Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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With the dependable assistance of Mrs, Marshall, Ike Eikel- berner learns the four-step method of copying an angle, Thirty-six mathematics classes provided abundant opportunity for every type of student to satisfy his yen for numerical know-how, Through thin walls Mr. Pruitt and Mr. Rice could be heard trying with great vigor to prove their points, Mrs. Troy and Mrs, Marshall used a more quiet approach. Plane and solid geometry stu- dents taxed their imaginations to under- stand theorems, while industrial classes saw planes and angles on a practical level. Mathematics classrooms found students fig- uring interest, bisecting angles, determin- ing loci, using a spherical blackboard, add- ing logarithms, and looking up trigonomet- ric functions of angles. Ninety-six names were listed on the mathematics honor roll the first semester, and a like number ap- peared the second term in recognition of those people who had an A average. flllafluemaficians see flue ang es in evefuiflning Perennially stationed in the hall at noon, Mr. Pruitt helps struggling college algebra students solve equasions P531 me A x Rishi

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ofzeign anguage c asses o en new ofzizons alan Susan and Roland demonstrate their knowledge of Latin prefixes by enactina the meaning of the verb ab ducere. Latin related the past's glories to today's. The lite ot Caesar, the invasion ot Gaul, the writings at Ovid, Cicero, Homer, and Pliny the Elder, and the characteristics at Roman people were investigated in the classroom ot Miss Johnson, who made the ruins ot ltaly's capital city come to lite. Miss Ewing, who taught Spanish, spent the past summer in South America and was able to share her experiences and discov- eries with her language classes. First-year students were taught the fundamentals, while those enrolled in a second-year course had the opportunity to learn the history, culture, ancl customs ot southern countries. French pupils were able to take advantage of the new tape recorder and the tapes which supplemented the text. Through group discussions and outside reading materials, classes were made to realize the numerous contributions which the French have made, through the arts, to the American people. team if 7 X t M, ,l 2' 0 5 r iw i i X 'M , , Q L 1 Students enrolled in French find Miss Plotner's long-awaited tape recorder and record player invaluable for pronunciation drills.