Highland Park High School - Little Giant Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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While her lob partners David Wassermon and Robin Fohrmon carry out their part of a fossil costing exer- cise, soph Lisa Rubin (above) takes odvontoge of a brief break from note-taking. During a Physiology class unit on circulation, junior lee Amberg (left) is the patient and senior Adam Henner the doctor in a blood pressure experiment. Mon-made World teocher. Mist Mueller (bottom left) meotures the strength of o model bridge built for a contest in which strength and beauty were judged. It wot won by seniors Jeff Miller ond Kerry Dulin. In a demonstration of emergency techniques for health dosses, Highlond Pork firemen, John Blevin (for left) oppHes artificial respiration to every sophomore's friend Recussie Annie. Eyes glued to the dock, seniors Alone Kromm, Gwen Carter ond Roy Eichen- green (below) get ready to cheer the results of their gos chromotogrophy test in AP Biology doss. 29

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SCIENCE Man-made World tops growing list of new science courses “Wider variety gives kids a chance to take something that they think they'd like. I think that's good, said science depart- ment chairman Mr. Robert Carmichael. Ever expanding into new branches of science, the department added Man-made World to a list of offerings that included Microbiology, Ecology, and Earth Science. The new course dealt with the incredible level of technology achieved by 20th cen- tury man and its impact on society. In one experiment. Miss Mueller’s classes con- structed miniature wooden bridges of var- ying designs and tested to sec which struc- ture could withstand the greatest load. Anatomy and microbiology gave those planning medical careers a good start. Anatomy enrollees donned surgical gloves and dissected cats, while micro students learned to prepare paraffin sections and stained slides. For the first time, enough people regis- tered for AP Physics to break a class bar- rier which cancelled the course in previous years. Mr. Carmichael attributed the rise in interest to the freshman physics course introduced four years ago. Entry into any of the three college level programs required one year each of biol- ogy, chemistry and physics. In defense of the requirement Mr. Carmichael stated, My feeling is that high school should be for high school and not for specialization. Although sophomores could, and did proficiency out. Health teachers sought to upgrade their classes by moving into the laboratory. First semester groups tested knee and eye reflexes and grew bacterial culture plates. The department also pur- chased a life sized model for use as a vic- tim in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation dem- onstrations.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Psych, history options open curriculum Social Studies continued to expand in scope, adding one semester of psychology to its '73-74 offerings. Learning by doing, Mr. Olinger's classes often drafted friends and relatives as guinea pigs for their vari- ous projects. A triple option in US history made the state-required course less painful. New this year, Issues in American History consisted of nine week units on foreign affairs. The Rise of the Common Man, Col- onial Heritage, and other topics. Students signed up for Issues on a pot- luck basis, but the Department Chairman Hildreth Spencer planned to revamp the course to allow students to elect the units they wanted. The second alternative. Team Teaching, examined current problems in light of his- torical background. AP lured hard-working juniors with the prospect of college credit. Ranging from a look at Ivon the Terrible and Marx in Russian History, to the work- ings of Wall Street in economics, nine one- semester offerings provided flexibility and variety. In its third year as a semester course. Politics of Change shifted orientation from current events to a more intensive study of political science. With Watergate and the energy crisis, Nixon's administration proved a rich discussion source for bud- ding political analysts. Combining on underloading of Oft ond African culture, ton- ion Kim Foster ond Adrienne Forb (obow) ploy leocher by explaining how African ort hot influenced Curopeon oriittt. Hoisted by classmates, psychology student John Putnam (above ngh») learnt to trust hit fettowmon not to let him down. Secluded in her botement, unior Jocte Petert (right) toket teemingfy unending notet on the Scopes monkey trial, her nine weeks research poper for AP US history. 30