Fostoria High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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Ruth Walker: Biology I and 111 Future Teachers of Ameri- ca adviser. Albert Sielceres: Physics, Senior Hi-Y adviser. Chemistry, Lab work makes young scientists The intention of the Science Department of FHS is to offer to each interested student a good background in the natural sciences. Aware ot the increased demand for well-informed men and women in the many fields of science, the department has doubled its efforts to, at least, give the student a beginning. The instructors ot general science seek to give a very broad background in all phases of science from A to Z-astronomy to Zoology. Biology I and Il offer more intense instruction in botany and zoologyp text-book study is aug- mented by actual laboratory work, which some- times includes dissection but more frequently work with live specimens. As a result of the Bowling Green State University Extension Branch located in FHS, the biology lab was greatly enlargedg new intsruments Were also added. Chemistry is another subject which depends a great deal on actual lab workp also as a result of the Branch, the chemistry lab was expanded to provide space for new equipment and for storage of one of the best supplies of chemicals in northwestern Ohio. The physics course in FHS requires a background in chemistry and math, since the students learn not only through text-book study but also by working problems. Laboratory experiments are performed by either the instructor or by the students working in pairs. A chemistry student makes deli- cate adjustments on a new an- l alytical balance. i General Lester A. VanSar1t: Scienceg Projection Club, Sophomore Hi-Y adviser.

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Ianet Saul Bishop: Algebra H, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry. Angle A -t- Angle B + Angle O .... Karl Pingle and Larry Schubert explain a geometric theory while Mrs. Bishop watches. The world of numbers via FHS Math A co-ordinated department is one of the highest aims of the FHS math teachers. When this goal is achieved, the Math Department will be able to function with effec- tiveness in preparing students for the future, in college and in the World of business. The best Way to get started in life is to have a solid background in math, states a spokesman for the Math Department. ln life, everything is based on this princi- ple-a football player must have a clear understanding of math to comprehend complicated playsg a musician needs a working know- ledge of math to plan rhythms, a scientist uses mathematical prin- ciples to support many of his the- ories, The math teachers of FHS endeavor to prepare their pupils for meeting everyday problems with a solid background in the basic concepts of mathematics. :mf Leah Yauger: Algebra l, Plane Geometry, General Math, Y-Teen adviser.

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A foreign touch through languages ln order that the United States may assume World leader- ship, the citizens of the country must know and care about the people and countries beyond their own borders. As an Ameri- can, one cannot acquire a rounded appreciation of the World Without understanding the many foreign languages and cultures of the world. ln FHS a student learns of different countries through two-year courses of Latin, French, and Span- ish. The duties of the language teachers are to teach students to read, Write, and speak foreign languages, to develop the ability to understand a given language as it is spoken, and to make students aware of the culture of foreign lands. Barbara Moore: Spanish I and ll, French l, lournalisrng Fohirab adviser, Iournal adviser. t t t Parlez-vous francais? -Marcia Everett and Nick Kentris, French students, read a famous quota- tion frorn Voltaire. Luella Moss: Latin l and ll, English IV, Y-Teens adviser.