Delta Secondary School - Lampadion Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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Science In keeping with the trend toward Experimental Science, last year we introduced two new courses on Grade 9 level. This year two more replaced the former grade 10 courses. The grade 10 ' s are now studying an Ecology or Chemistry Option. Because the demand has extended into the senior grades, the existing Grade 1 1 Physics course is being adapted to the needs of the Grade 1 1 four-year Arts and Science Students. In grade 12, a new course is being presented as a pilot project for the city. Hopefully, this chemistry course, Pollution and Re- lated Problems , will be adopted by other schools, next year, so that they too, may benefit from Delta ' s initiative. To meet the student demands for individual research Mr. Emery and Mr. Ryder have organized the Science Club. Presently, Mr. Currie and Mr. Rizzo are working on the new grade 10 Human Biology course to be offered next year. There also may be changes in the grade 9, 11, and 12 courses. Perhaps the busiest man in the department is its head, Mr. Cunningham. He has the task of co-ordinating these course changes, preparing the department to move into temporary quarters next year, and is presently planning for the re-equip- ping of Delta ' s new facilities in 1971. THOMAS BURTCH HARRY CUNNINGHAM LELAND CURRIE TERENCE EMERY JAMES HAND RONALD LEIGHTON CHARLES RIZZO BRIAN RYDER DONALD WOOD

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7 GORDON ALLISON WILLIAM CHILD EDWARD COLE KEN DAVIDGE PHILIP DEROO JOHN KILABERTO MARGRET HARVEY SYLVIA LENNON English KATHLEEN MATHESON GAIL RUSNELL ELSIE THORN DONALD THORNE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: Our aim has always been, and continues to be, to make our pupils as literate as possible. That is we try to teach them to write simply, clearly, and cor- rectly; and we try to introduce them to a variety of literature during their four-year stay at DELTA. Last spring our grade 11, 5-year classes were given an op- portunity to choose any four of six options in their English lit- erature programme. This plan was put into effect this fall. The choices were: two Shakespearean tragedies, three novels of the supernatural, three modern plays, modern short prose, twent- ieth-century poetry, and a survey of English poetry. The year is divided into four quarters, and so four times a year the pupils move to a new section of work, often having four different tea- chers, this is an experiment allowing the pupils some choice in pursuit of their special interests in English literature. The other grades continue in the traditional fashion, but perhaps the winds of change will strike them in the future.

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JOSEPH BtACKBOROW History History teaches us that nothing is more certain than change. In this age an understanding is vital to any examination of our society, and the preservation of our democratic way of life. Many careers are open to History students in the Government, on newspapers, as lawyers, and so on. This has always helped to bridge the past with the present, and point the road to the future. World politics is the study of various political theories and the systems based upon those theories. The terms and phraseology and evaluating the theory and its system, are taught to help the students attain an awareness of the various political systems and their workings and so be able to make a decision of their own. Man in Society is a course for the NOW people on what is happening NOW. The learn- ing methods involve interviewing guest speakers, films, field trips, group discussions and student projects. Economics is involved with the continuing decline in the value of our dollar and labour strikes. This course offers the chance to analyze the economic effects on the environment in order to understand our rapidly changing world. JOHN BORTHWICK ROBERT CHARLTON