Glenwood High School - Nushka Yearbook (Glenwood, NC)

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S ie Space mp. At as s Glenwood is well equipped to teach science in the Space Age. For example, the science depart- ment has over 400 film strips on practically every phase of high school science and 350 slides. There is an average of eighteen microscopes which allows one mi- croscope for every two people who are doing research. The science department also has a new Bell and Howell movie projector and a fif- teen-foot overhead screen, a tape recorder, a record player, a skele- ton, a cloud chamber, a radio active demonstrator, and many other valuable pieces of equipment too numerous to mention. Much of the science equipment was pur- chased through the National De- fense Education Act, which is proof of the emphasis the federal govern- ment is placing on the teaching of science. Chemistry students examine equipment for atomic experiments. This page sponsored by MARION BUICK COMPANY MARION MOTORS INCORPORATED FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF N. C. ■HI

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Uhe Space New times demand new measures and new men The world advances and in time outgrows The laws that in our father ' s day were best And doubtless, after us, some purer scheme Will be shaped out by wiser men than these. Tames Russell Lowell A curriculum for the Space Age has resulted from an attempt of our school to meet the challenges of changes that have come with bewildering suddenness. Seventeen years ago this past July, the first atomic bomb was exploded over the sands of New Mexico. Most of the members of the Class of 1963 were infants or yet unborn. Since the moment of the splitting of the atom, a chain of reactions has usher- ed in the Space Age, highlighted (for the time being) by astronaut John Glenn ' s three- orbital flight around the globe. The members of the Class of 1963, along with many of the lower classmen, have experienced in some measure the fusion of the world with the splitting of the atom and the emergence of the Space Age. As a result of these great changes, they have wit- nessed, within the last year, the world come to the brink of nuclear destruction. It was in these times that history became meaningful in the cry of Thomas Paine when he said: These are times that try men ' s souls. Because of the rapid changes brought about by the Space Age, the schools, being society centered, have changed. They have, through necessity, been receptive to change and willing to meet changing needs. Thus results in Glenwood School, as in most others, A Curriculum For the Space Age. c Student teachers Three student teachers from Appalachian State Teachers College did their practice teaching at Glenwood the first semester. They are Kenneth King, who taught science under Mr. Clyde C. Day; Donald Johnson, who taught social studies and physical edu- cation, with Mr. Paul Flack; and Maxine Fox, who taught the fourth grade, with Mrs. Clara Rayburn. iiiiiii

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JKai iem atics ancf Science A mathematics lesson in quadratics This is the age of the atom, the age of man-made satellites, the age of automation, the age of antibio- tics. Mathematics and science are the basic skill subjects to fit the needs of such an age. At Glenwood mathematics and science are taught in ability groupings in order that each student can have opportunity to develop in these subjects according to his level of achievement. For the low achieving math student, there are courses in general math, remedial math, business arithmetic, and Algebra I B. Students following the academic curriculum may take two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and one year of advanced math. The science curriculum is also divided into courses leading to a general diploma or to an academic di- ploma. The general courses are Science I B and Biology II B or II C, depending upon ability. The academic sciences are Science I A, Biology II A, chemistry, and physics. At Glenwood School, math and science are stressed with the assumption that these subjects are every- body’s business, whether it be an understanding of the problems of automation, how to fill out an income tax form, or why it is necessary to send a man to the moon. This page sponsored by LOWE’S ASSOCIATE STORE MRS. ROY HUNTER MERCHANT DISTRIBUTORS INC.