Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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We come to gain knowledge A staggering load of books, a dissected crayfish, a new report card-some of the signs of our time of aca- demic endeavor. It is a busy time. There is much to be done, to be learned, and so little time in which to do it. In our three short high school years, we must be readied for the journey ahead . . . for going on to college, get- ting a job, facing the world as a responsible member of the adult community. Thus, we must study and learn. For some, this is a pleasure, others enjoy it less, but for all of us it is important. The school keeps pace with our demanding needs. New teachers, new equipment, new textbooks are con- stantly being provided by a community interested in our education. Never again will we have this chance, and we make ample use of the facilities offered to us. This is our school. This is our time to learn. 29

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Most students like to work with their hands and taking advantage of this fact mathematics teachers require their students to construct some sort of a proyect that demonstrates projects are placed ln the display case in the front lobby for the entire school to see Diane Lermmey Tom Forsythe Sandra Turf and Karen Alderman help arrange the showcase 28 a geometric principle. After being graded, some of the better

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Bucldmg sclenhsfs galn basic skulls at Seaholm Q-We-w .ln- maui' i l Accuracy IS the key to success rn any experrment for when findmg the chemical composmon of an unknown materral even a slight error could change the answer Donna Sehwab gets asslstance from Mrke Martnn Even though the 1n1t1al Sputn1k shock IS over and the pressure for more SCICDIISIS IS not foremost rn the mrnds of educators Seaholm s scrence department con txnues to ma1nta1n a hrgh level of rnstructnon Students enrolled 1n the scrence courses work hard, and leave knowrng basrc skrlls wh1ch can be applred 1n post graduatron vocatrons or used as preparatlon for col lege courses Durmg our stud1es such strange soundmg thmgs as chrtrnous exoskeleton, halogens, and stroboscope become famrlrar terms In the fall hordes of blology students head for the fields 1n search of lnsects, wh1ch before, were never more than annoyrng pests Instead of slapplng them or H1CklI1g them away, a mad rush IS made for the net and to our frustratlon many an msect gets away Later we probe through the rnnards of varlous specres of anrmals, from the worm to the frog, and prepare plant specxmens for the mrcroscope Wh1le B1ll Sabo Buzz Lewls Bob Flaherty Sue Johnson Terry LeTourneau and Blll Mordaunt find the path of llght through water by srghtlng pms on erther srde of the tank Bob Sneed Mlke Von Guttenburg Tlm Shovan Alan Young l'om Sheehan and Ron Yatlch study for the next expernment 'i 0 0 0 e o 9 . , . , - A A fi . 4 7 I 2' 1 7 E , .rl l , ' , ' '41 , . . . . 5 , -1 3 fu 1 v , t, 4' a . ,A 2, , ' asf.. .aw - tvs! , l . 4 g ' ve , '- ? l . U y l v , s A . . . , . , . . l , , y ' . K ., . . f , ' U h . - Y G 7 , l , - , - V , w - - -- 1. ...W , Y : -N .fa 1- M- we ,, ', ' -.dsl V N 1 - 4, v X 1 . ' S lk ' my Y! 1 , nv S I '5Q!tfe ,uf ' Y