dialogues is a popular method of instruction because it gives students great- er facilities in pronunciation and a working knowledge of the French language. In addi- tion to these dialogues and the study of gram- mar, one period each week is spent studying outstanding works in French literature -- SEPT D'UN COUP, in first year French, AU- CASSIN ET NICOLETTE, in the second year, and the short stories of Maupassant, in the third year. Aplay, given by French III classes for the first time last year, has now become an annual event. The Spanish course resembles the French in that conversation is enriched through dia- logues, and grammar is supplemented by the Study of literature. J i Eric Buck gives a report to his Latin class.

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SCIENCE The Science Department at Chapel Hill High School offers both basic and specialized courses. Biology a subject required for graduation, gives a complete survey of both botany and zoology. Class lectures are supplemented by laboratory periods, during which the stu- dents observe what they have learned in the lectures. Students study in great detail the four plant phyla, which include everything from microscopic plants to Sequoia trees. They also get a thorough knowledge of the animal kingdom through study of representa- tive animals from each phyla, In chemistry, lab periods are also com- bined with lectures to give students a better understanding of the processes behind life. They explore both the theoretical and practi- cal aspects of chemistry. Typical of this course are the writing of equations and the conducting of experiments, some of which are making hydrogen and oxygen. Chemistry students Bruce Ballentine and Bill Pen- Dr. Joseph Straley of the U.N.C. Physics Depart- ment lectures about waves to a physics class. Physics students learn the reasons behind the laws of the universe through a new course compiled by the Physical Science Study Com- mission QPSSCD. This course emphasizes in- dependent experimentation and original think- ing. A sequence of films, which accompanies the text, allows the students to observe ex- periments which are impossible to conduct in the high school lab. Senior science offers a general survey of science as well as an introduction to labora- tory techniques. Sophomores Lynn Turlington, Mary Mac Gregg, dergraft set up equipment to make oxygen. , 23 and Mike Wall study plant cell phenomena on the biol- ogy chart. B af I' 4