Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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“Algebra II is hard. Most of the material I’ve never seen before. It’s mainly the graphs that upset me. I can’t do them.” Diane Hoar, junior photo by J. Knupp ANY QUESTIONS?: Instructor Leon Sobba explains equations to his sixth hour Algebra class. 13

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Students' views vary depending on time, personal choice, friends in the class Mathematics involves the ability to learn and to reason logically. “I think Advanced Math is probably necessary if you want to go into anything technical, like engineering; but for the average person, it’s not necessary,” said senior Travis Roth. Eight math classes were offered by three teachers. Roger Stremel instruc- ted Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Algebra n, and Adv. Math. Tom Stams and Leon Sobba each had an Algebra I class with Stams also teaching Consu- mer Math and Sobba with Computer Science and Adv. Computer Science. Out of these eight classes, two credits were required for graduation. “If you aren’t serious about math, you shouldn’t take Advanced Math. It is really hard, especially if you have the tendency to lose concentration,” said senior Woody Wood. “Algebra II is hard,” said junior Diane Hoar. “Most of the material I’ve never seen before. It’s mainly the graphs that upset me. I can’t do them.” Chad Churchill, junior, said, “Algebra II isn’t as hard as Algebra I was, but I still can’t stand word problems.” But freshman Tom Hammersmith had not a bad word to say. “Mr. Stams really informs us about all those neat equations, we have a lot of fun in algebra,” he said. “I think I’ll miss it after this year.” Along a similar line, junior Shalane Saling admitted that she enjoyed math. “Algebra II is fun, but sometimes it’s not really the class, it’s the people in it that make it fun,” said Saling. “Geometry really helps me to solve everyday problems and will be useful in the future,” said sophomore Jon Dannebohm. photo by Steve Moris CONCENTRATION: Junior Angela Meyer listens to instructor Roger Stremel during third hour Algebra II. EAGLE MATH 12

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Biology classroom changed into morgue for laboratory animals murdered by students Steadily the death toll rose to two as the first semester advanced biology class lost one-fourth of their mouse population. “Mouse Killer” echoed throughout the room as seniors Miriam Biays and Kim Brauer shocked the life out of the white, furry body. The first and cer- tainly not the last victim of Room 44. “Kim and I didn’t intend to kill the mouse,” said senior Miriam Biays. “It was an accident. We were just going to shock it a little bit, but we must have overdone it. I felt bad when I saw it laying there on the cardboard, dead.” Along with testing the effects of some drugs on animals and learning the elements of taxidermy, the class also participated in many field trips to the surrounding lakes and reservoirs. Sophomore Kevin Doll said, “I really like advanced biology. Working with live animals is really interesting.” The physics class, however, based their study and experiments on forces, vectors, waves and the newly-devised Superconducting Super Collider. Early in the year, the class, along with instructor Leon Sobba traveled to Kansas Wesleyan in Salina to hear U.S. Department of Energy Official Dr. Ed Temple speak on the $4.5 billion project. The biology students spent the majority of their class time listening to teacher Bob Robins lecture on everyt- hing from botany to zoology. Along with taking notes and answering ques- tions, they also tried their hands at dissecting frogs and fish. Chemical relationships were the topic of class discussions and labs during the fourth hour chemistry class. They also explored the Ideal Gas Laws and studied about kinetic energy and moles and grams. Students in Tom Stams’ general science class learned about a variety of things such as molecules and atoms, and the effects of pollution on the world. “I like general science. The things we study are really interesting. It’s a fun class,” said freshman Brian Ewing. by Slacy Shields 14