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

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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

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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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SHOW AND TELL - Ric Polansky tapes o U. S. history report as Lambert Orton provides the visual aid. American history classes acquire new textbooks History of a Free People is the new textbook used by all the U. S. History classes. The Ameri- can Reader and A Sense of the Past are newly acquired books in the advanced U. S. history course. These books contain accounts, letters and diaries dealing with important events in American History. The U. S. News and World Report magazine has also been added to the curriculum of some American history classes. Others use the New York Times and the American Observer for studying cur- rent events. The importance of current events is emphasized. Each history class has one day a week in which reports and discussion on world problems are held. The high school offers students a social science background in modern problems, U. S. history, world history and geography. Geography, a semester course, is the study of how different countries of the world use their geo- graphic and climatic conditions for economic, so- cial and political development. World history is a study of peoples and countries of the world. The classes study the development, civilization, religion and culture of these countries. Modern Problems l and ll are required for all seniors. Modern Problems l is a study of the work- ings of local, state and federal governments. Mod- ern Problems ll classes study such social problems as crime, juvenile delinquency, divorce and mar- riage. The course includes a unit on economics. Besides studying books, magazines and text- books, social science classes use films featuring historical events and various countries of the world. The latest newsreels also supplement the social sci- ence program. ocial Science ART LUNDBLAD Modern Problems I Geography TED KJAER Head Junior College 4 World History Football Coach ALICE RITER Assistant Football Coach Assistant Wrestling Coach U. S. History , Assistant Baseball Coach