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

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s I K'-3' gi.,-n-l '- sas in-0 '0 w7 5Mi Mr. Virgil Larsen helps junior Tony athematics alive and kickingg equating, Brad Bliss and Sophomore Mary Ann W'll' s w' t'h formulating differences in their opinions ,, we Mr. Virgil Larsen tries desperately to explain to his math students how to complete a tough assignment. 28 MATH Most high school students feel that all they need of high school math is their one required year. How wrong they are! Some students would rather sleep through study hall than take a class that could extremely beneht their future. Mr. Alfred Willis, one of the most popular math teachers among the students, feels that the whole world revolves around mathematics, and thatjust about everything a person wants to do is in some way connected with math. Recently the Iowa Science and Mathematics Grant program was begun to make students want to take more math and science courses. Up to S500 was granted to any Iowa student who had seven or more credits in math and science. Senior JoAnne Zallek said, I feel everyone should have at least two years of high school math. The more credits you have in math, the better your chances are of getting accepted to the college of your choice, Not all students feel the same, however. Sadly enough, there are quite a few students who do hardly anything in their required math course. Just as long as they get a passing grade Canythin above an FJ they are satisfied and will neve enroll in another high school math course. East has many available math courses th range in difficulty from General Math tone of th easier math courses offeredj to Calculus fthe mos advanced math course offered at Eastl. There wil always be a math course available that wi benefit everyone in some way. It isjust a matte of getting the kids to get interested in math and t sign up for a course in it. A mass majority 0 students feel, however, that students should no be forced to take math in high school. Junio Cindy Ruttenburg said, I feel all high schoo students should be able to have a choice abou how much math they wish to take, whether it b one semester or four years. Senior Chet Sewel commented, Everyone should take at least on year of math and decide on his own if he wishe to continue or not. Obviously East needs to perform a miracle. I needs to make math more interesting to student and not force them into an unwanted course.

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PPLIED ECONOMICS CLASSES' OFFICERS FOR BOTH SEMESTERS. OW I: Dawn Sanders. Patricia Sappenlield. Tricia Holtorf, Tamara Pulley. alinda Plumb. Michaele Gallagher, Penny Fits. Barb Wciland, Brenda Justiniano. OW 2: Debra Garneau. Jeri Jewett. Linda Gordan. Brenda Eenhuis, Donnella iller. Kayceena Ray. Kerrie Brooks. Kim Spaw. Kelly Gunn. ROW 3: Theresa Ifred. Cathy Carron. Karen Moore. Jeff White. Don Mechem, Scott Torres. Michael Edwards, Chris Freeman, Rick Schmidt, Chip Rose. NOT PICTURED: Kelli Pugh. Tina Rose. Kelly Fleming. Micheel Felton. Jennifer Nelson, Kim Dake. Craig De Van. Tonja Galvan, Shelly Gunn. Debbie Little. Robert Monk. Mark King. Tammy Peterson, Shawn Rios, Troy Thompson, Paul Fisher, Melissa Morris. Kristie Remster. 94 Applied Economics students learn bout running of businesses and econom Hands-on experience. That is what Mr. enneth Stock, business education teacher, said elped contribute to the education of the embers of his Applied Economics classes. In the classes. students learned about our eco- omic system and compared it with other sys- 'ms. The class operated like a business. Wages, alaries. commissions. sales tax. corporate profit x. products. charter applications, insurance and ank charges were some ofthe expenses involved the functioning ofthe class. The money made is for business purposes. and ividends were given to stockholders Qstudentsb and money to a selected charity. There were 194 eleventh and twelfth graders enrolled. Mr. Bill Keck, president of Parking Inc., and also a member of the Board ol' Education. was one sponsor. Representatives from Firestone, the insurance company Holmes Murphy and Associates, Meredith Corporation, Aid Insurance and Bankers Life were sponsors, The seven presidents of the seven classes were juniors Brenda Eenhuis and Mike Edwards and seniors Bob Monk. Melissa Morris, Kayceena Ray. Shawn Rios and Rick Schmidt. Senior Devon Slemp is shown here receiving four car whis-kits for resale from Applied Economics teacher Mr. Kenneth Stock. APPLIED ECONOMICS 27

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