Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Robert Compton Department Chairman Science Club Mike Jones exhibits a test-tube model of spirogyra made in biology class, pointing out a drawing on the thallophyte chart after which the model was patterned. Leroy Colson Chess Club Varsity Tennis Coach Alexander Currie Assemblies Robert Dawson Camera Club Robert Fisher Astronomy Club Chess Club Carl Manthey Science Club Health Safety Com. Melvin Simpson Gerald Skoog Varsity Wrestling Coach Science Club 17

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Science Classes Emphasize Student's Lab Work Visions of nuclear fission inspire Tom Hendricks and Clark Gillaspie to continue work on their atom smasher. A new approach to learning was developed this year in the Science Department as more emphasis was placed on the student’s individual laboratory work rather than routine study alone. The student found scientific facts more “real” when discover- ing them through elaborate experiments as well as by reading about them in textbooks. A new course. Physical Science, was offered to those who wished to study beyond a year of biology but who did not choose to take a full year of physics and or chemistry. Gifted seniors undertook the two-hour-a-day session of College Chemistry while standard chem- istry was popular enough to require six sessions of classes to meet the demand. Physics classes experimented with a “self- help” program which minimized lecture time and gave the student more time to work on his own. In biology, the student gained a greater knowledge of the science of life as well as some “helpful hints on maintaining good health. work is all-important in science, especially in the area of chemistry. Bob Jenkins and Bruce Henricks prepare to analyze a liquid solution while Pat Tisdale and Steve Hergert take inventory and La Vonne Hudson and Dale Lohr study a particle from a mixture. 16

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Social Studies Stresses Need for Responsible Citizens Of primary concern to the Social Studies Department is fostering in the student a more acute awareness of the human community. Through curricular revision and course variety, members of the department marked this year as one of out- standing progress in their field. Psychology gave the student an opportunity to gain a better insight into human behavior while Modern Problems and International Relations ex- posed him to the complexity of today’s society. A semester of economics became a require- ment for graduation. The course of study for World History was revamped; a new course, World Studies, stressed greater understanding of the cultural and social aspects of civilizations. Team teaching continued to dominate Amer- ican History classes. Instructors on the “team” planned the course to meet the needs of the college-bound student by encouraging more indi- vidual participation in discovering the facts and concepts of history. The classes were supplemented by extensive use of audio-visual aids including film strips, narrated by students, from the depart- ment’s private collection. Miss Florence Jenkins Department Chairman George Carpenter Mrs. Jean Fenner International Club Student Council Buford Grosscup Varsity Baseball Coach Miss A. W. Johnson Mrs. Judith Kirsch Miss Judith Roderick A vital topic —Red China —is the subject of Mary County Day Student Council Human Relations Council Newton's report for International Relations. 18