Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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= Julie Gramlich and Pat Gibbons attempt to understand Mr. Hester’s instruc- tions on the use of the slide rule. } Adding variety to geometry class, Mr. Iftner demonstrates a basic principle. 4 = Gary Ellcessor sneers at the camera while hurriedly trying to finish a bookkeeping assignment. + Keeping track of his progress, David Landolt checks with the grade book. + + Students learn algebra methods by seeing them done on the board.

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Numbers Add Up In Every Class Sometime during first grade a teacher announced that 1+1=2. That simple announcement began a problem that would last all the way through high school—working with numbers. Simplicity quickly becomes complexity in high school. Math classes, science classes, industrial arts classes, in fact almost every class demands that a stu- dent be proficient with complicated mathematical operations. Whether it be a formula in physics, a trigonometry problem, or a drafting project, an ability to apply accepted principles to the ever-present numbers is essential.

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Machines Come of Age Sewing machine—whirring. Saw—buzzing. Typewriter—chattering. VTR—humming. Calculators— (silence). The machine and its sounds were the middlemen between a student’s ideas and a project. It was the year of the electronic calculator. The miniature marvels of the space age joined the other machines in the school and made the tedious job of arithmetic almost a game. They were super for chemistry and math and bookkeeping and for saving time. By using calculators and other machines, students were able to expand their abilities and explore new worlds. + HHS’s first Danish exchange student, Johannes Hansen gets involved in the work of the VTR class, along with Mr. Burke, Phil Sellers and Gordon Hayman. In the off-moments of math-related classes, students discovered that a calculator could serve as a toy to fill the idle time. +--+ Playing a vital role in school publici- ty, HHS printers, Brenda Okai and Mike Ratermann ink type for the printing machine.