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

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Applications Of The Princzples I t Teaches Mr. Jenseifs class of juniors whn are taking 'I'rignuunxetry this year prepare to study the slide rule. Peter Ray explains u vunn diagram as concerned with sets to Kay Kramer, Rick Miller, and Mary Gales demonstrate the .lny Smvig and Putty Ellen Burch during Algebra III, properties ofa spherical triangle for the bcnelit nl' their Plnnc and Solid Geometry 1-laws. -17

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'if Math Departments Stress Practical Jerrie Jensen Frank Capesius Donald Hugh Howard Rattner Robert Sasse Harold Schreiber Shirley Stockberger Three years ago a pilot program was started in the Junior High Schools for those students with high mathe- matical aptitude. This program is now changing the curri- culum in the Senior High Schools. Last year we offered a combined one year course in Plane and Solid Geometry to the incoming sophomore class. This year these students are taking the traditional senior mathematics courses, Trig- onometry and Fourth Semester Algebra. Next year, as sen- iors, they will take a one year mathematics course especial- ly designed for them. Because of the wide range of mathematical ability at Washington the Mathematics Department. last year de- veloped a new course called Intermediate Mathematics. This course has grown from two sections last year to five this year. . fl' tl A Ra, . 5: 5, 's Barbara Barker shows how to divide a circle into eight equal parts while Bob Bothwell works with a triangle during Geometry class. giar

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Social Studies Department Encourages Gorden McCallum Donald Durey Robert Eller Donald Erusha Eugene Fifield Richard Hubarek Pntricizi Miller Orville Rust Ruth Whaley Social Studies help to bring unity to for- mal education by providing the framework for understanding and appreciating the various areas of study. Such courses as art, music, and literature become more intelligible when im- planted upon a setting of history and other social studies. By their very nature, the phases of social studies are inter-twined.I-Ience, they also magnify and enrich each other. Together, they help to give students an all-inclusive pic- ture of the story of mankind. They give per- spective to the future as well as to the past. Students with a background of social studies are better able to comprehend and interpret current affairs. A knowledge of social studies encourages an appreciation for our world and American heritage and gives to the learner a reasoned basis for patriotism. Also, the classroom may serve as a testing ground for the practical ap- plication of the democratic processes. 18- .:tr..i't l .. .T 1 L, I - , f,gia ? .. t, , .2--gee-L fr-25.2 'xffgr 132253115 Q l .233 .f. , .. Q t .,. Iwi? , - frivi f Mei! :,, - 4 X A, -sig, V .9 , KM:- m '- il 'li' ' rin? 'Ji , Q' i' f'ei'. .' ' 1 ff -Fl f 1 ' W . 'f 5 ri:?':i ' 1, - . 1 W, 3.5, . 2.3 .N .. , 34,3 be xx if ze, t a . aan, f. X ,gg - 1 w,.z't ' Q ff -r M'-1 m l f' ' fiiiiffff' W' .U r HF.. ' .wr uw rv Q ' 1 'gn 3 , . ::'.'Q' ' ' . e.. ' :yu Aig,'..' Harold Wilkinson Bob Todd and Carolyn Messersmith go over linal plans be American Heritage trip to Washington D.C, fore the