Golden Valley High School - Viking Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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 USE THIS FORMULA to determine the half life of radium, explains Lyle Berg (Chemistry, Physics, Solid Geometry-Trigonometry, Science Club, Science Seminar). INTEREST earned on the principal is computed by Joy Lund-quist with aid from Instructor Homer Moeller (Business Math, General Math, Algebra I, Math 7) in the Business Math class. Test Jests Breed Math Hysteria An hysterical guffaw followed by a brain-racking test was par for the course as Friday quiz day rolled around to the Geometry and Algebra classes of Robert Lockwood. The traditional math drudgery was relieved by the cartoons on the quizzes and the prognostication of the day. Moving into the third dimension, the nineteen seniors in the Solid-Trig class followed Lyle Berg into the world of solid figures and colored chalk. A new math class appeared on the Golden Valley scene this year —Business Math. This class was designed to give students a background in the principles of consumer mathematics. Guest speakers were invited to give the mathematicians a first hand knowledge of the importance of math in the business world. WITH ENOUGH ROPE to hang himself or one of his students, Mr. Lockwood (Mathematics Department Chairman, Algebra II, Plane Geometry, Football, Baseball) demonstrates a rope trick, a relief from drier classroom routine. 26

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equipment for their distillation. Students performed experiments ranging from glass bending to the preparation of aspirin. SCIENCE CLUB—Fronf Row: J. Miller, Ulstrom, Fisher, Bouley. Row 2: D. Sand, P. Sand, Karlson. Row 3: Lindberg, Wheelhouse, Mitchell, Mellberg. Row 4: Troup, Burda, Murphy. Row 5: Becker, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, D. Miller, Shapiro. Row 6: londer, Rosengren, Nelson, Hass. Row 7: Homzik, Peters, Hall, Mr. Flolid, Adviser. Row 8: T. Koch, Rosholt, McLeod, Hayes, Ross, Mr. Berg, Adviser. Missing: Judith Koch, Nancy Moe. Objects Plague Science Students Biology students soon found that the smell of formaldehyde is not half so bad as the taste it gives at lunch time. Making good use of soap they soon learned to overcome this minor hindrance. The lab tests which followed the work, however, presented a problem which could not be eliminated with soap. Fetal pigs were dissected this year for the first time, and algae was collected from the swamp for examination under the microscope. With attentions focused on the physical sciences, the General Science students studied chemistry, physics, meteorology and the like. To further the study of astronomy, the classes traveled to the Minneapolis Public Library to see the observatory. They also examined crystals, fabrics, and simple cells under the microscope to prepare them for the forthcoming year of Biology. BY THE LIGHT of the silvery bulb, Renee Larson and Joe Miller discover the mysteries of the series circuit. Ohms, watts and amperes became familiar to all General Science students as they learned about electrical energy. 25

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Typing Classes Try New Methods Movies three times a week in Typing class was a switch from the traditional asdf-jkl,-eyes-on-the copy routine. The new approach involved a special speed-builder projector which scanned the material shown on a screen at rates that were adjusted from 8 to 108 words a minute. One interesting side advantage of the machine was that it made key watching difficult—short of becoming a Chronic squinting head bobber. At the end of the year, typists' speed varied from 30 to 80 words a minute. Classes took two forms, segregated, unromantic, • freshman classes which met alter- nate days with Physical Education and involved homework, and the daily classes that came without outside assignments. Shorthand honors were won by Junior Marilyn Falkers for 140 plus speeds and by Senior Judy Cummer, for the Northwestern Bank Transcription Trophy. First-year laurels went to Jean DeVil-liers, who attained high accuracy at 100 words a minute. In the Accounting class Instructor Mrs. Armi Nelson admitted to a personal crusade for economic literacy, which resulted in a subject matter ratio of % and Vz in accounting and economics. INVOLVED in a speed test with the panoramic screen are students Paul Prusak and Roger Pilgram. As Mrs. Nelson (Business, Economics, Typing, and Shorthand) flashes sentences on the screen, students type them as quickly as possible. READY, willing, and writing, Marilyn Falkers and Barb Niles enter the Shorthand Class greeted by a stcrm of dictation. Emphasizing the practical, girls learned to be prepared for anything. 27