East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Hi tory Department Mr. Neal, history teacher, is pointing out some of the trouble spots in the world today. These students in Mr. SchakeI's HB class are checking the stock market and writing the results on the graph on the wall. History is growing to he a more important subject as more students are tak- ing an interest in the gov- ernment of their country and the world around them. Films, debates, and outside reports are used to supplement the text- book material. World History, an elective course, is taught tix Mr. Carlson, Mr. Savage, and r. Treman. American history is taught by Mr. De Mouth, Mr. Savage, Mr. Schakel, Mr. Tannatt, and Mr, Treman. U. S. Government and economics are taught by Mr. Gewerth, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Holm, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Schakel. ln the language department there- are l Miss Krueger's Spanish class is taping speeches and playing them back to correct their Spanish pronunciation. Students in Mr. Dolan's French class are reading o play into the tape recorder and playing it back. Language Department -9- also more modern methods of teaching. People who have visited a foreign coun- try tolk to the students about their ex- periences. In Mr. Dolan's French class a tape recorder is being used to re- cord the students' presentation of a French play and then playing it back. The Spanish classes have a student teacher from Panama -this instruction gives the stu- dents practical experience in speaking Spanish. The French teachers are Miss Brewer and Mr. Dolan. The Latin teachers are Mrs. Erickson and Mr. Dolan. The Spanish teacher is Miss Krueger.

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In earlier days English was taught by mem- orizing strict rules of grammar. Now with the help at such tools as dis- cussions, better books, and television, English is 0 more interesting and enjoyable subiect. First year English includes the play Julius Caesar and a review of grammar. Second year includes Ameri- can Literature with the read- ing of an outside novel. Twelfth grade, an elective course usually for college pre- paratory students, involves English literature and Shakespeare. The English teachers are Miss Ar- nold, Mr. Christian, Miss Holz, Mr. Jarvis, Miss Jones, Miss Langenteld, Miss McEniry, Mr. Oxenreider, Mr. Strat- ton, Miss Tennant, and Mr. Wittkop. If students want to broaden their study of English, they can take speech or dromatics taught by Miss Whitford. Here they learn to speak distinctly arid effectively before people.. Miss Holz's radio class also give speeches and readings to improve their voices ond diction. The T.V. English class watches the televi- sion teacher for 20 minutes, discusses the material viewed, and also does assignments as- signed by the classroom teacher. The Journalism section pro- duces the Scroll and Quill. The Scroll, sponsored by Mr. Stratton, gives students prac- tical experience in working on a newspaper. The Quill, supervised by Mr. Christian, encourages students to write ap- propriately, clearly, and concisely. llngli h Department Reg Kepner is giving a demonstration about the china lamp he made and painted. The T.V. English class are watching their television teacher explain the rules of grammar. Miss McEniry is showing her class one of the colorful covers on the research papers written about England this semester. These boys in Miss Holz's radio class are practicing for the reading of Oklahoma, in which all the class participated.

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Mathematics Department i - Mrs. Fisher is demonstrating one of the amazing properties ot the circle to her geometry class. As the years progress, we notice an increasing impor- tance in the use of mathematics in technological devel- opment and in everyday life. To satisfy this increasing need for mathematicians, we have on expanding math department that produces many students who rank high in national scholastic merit. cience The science department at East is divided into three sections: biology, chemistry, and physics. Biology, the first year of science deals with th ' ' , e origin, structure, functions, and life history of plants and ani mals. Usually, the first semester is devoted to the study The unit circle is used quite widely as an aid in the understanding of trigonometry in Mr. Storer's class. This department offers a foureyear course of study consisting of the following classes: first year al ebra 9 which introduces elementary equations and proportions? geomet h' h ' ' ry, w ic covers construction and proofs of vari- ous geometric figures, such as triangles, circles and polygonsg advanced algebra, which includes a steldy of pol nomi I ' ' ' ' y a equations, exponential and logarithmic nota- tions, and the laws of chance and probability' and col- lege mathematics, which is divided into two completely diff t l' ' eren Ines of study because of an experimental course which presents the ideas of trigonometry, expo- nents, and logarithms in functional forms. The teachers who make these courses possible are Mrs. Fisher, Mr. Augustine, Mr. Goodwin, and Mr. Storer. Department of animals, and the second, to the study of plants. The biology courses are taught by Mr. Hand, Mr. Sloan, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Yount. Chemistry is the study of the nature and composition of different kinds of matter and the laws concernin Q their relations. Last semester, the chemistry department wo ' ' Mr. Rathert and several students are studying the functions s equipped with a new modern laboratory. Mr. Johns and Mr. Sloan teach the chemistry classes. Physics, taught by Mr. Rathert, involves the study of matt d ' ' er an energy, and the physical changes in matter. These students are using the new facilities f th and effects of o static machine in physics. ' ' ' ' -IOL a e chemistry lob- oratory in a titration experiment,