Madill High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Madill, OK)

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Practice teacher, Frances Hartin, presented a current event lesson to world history students. New Algebra II Course WORLD HISTORY. Students of world history probed into events, past and present, that make the world go round. Everything from prehistoric cave men to the present day astronauts interest- ed the pupils. AMERICAN HISTORY. In American history, students studied the establishment and develop- ment of their own country, the United States. They were also kept informed of recent happen- ings by means of a weekly current events les- son . American history students like Jerry England constantly took notes during class lectures. Spanish students Shirley Cunningham, Martha Dodd, and Mary Kay Matthews enjoyed the lan- guage laboratory. SPANISH. Spanish students were able to pro- gress from almost entirely conversation their first year to an extensive study of Spanish culture and literature in the second year. Spanish students presented a Christmas assembly as one of their projects. GEOMETRY. Geometry seeks to develop the logic and common sense of the student. Circles, squares, and triangles provided interesting ques- tions to be solved through steps and proof. Geo- metry's primary purpose was to teach people to think. Geometry was made clearer to pupils through dis- cussion of the more complex problems. 22

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Ford Galaxy VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE. A great variety of activities and subject matter was offered to vo- cational agriculture students. The emphasis of the program was often learning by doing. This thinking often took the students far from the classroom. HOME ECONOMICS. Girls found sewing and cooking much easier when they learned to op- erate the electric sewing machines and modern kitchen facilities provided for their use. The home economics department trained MHS students for homemaking chores of the future. DRIVERS1 EDUCATION. In a special training car, students applied practical knowledge learned in the pre-driving part of their course. They learned to execute turns safely, to stop at stop signs and red lights, to move with caution always, and to re- turn to school without accident. Brenda Holt, Martha Duncan, and Judy Yow busied themselves while preparing a low-cost meal. Danny Wilson and Dennis Busby performed many useful jobs through the vocational agriculture pro- gram . Charles Byars inspected the instrument panel be- fore Carl Marris began his turn at the wheel. 21

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Offered of MHS ALGEBRA 11. The solving of varied problems using a symbol for the unknown forms the basis for algebra. Equations and formulas served to simplify the difficulty of computing specific types of problems for algebra II students. BIOLOGY. The Euglena, the Ameba, and the Paramecium were common subjects of conversa- tion among interested biology students. Systems of the human body, dissection of various animals, and health are but a few areas of science cov- ered in biology class. Mary Jones showed Clinton Bates how she derived an answer to a problem in algebra II. CHEMISTRY. Chemistry not only taught stu- dents to conduct safe laboratory experiments but to recognize various elements and compounds, to compute atomic and molecular weights, and to know in general the chemical actions of abundant substances. John Bryant and George French heated a crucible while preparing a laboratory experiment. Diana Bond pointed out a specific organ on a model frog for Harold O'Steen to name. 23