Marinette High School - Whipurnette Yearbook (Marinette, WI)

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MR. MICHAEL LINLEY MR. JAMES BRISELDEN MR. JOHN A. MOLANDER MRS. FRANCES DIETER MR. DONALD L. TROTIER The Square Cn The Hypotenuse THE DIAMETER of a sphere is found by . . . Mr. Molander relates to Judy Schoener and Brian Rinelli the method he would use in finding the spherical diameter. 28 Advisor to the Cartesian Club was MR. JAMES BRISELDEN, who taught Junior High mathematics. His hometown is Stevens Point where he attended P. J. Jacobs High School and Wisconsin State College. Mr. Briselden spent much of the summer as a maintenance engineer. Mozomonie, Wisconsin, is the home town of MR, MICHAEL LINLEY, father of two boys and a girl. Along with teaching geometry and seventh grade mathematics, he coached eighth grade football and assisted in coaching varsity football. Summer vacation was enjoyed by MR. JOHN A. MOLANDER who traveled to the West Coast with his wife and twin sons. Mr. Molander, of Marinette, taught elementary algebra, advanced algebra, trigonometry, and solid geometry. He attended Augustana Col- lege, the University of Minnesota and the Uni- versity of Michigan. Junior varsity basketball was coached by MR. DONALD L. TROTIER. Mr. Trotier taught seventh and twelfth grade mathematics. Dur- ing the summer, he vacationed with his wife and three children and did maintenance work for the school board. His home town is Rhine- lander, Wisconsin. MRS. FRANCES DIETER taught algebra and chemistry during her first year at M.H.S. Mrs. Dieter attended college in her home town of Platteville, Wisconsin.

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Each school, each floor, each department, and each classroom has an atmosphere all its own. Looking over the subjects included in the sci- ence department, we get mental images which are automatically connected with these classes. From general science, we remember our ama- teur weather forecasting and weekly science topics. Open-book tests were the big treat in that classl Biology brought out the true attitude of the girls toward harmless dead animals. Lab turned into q chaos the first day with the girls pleading, Please, Mr, Schuchart, don't make me touch that worm, and the boys singing. l've got you under the skin. These same amateur scientists took over in chemistry lab the following year. Here they ad- justed their Bunsen Burners and slyly dumped for- bidden compounds together in the hope of causing o bit of excitement. Physics class offered the opportunity to spend a little money--on 52.50 broken thermometers. Why was that class so popular? Maybe it was the boy to girl r0fiO--20 to ll H2504 plus NaCl yields what? Jan Wieting and Bob Davis try to find out as they brew up a concoction of sul phuric acid and table salt. Dissected Worms, Gathered Oxygen ln Jars ONE-EYED Osf.ar Levant blithely stares on as Sue Fast, Beth Minsloff and Dan Drown examine the outer portion of his lung.

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lncreased intricacy from year to year is a mark of the mathematics department. We made sure we distinguished ourselves from grade school students by heading our papers mathematics rather than arith- metic, Percentage, graphs and a number of formulas highlighted our studies. Solving formulas and equations in algebra kept our minds working, for there is a unique satisfaction gained in finding that the prob- lerns we have solved are right, Geometry, with its formal proofs showed up in daily conversation, though we didn't realize it. This subject trained us in arguing effectively and proving our points. When we got into the higher maths, some of us earned the right to be called mathema- ticians, while others of us were still known as the blunderers. In advanced algebra, we learned more about simultaneous systems, uniform motion, and Ann's age. Adding depth in solid geometry, we be- came aware that if two planes are perpen- dicular to a third plane, they are perpendicular to each other, in addition to the antics of John and Lizzie, Finally, after years of wondering, we found out how to measure the height of that flag pole. This was the result of trigonometry, where, in addition to flag pole measuring, we became aware of logarithms, sectors, and hy- perbolas. An integral part of our lives, the study of it-.W- FORMAL geometric proofs, explains Mr. Linley, must be clear and concise. Bernard Michalski, Mary Peterson, Edward Rader, and John Folstad check their results with those ex- plained by their instructor. Of A Right Triangle. . AT THE BLACKBOARD, Jackie Leason works a problem from her algebra assignments along with some her classmates as other members of the group check for errors. mathematics enables us to better understand the laws of nature, and solve problems con- nected with our daily lives, 'i f ELEMENTARY FACTS about solids interest Bill Molin, Hope Reines, and Ken Christiansen as they listen intently to Mr. Briselden's discussion.