George Washington High School - Monument Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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ath Department Susan Jones and Gary Wolfsberg work a Non-Euclidian Geometry proof at the board in Geometry class. In the world today, mathematics is be- coming more important as an essential tool in everyday life. Income taxes, budgeting, in- stallment buying, banking, mortgages, insur- ance and general selling are some of the many fields for which a sound mathematics back- ground is valuable. We believe that an op- portunity to have a Working knowledge of the fundamentals of mathematics and an under- standing of how and Where these fundamen- tals are used in present day living should be provided for every student with regard to his individual interests, abilities, future needs, personality, experience, and study habits. We would provide the opportunity for every stu- dent, who has the ability, to become fami- liar with the essentials of all basic secondary school mathematics. We would provide, for those who are Willing and capable, as exten- sive a mathematics program as might be re- quired for future study. - A Binomial Formula shown on the board is being explained to an Jim Blinn, Naurine Dierks, and Bob Gates examine the uses of a Algebra class by Bob Block and Sara Greenlee. slide rule in Trigonometry. -5-

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i Jw i 'J Language Department U' i . 1 Q p . 251531 H A M3 Mr. Muller, Mr. Sewell, who is head of Audio Visual in Cedar Linda Delzell experiences using the new laboratory equipment as Rapids, and Mr. Diaz admire and discuss the new laboratory for Gingie Van de Roovaart and Susan Prastka watch. the Foreign Language department. Gingie Van de Roovaart and Linda Delzell practice the use of the laboratory microphones while Susan Prastka looks on. -5 It is a great challenge to do all that should be done in teaching foreign languages. A set of goals has been adopted teaching students to read, write, and speak the foreign language, teaching students to know the culture, beliefs, attitudes of the people in the lands whose language is studied, teaching students to seek more than practical use or material benefit from the study of languages, preparing students who intend to go on in lan- guages as scholars, and teaching students respect for the peoples of foreign lands, for their contri- butions to the world, and for their problems. The scholarly approach is the most whole- some approach to learning languages, but in an era when the practical applications of the lin- quists' abilities become more obvious, the public school is beginning to mechanize. The Federal Government is encouraging and partially subsidi- zing the teaching of languages to increase the numbers of those who can speak and use them in the practical sense. The addition of modern language laboratories this year will help more students to learn foreign languages. The Foreign Language department offers three and even four years of preparation in French, German, Latin and Spanish.

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Science Department Ann Hjermstad dissects a large frog during laboratory work in Ron Fedder and Ken Jeffery in Chemistry lab work on an experi- Biology class, ment of the preparation and properties of chlorine. John Shanklin, John Distelhorst and Mr. Thompson watch while Ulrich Sielaff exemplifys the use of gyro-scope action which is called precession in Physics class. -7- In this age of scientific revolution, senior high schools have particular responsibilities in developing programs of education in science capable of maintaining scientific literacy on the part of all youth, and at the same time assist in locating and training students whose careers should be in this area. The school's responsibility is to provide instruction in class and laboratory and to pro- mote ideals and habits of accuracy, persis- tence, and intellectual honesty. A View of the broad fields of science should be offered for all to aid in exploring their interest, capaci- ties and abilities. All should be skillfully led to an appreciation of the values of the scienti- fic approach to problems, and to the applica- tion of science to our daily life situations. The primary objective of the science de- partment is to teach the fundamental princi- ples of the sciences of biology, chemistry and physics.