Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Freshmen Warren Murphy and Bob Barker compare the catapults they made for Mr. |ohn Krueger ' s World History class. Special projects like these, including the maps and draw- ings hung against the chalkboard in the background, were made by all the students in this class. Social Studies Make Past, Present Relevant The Social Studies Department covers many ar- eas from regular history to Exploratory Teaching. The freshmen are offered Citizenship which helps them to understand their rights as Americans. An- other course offered to freshmen and sophomores is World History, which traces the history of man hum primitive living to the present time. All juniors are required to take United States History, a course which follows American progress from its beginning to the present and applies this development to today ' s problems. Seniors must take American Goverment a n d Economics, each a one-semester course. They teach about government and its economic institutions. Psychology, for upperclassmen, and International Relations for seniors, are elective courses. Design- ed to help the student understand himsell and oth- er people and nations, they are popular courses. Exploratory Teaching, another elective for sen- iors, gives students a look at the teaching profes- sion from behind the desk. Included in the course is assisting in actual classrooms of the subject or grade level that interests the student, either at Manual or in nearby grade schools. Mr. Fred Belser is showing Loretta Tillman, Ron Land, |ohn Williams, and Tim Updike how to use the voting machine. In November, Government classes voted on this machine. - '

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Mr. Carsey Gentry, with Advanced Spanish students — Loretta Tillman, Carol Fletcher, and Leslie Spencer — visited the Children ' s Museum to view an exhibit of Mexican art. Language Study Leads To Interesting Activities The Language Department at Manual offers stu- dents a choice of three foreign languages — French, Latin, and Spanish. Spanish classes, taught hy Mr. Carsey Gentry, department head, and Miss Ann Manning, attract the most students. Spanish students may study the language for lour years, even if they took it in grade school. There is a special class lor freshmen who studied Spanish in grade school and an advanced class for seniors who are actually in their fifth year. Advanced Spanish (lass started a Spanish news- paper this year which was issued every month and exchanged with other schools. This class also vis- ited the Children ' s Museum to see a Mexican Art exhibit that coordinated with their studies. French and Latin are also offered for four years to language majors. The French classes, taught by Mr. David Phillips, had a Christmas Party in the caf- eteria the last day of school before Christmas va- cation. A major project of the advanced French class was reading Onze Contes, a collection of ele- ven short stories written by French authors. Mrs. Audrey Cronkhite teaches the Latin. Ad- vanced classes translate the writings of such Rom- an philosophers as Cicero, Virgil, and Pliny. Mr. David Phillips, French teacher, is leading his second year French class in a vocabulary drill in prepara- tion for a test. The new arrange- ment of desks is an attempt by the language department to encourage participation and discussion in the different languages. J I

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Problems Create Math and Science Interest Miss Margaret Coebel and Mr. Ben Parke team-teach the Basic Math class. Here they give Anna Rusie and Dana Hawkins addi- tional help with their homework assignments. Math and Science are permanently interwoven, as mathematical and scientific principles apply in both areas and are necessary to each other. Math courses begin with General Math or Al- gebra the freshman year, and continue through Geometry, advanced Algebra, Analytical Geomet- ry, Trigonometry, and Calculus. Biology is required of all students their sopho- more year. This class starts with the study of simple organisms and invert e brat es and progresses through vertebrates. Students dissect earthworms, fish, frogs, and fetal pigs to get a first-hand look at what they ' re learning. Sex education is includ- ed during the study of man. Various courses in math provide a good founda- tion for Chemistry and Physics courses. Chemistry students, laden with slide rules, goggles, and test tubes, study atoms, molecules, and the composition and uses of the various elements. Science majors go on into Physics, whether the traditional course or Harvard Project, which fol- lows the progress of scientific thought. -iodel Sophomores Steve McCurry and Herb Clark dissect a frog in their Biology class, aided by a mc and photos of how the organs should appear. Dissecting gives students a chance to see how things are arranged, and to trace the circulatory and respiratory systems and study their functions. K