Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Science and mathematics, two required courses are the step¬ ping stones, the tools with which man has built modern technology. Application of the many principles found in skeletal study in biology coupled with the ability to compute stresses, strains, and lift forces found in the study of physics has given man the airplane. Through mathematics and chemistry, man has unleashed untold power in atomic fission. Whenever the scent of spoiled eggs fills our halls, we know our chemists are at work. Chemistry has gained such popularity that students are now chosen from a multitude of applicants. The circumference of the Math department is equal to the sum of its parts: General Math, Algebras I, III, IV, and geometry. Equations, theorems, logarithms, dedecahaedrons, and cylinders are all familiar terms to math majors. ' Tons Asinorum, bridge of fools, is the apt title given to a plane geometry theory and may be compared to the feeling of many a struggling student. Nowhere is deep thought, reason, and concentration more necessary than in the study of science and math. We like it and enrollment in these classes was at a peak during the 1960-61 school year. Using pullies, fulcrum and weights Mr. John Hayes explains the mechanical intricacies of a problem in physics to Charles Walton. Mary E. Davis, Dennis Voris and Delores Wineland prove a geometry theorem on the blackboard for the benefit of the plane geometry class. Miss Adele Gwinn is helping Dennis with step three. :flB-tc - CD V DA p : jlAKimeZS i -i V

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES . . . SOW SEEDS FOR UNDERSTANDING Foreign language students frequently in fancy visit gay Paris, colorful Madrid and ancient Rome. The study of classical and modern foreign languages develops within the student an understanding and respect for his world neighbors. The classical language, Latin, helps the student toward a better understanding of his English sentence structure and vocab¬ ulary. Knowledge of Roman life, customs, literature and culture are additional rewards garnered in these studies. An elementary Latin course for seventh grade students is now offered. Students may continue the subject over a period of six years from seventh through twelfth grades. French and Spanish, romance languages, teach students to read, speak, and understand the present day language of con¬ tinental and Latin American countries. Elementary courses for seventh and eighth grades in Spanish and French have been in¬ troduced. At the high school level advanced courses enable the student to become quite proficient in the language program he elects. Our romance language students who begin in seventh grade obtain a proficiency that eventually may lead them to the United Nations as qualified language experts. Tape recorders are valuable aids to students who study lan¬ guages. Dennis Vucic, Deborah Richter, Carol Burt, and JoAnn Placey are practicing their French pronunciations. The material on the bulletin board is explained to seventh grade Latin students, Ted Chabraja, Robert Zimmerman, Ray Smith, Mary Markowicz, and Craig Wardrip by Miss Agnes McLean, Latin teacher. David Fesko and Jeanne Baker are reading Spanish dialogue from their text¬ books as Miss Angeline Prado and her class listen. This group of eight graders is completing their second year of conversational Spanish.