Madison Heights High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Chemistry students are usually puzzled by complex theories. Mr. Robert Slone demonstrates while he explains atomic structure. One of the many experiments performed in chemistry is demonstrated here as Connie Sisson and Sally Sloan titrate a base with an acid. A student feeds worms to a frog while he observes the frog’s reactions.

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The Delta Epsilon Theorem and derivatives intrigue calculus students. Mr. Robertson demonstrates the technique of solving a first degree algebra problem. algebraic equations, conic sections, logarithm charts, and slide rules create new problems for mathematicians Modern mathematics courses offered to Madison Heights students provided the opportunity to reason and to think independently. Courses in general mathematics helped pre¬ pare students for the business world. Beginning algebra, plane geometry, advanced algebra, trigonometry, college algebra, and calculus laid the foundations for college and careers requiring a knowledge of higher mathematics. Madison Heights was one of the first schools in the country to have a five-year program of mathematics in which the fifth year is taught at a college level. In order to be selected for the five-year program, students must have received the recommendation of their beginning algebra teachers and the approval of the department chairman. Former students of the five-year program have earned advanced placements at Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indiana University, and Ball State University. New textbooks, written by the authors of the School Mathe¬ matics Study Group Program, were adopted this year to replace the SMSG materials used in previous years. Explaining the technicalities of a slide rule, Mr. Faust demonstrates the proper method of finding square roots to Dan Waltz. 17

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novice scientists delve into chemistry laboratories, physics experiments, and biology dissections With the increasing roll science is playing in life today, the freshman, junior, and senior college preparatory students studied the technical and physical worlds of biology, chem¬ istry and physics. Five hundred and two students studied living creatures ranging from the simple amoeba to the complex human body in freshman biology courses. Collecting insects and leaves for class assignments busied the young biologists during the fall and spring months. Memorizing a countless number of formulas and perform¬ ing laboratory experiments engrossed the imaginations of junior and senior chemistry students. Vexing terms, such as octane rating scales, phenol coefficients, and destructive dis¬ tillation, introduced pupils to the complexities of the earth. The secrets of matter and energy were unfolded as seniors investigated the theories of great scientists such as Newton, Galileo, and Einstein. The intricacies of various transforma¬ tions of energy became clear as the year progressed. Freshman biology students, Debbie Morris and Chris McLain, learn the correct way to handle a snake from lab assistant, Jerry Perkins. Students concentrate deeply while Mr. Cole explains the fundamental structure of a cell. Weighing elements in chemistry class, Jim Wheat and David Stone prepare to do an experiment. 19