Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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This age of “Sputniks” and “Explorers” rapidly inflated the classroom quotas of the three science courses offered at GPHS. Sophomores start the upward climb by taking required biology. In this class they learn the fundamentals of the origin of life, life’s make-up, atoms, heredity and anatomy. Serving as a springboard for those students who wish to go into the research fields and explore the unknowns, chemistry provides the skills necessary to follow through. Formulas, their applications and the compounds and elements which compose them, are the principal subject matter. Students learn the meanings and uses of such terms as molecular structure, atomic number, weight and valence. This terminology becomes commonplace through reading assignments, experiments, lectures and tests. Last in sequence but not least in importance is physics, offered to senior students. This subject which is divided into three main units is a recommended study for those college-minded students planning to major in science, mathematics, engineering or medicine. Light, heat and sound is the first division, followed by the mechanics of physics and modern physics. While studying the latter two, the student acquires a knowledge of liquids and gases; and electricity and its various components. Learning the fundamentals of microscopy enables sophomore students to enjoy and learn more thoroughly the mysteries and wonders of the biological world. RUSSELL L. WERNER: Biology, Physical Educa- NOEL E. KNOPF: Biology, Linfield. tion; S.O.C., U. of Oregon, Southern Methodist U.

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WILLIAM J. EVANS: Chemistry; Lower Columbia Junior College, U. of Oregon, Oregon State Marine Biology School, U. of California. GALE R. FINLEY: Biology; O.S.C. SCIENCE ROBERT A. FARRAND: Physics, Chemistry; S.O.C., O.C.E., U. of Oregon. Typifying the trend of the modern world are these puzzled yet enthusiastic seniors who participate daily in physics experiments.

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FRANK R. HOLLIDAY: Mathematics III, IV; Lin-field College, Portland State College, O.S.C. DONALD L. HEDGEPETH: Geometry, Senior Mathematics; U. of Oregon. It has often been said that too many students are looking for angles.