Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Clarifying aspects of a UICSM algebra problem, instructor Mr. Lee Mann confers with sophomores Gerry Nagdeman and Ray Kasenga. Armed with clean test tube and Bunsen burner, Chemistry VII stu- dent Steven White prepares for an oxygen production experiment. Experimenting with force measurement, students in Physics V attempt to understand scientifically the secrets of nature.

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■ Modern science gadgets greet new lab students Caring for science class pets, such as gold fish and a white mouse, promotes group interest as well as individual attention from Kathy Cosgrove and Carl Aldrich, ■ Test tubes, pulleys and skeletons became familiar sights as CHS sci- entists took to chemistry, biology, physics and general science labs. Jaunts to museums, displays and forest preserves, along with new texts, broadened scientific learning. This knowledge was put to prac- tical use in weekly labs, as third- floor students well knew from lab odors tinging unsuspecting nostrils. Leaf collecting, animal or algae raising and science fair projects in- creased individual interest. Addition of chemistry brought to four, with health and safety, the number of high school sciences of- fered. Three semesters of junior high science rounded the curriculum. Carefully dissecting starfish. Biology I students Molly Dunn and Clenn Swearingen prepare for microscopic observation. Scientists Marc Horn and Richard Meredith note boiling water. 24

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Aiming toward skill in mathematical operations, Miss Caryle Feddeler presents a math puzzle to her eighth grade class. Mathematicians find 20 courses to perplex them ■ Challenging minds were 20 re- quired and elective math courses. General math offered just that, concentrating on finance problems. Algebra brought graphs, unknown X’s and Y’s to college prep students. Aristotles went on to geometry, studying angles and polygons, prov- ing unknowns deductively. Branching to advanced algebra meant logarithms and slide rule, so handy in scientific calculations. Reaching a mathematical peak were senior courses of trigonometry and Geometry 1 1 1 for math majors. UISCM reached a third year for advanced students, but the math pyramid’s base was junior high ' s decimals, problems, basic operations. Opaque projectors and a three- foot slide rule modernized classes Putting theorems to work in problem solv- ing is Debbie Wojciehowski as Sandy Wilson examines a collection of geometric figures.