George Washington High School - Post Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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f W... X 4,7 If 7 r Q' . . 2 f 1. ROBERT Everhart, Louis Day, and Jackie Briant learn more about their state by giving reports in Indiana history class. SOCIOLOGY students learn about man and some of his prob- lems from a report given by Lindsay Shaw. International relations, sociology, psychology added to Curriculum xg HQ' AUJSLA , WHL fw 'Y Q ay I , ff W ,,. 1 . ZW' I' ig0U5f 5 'L may I KAREN Leach learns how a bill becomes law by tracing it through the House and Senate on a map in goyerinnent class. The complexity of the twentieth century world has spurred the need for a better understanding of man and his history. Three new courses were added to the social studies curriculum this year in an effort to increase man's understanding' of himself and his cultures. These courses-sociology. psychology, and international relations-delyed into many of the wo1'ld's problems. The sociology course was a study of man's cul- ture, history, and the reasons for group behavior in a society. In this class pupils had the opportunity to study the general behavior of the human race and learn some of the reasons people turn to drugs and crime. This class also helped the interested pupil to better understand how is city is operated. The major purpose of the international relat- ions Course was to deal with current eyents in depth. Some of the topics covered in the course included Americas role in foreign matters. the role of foreign nations in world policies. and current developments in the Near East. The third course added to the social studies curriculum this year was psychology. This class. taught by Mr. Ora Hight. studied the behavior of society and attempted to relate psychology to other social sciences. 21

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Newspaper, togas add interest to foreign language studies MISS THELMA PARKS lectures on Roman apparrel mod- eled by Robin Perkins and Bill Renner during a Latin class. 20 TOM FREIJE recites a conversation in French as F re n ch teacher Miss Sandra Gardner looks on. In an age in which international relations are growing more and more important, communications through language provides an important link toward ultimate understanding between Americans a n d their world neighbors. Washington foreign language pupils attempted to weaken the barriers of misun- derstanding this year. The art of translating several languages is a highly delicate task to an interpreter. Not only must he understand word meanings, he must also observe the rules of good grammar and composition at the same time. These were the problems faced by foreign lan- guage pupils. Their study began with basic dialogues and advanced to an intensive study of grammar and literature. Pupils spent a portion of class time re- peating taped drills in a modern language laboratory. Small newspapers written in a foreign language were often distributed to the pupils to add variety and in- terest to the classes. Three Latin V pupils studied for acceptance in the Honors Abroad Program. Roger Weaver, Tom Land, and Ken Cox, worked hard in hopes of spend- ing the summer overseas.

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haw., ' 74,12 ' M. f H! . f f-.. M.. . BILL BEARD, a junior, gets a helping hand from Mr. R o be rt Badgley, Mathematics Department head, in solving a puzzling algebra problem. Changes continue in athematics Department 9 ii is ,,- ' ' ,W,,,,,.,,,,um ' DAILY HOMEWORK is collected from Sharon Sides, Mike Collins, and Sherry Carroll by basic math teacher Mrs. Marie Shaffer. 22 Continentals meet the challenge of the changing world by further- ing their studies in mathematics. Although there were no changes in the math curriculum this year, there was a change in name. Prac- tical math, which is the basic fun- damentals of arithmetic, has been given the name basic math. After taking this course, the pupil is bet- ter prepared for algebra. This name is now used by every school offering the course in the city. On Oct. 28, a Washington pupil was honored by attending High School Math Day at Franklin Col- lege. In order to attend the math day, a great interest in math was shown by the pupil. Vicki Longest, a senior, and Washington's repre- sentative at Franklin, had been en- rolled in math since she was a fresh- man. Her good grades and interest in mathematics proved to be worth four years of study in figures. THE OVERHEAD projector, a new aid for teachers and pu- pils, is used frequently by Mr. Don Counts in business math classes. if