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

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Experiments and study When the bulldmg IS filled wrth evil smellmg fumes Cespeclally hydrogen sulhdej the whole school knows the chemlstry classes are makmg compounds or observ mg elemental propertles However chemistry rs not lab alone The mysterles of valence balanced equmons and slide rules must be explored In the senior year physlcs the study of natural phe nomena IS offered Mathematrcs IS the tool of a phy SlClSt for much of hrs t1me IS spent workmg formulas before propertres are put to test Mechanrcs lrght sound and electrrcnty are lmportant tools whrch ch xl lenge the physics student As a benefit to students who dont wmt to major ln scrence but want a serence background physrcal sclence a course combmmg the lmportant phases of chemlstry and physrcs, makes the newest addmon to the scrence department AW1thout a doubt nt IS easler to understand the law of Multiple Proportlons when rt I5 seen nn the laboratory Sara Merxwether shows Greg Wrtbeck that m the electrolysns of water the hydrogen collects at the cathode and half as much oxygen as hydrogen collects at the anode Janet VanW1ngen George Montle Ralph Battenhouse Ross Scnmgeour James Caufliel Lucrlle Pasley 5 lug ,IX A How wonderful lt rs to have an mcubator wlth a con trollable temperature' IS the general consensus of opmron of members of the blology department Fhe newest addmon to the depnrtment thls year adds great Interest to the study of llvmg plants Checkmg speclmens are Ken Slevers Bob Pant and Randy Lutsch K' I I ' J . Q g W A , . . , . . ' . . ' 1 Q , K , 1 ' f -' - ' xx K , - , , ' . - n , and . . . -'P 'ft' Q 7 ' '7 7 ' ' ' ' , -- -- QQ' L - ..... ..-... , . 1 l ' ' C . . I U 7 , N . . , xx? . l f . ........ ,L . . 1 . . - Z 'K 1 be 1 ' -. I , . .' ' - s . , . . , - ' 1 . A X It , 1 X , ff V ' I f 9' , 1 ,.. M at A In X A D .

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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

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Math program emphasizes Ioglc sound fhlnklng Harold VanDragt Ruth Bnggs Donald Vratanma Q5 E A Hubbard Charles Thumser John Klsh Although most of trlgonometry mstructlon IS illustrated by workmg the formulas out on the blackboard Mr Thumser has made use of a more portable chart showmg the function of angles ln each quadrant Grlflith Dlck Al Bauman and .hm Allc llsten mtently The trend rn mathematlcs hts turned away from just the memonzanon of set formulas to the reasoning out of a problems solutlon The student IS gnven thought provoking questxons whlch wlll call upon hlS entlre mathematlcs background m order to solve them Emphasls IS placed on the practlcal appllcatlon of baslc ldeas reasoned mtellxgently and loglcally Followmg these guldellnes, Seaholms mathematlcs department IS far ahead of the average hrgh school Honors and accelerated courses are offered for the advanced student whrle the elementary courses of algebra I and geometry fulf1ll the needs of the non math majors Ones career rn mathemancs begms 1n the nmth grade, where, m algebra I the relatxon of operatlons wlth the substltutlon of unknown numbers IS studled mear equatlons fracuons and exponents are also mcluded to challenge the novlce mathematrcxan In geometry all the fundamentals of algebra are not dlscarded but applled 1n such a way that the bas1cs of plane geometry are more easlly learned The pass to any geometry class IS a stralght edge, compass, protractor and a good supply of sharp penclls These tools are then quickly put to use maklng drawmgs whlch lllustrate the relatlon between pomts, l1nes and angles as they are used rn provmg theorems Honors geometry IS an acceleratlon of plane geometry, and 1n cludes a un1t of solrd geometry durmg the year ,Q IXTQX av-Utd I 0 0 I I ' ' 2 1 , . . . Q i I . . . - . x , N ,, . . . , . 3 3 Lt 97 ' ' ' ' ' 7 A f I . - . l N ' L , , . gh, 7 ifqf I ' ' ' '16, . .. : 9 I ...dr .E - , . ! - . - l - . . . , , . L l . - . 1 . . . 5 . . f ' c L ,W gk W ,we ,,,l ll. my V i a' P K v A , GW: K I A V' xt X 'Y 1 f , A I 1. X . ' ' s .-- ' ' t I N N X XX.. K lv W A I M M. x t A V, f l - V fa! ' A 32