Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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PRECISE MEASUREMENT - Barry Haskins, John Albrecht, Mary'beth lsensee, Tom Benson and Dick Hayes do a chemistry experiment. New equipment highlights up-to-date physics course A machine demonstrating wave phenomena for students taking the P.S.S.C. CPhysical Science Study Committeel physics course has been acquired by the Physics Department. The machine was devel- oped by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Two films are available to go along with the course. The principles shcwn by this machine are applied to sound, light and all other electromagnetic radi- ations. This is the second year that P.S.S.C. physics has been available, and more and more apparatus that is needed is being acquired. The science department has also acquired a new spectroscope, costing over SIOO. Also added is a set tor measuring the mass ot the electron, new ripple tanks for studying wave motion and many new pcwer supplies. RIPPLE MAKERS - Sharon Gordon and James Zanios study wave motion by depositing a drop of water in a ripple tank.

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AW W? TRAVEL AGENT - Julie Larson points out Paris to Harlyn Trayer while members of the French III class dream about a trip to France. Third-year French course added to school curriculum Because of the increased emphasis on foreign language, French lll was added to the language curriculum this year. Ten students who show a special interest and aptitude in French are enrolled in the course. Maps, films, pictures and records are again be- ing used this year by students to supplement the regular courses of study and further the under- standing of the language. These media also help to acquaint each student with the culture of the country whose language he is studying. Students taking French read La Presse, a French- Canadian newspaper, and the Paris Match, a mag- azine which resembles Lite. Spanish students use a Spanish version of Reader's Digest. Latin students make projects pertaining to Roman history and read selections from Caesar's Com- mentariesf' SENORES AND SENORITAS-Danny Crum, Skip Gooch, Susan Sharpe and Suzie Brown catch up on current events by read- ing Spanish language magazines. oreiqzz mzquaqe GEURGE LOSEN Spanish l, ll, lll FLORENCE FLYNN FRANCES FORSTER Business Arithmetic Latin French l, ll, lll ,f ' '-.5g1'- ia, - nes' ,gil-:-1.:-view stir k S 'iil ii. he -.:,.:.-i - . - . , , mf- k '?- if ,ge Jes , ,,,- l 1. lg,-. si 1' V., s E ,W . srr. 3 - , A, 1-A sm., .., yn,--1 tg sflrqws h Q ......, lgsrstz ' i -4.5461 .MX -A E igfztfir, ici. l I i st

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SW R. J. PENNEY Chemistry Science interest increases, new instructors in biology Two new faces appear in the biology classes this year. Gerald Hansen, who last year was studying under a scholarship at Syracuse University, took Zeke Hogeland's place. Hogeland is now teaching at Bemidji State College in Minnesota. Lena Keit- hahn, ot the home economics department, is teach- ing biology this year. An increasing number of students are now tak- ing physics and chemistry. These science courses interest the students not only through work in the classroom, but also through experience gained in laboratory work, which otters the students an op- portunity to observe some ot the principles ot that particular course. General science is also a popular course because VERN GUNDERSON r Physics Photography Science Club dence it otters students a basic science background. CAUTION! - Preparing for one of the more dangerous chem istry experiments are Sharon Curran and Janice Bain. DOING DISSECTION - Lena Keithahn explains dissection procedures to a group of biology students. csrx if