Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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Geometry students Cheri Risley and Twila Koenig try their skill in factoring a geometric equation. Students in the class spent much time on proving theorems. MATHEMATICS Enrollment Expands Greater emphasis was placed on Consumer Math, which covered math-matical facts used in daily life, such as interest and taxes; as seen with its increased enrollment. The ten students who took Math VII studied intermediate calculus and devised a giant slide rule. Those enrolled were more than had ever taken this class before. Other math classes experienced increased enrollment as well. Algebra n expanded to three full classes and areas covered included linear equations and Trigonometry. With the help of Mr. Bob Kenyon, Mr. Paul Olliff, Mr. Charles Wade and Mr. Frank Kettleson math at all levels was made challenging; with students grappling with such problems as logrithmns and interpolations. Success was easily attained in areas like factoring and venn diagrams, and the year turned out to be rewarding for the math-minded. Mr. Paul Olliff explains the complexities of an intriguing Math VI problem in Sine and Cos Sine functions to Lindsey Harms while Steve Veazie attempts to solve the problem on his own. Students are having difficulty in grappling the functions in terms of pi and two pi.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Course Titles Revised What, in prior years was known as Industrial Arts, has now undergone extensive change. The traditional course was replaced with Woods, Electricity, Vocational Agriculture, Metals and Power Mechanics; all became a part of Career Education. In Woods, students completed required projects and went on to individual projects which included such things as cabinet making and the building of small pieces of furniture. Along with Woods, Mr. Brooks Wagner also taught Electricity which dealt with the fundamentals of generator operation and the basics of home and industrial wiring. Mr. Gary Thayer completed his seventh year as Metals instructor and included information on the use of the lathe in making useful articles and acquiring a skill that could become an occupation in later life. Metals students also got to smelt ingots of aluminum and worked in casting. Mr. Lowell Buswell, who taught courses in Agriculture oriented shop skills, rounded out a talented group of instructors who efficiently adapted course content to a revised curriculum. Junior, Ron Linschied finds the belt sander the ideal tool for smoothing off the rough edges of his Metals I project. Steve Hillborn practices cutting a pattern from plywood on the band saw in Mr. Brooks Wagner's Woods class.

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DRIVERS’ ED. Awareness Taught For the second consecutive year, students learned the techniques of defensive driving through the use of the drivocater simulator. With these film tests and the help of instructor, Mr. Frank Kettleson, sophomores gained the knowledge and confidence needed before completing the required six hours of driving in the 1973 Nova, Ventura, and Malibu Drivers' Ed cars. Behind the Wheel instructors included Mr. Dewey Tuttle, Mr. Ron August, Mr. Steve Betschart, and Mr. Frank Kettleson. Through the study of such things as signals, signs, visual acuity, color-blindness, and reaction time tests; students gradually became prepared for the driver's license test. Practical aspects of the course such as changing a tire, bad weather driving, and understanding the basics of motor design were also included. A certificate and card were issued to each student who successfully completed the course. With the discontinuing of the Health Education cluster. Health returned to its traditional function of providing the basics of hygiene, human growth and development, and first aid to those enrolled. Ron Snider gets to know Harry Healthful , as a part of his study of first aid in Health Class. Bill Jones prepares to ease the car into motion on his maiden voyage in Driver's Training. With her mind intent on deciding which lane to enter on a four lane highway, Kathy Mullen then discovers the right answer as it is flashed on the drivicater simulator, 22