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

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and Science Courses and Opportunity Other aspects of this department are consumer math, a survey of general mathematics; mechanical drawing including orthographic projection, lettering and con- structionand perspective and three-dimensiona I drawing . Moreover, the Pre-Tech program offers material for stu- dents who are not college bound. This year the science curriculum added the Pre-Tech course for students particularly interested in health af- fairs. Concentrating on the development of skills and knowledge in this area, the course allows opportunities for work at North Carolina Memorial Hospital and visiting speakers such as Mrs . Viola Jacobs, headof the Volunteer Office at the hospital . Representing the basic objective of our Science Department, exploration forms the core of lab sciences. As the fundamental science of the natu ra I world, physics emphasizes the reasoning behind the law of the universe. In this Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) course, concepts of light, motion, and electricity grow in the laboratory as students analyze the text, compute problems, and study films . Biology classes observe botany and biology through dissection; whereas experi- mentation proves principal theories of e I e m e n t s in chemistry. Furthermore, senior science combines all this material in a brief survey of all aspects of nature . In the future, the department hopes to offer an advanced biology cou rse . Pete Ronman and Mr. Fairley discover physics can be fun! Medical terminology stumps students in Mrs. Berggrun ' s Pre-Tech class. Mrs. Emma K.Som- m e r f e I d, AB, MEd . Algebra II, Math Mrs. Mary Lou B. Wheeler, BS, MEd. Biology 25

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Senior Pete Beebe labors overa construction in mechanical drawing under Mr. Jackson ' s supervision Newly Expanded Math Generate Challenge Now taught entirely according to the School Mathe- matics Study Group (SMSG) method, the extensive curriculum of our Mathematics Department offers seven different courses aimed at both the college-prep and vocational student. Two years of algebra concentrate on the relationships of numbers; plane geometry focuses on the construction and theories of plane figures . Projects prepared by students in advanced Math IV extend their knowledge by relating math to other fields. Introduced this year for seniors who began Algebra I in the eighth grade, Math V deals with elementary fuctions and matrix algebra . Mrs. Rhoda T. Bisbing, BS Biology, Senior Science Mrs. Dorothy J. Edwards, BS . MEd . Plane Geometry Mr. Archie B. Fairley, Jr., AB, MEd. Physics Mr. William C. Foil, BS, MEd ., Biology, Pre -Tech . Mr. William M. Futrell, Jr., BS Chemistry Mrs. Carolyn A . Horn,AB,Med . Algebra II Mr. Searcy Jackson, BS, MEd. Mechanical Drawing Mrs. Marilyn H. Long, BA A Igebra I , Consumer Math , Pre-Tech. 24

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Charles Rogers glances from his copy to peek at his mistakes. Business Prepares Stu- dents for Future In addition to shorthand and two years of typing, our Commercial Department offers Bookkeeping and Business English. Generally, two-thirds of the second-year typing students peck quite successfully, for they secure full or part-time jobs after completing this course. Available for col lege prep students or for those desiring personal knowledge, Typing-Notetaking covers the rules for letters, outlines, manuscripts, and notecards during the first semester and a modified shorthand the second. New equipment for this year includes a phonograph and a dictaphone . Mrs. Sarah M. Britt, BSSA Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typing I, II Mrs. Carolyn J. Mundy, BSSA Business English, Persona I Typing and Note taking, Typing I Mike Koon struggles over shorthand symbols. Bookkeeping sparks the mathematical mi nds of seniors Donnie Clark and Walt Baucom . 26