McKinley High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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We 33. , i if AN EXTERIOR ANGLE of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two opposite interior angles. Proving this is one among many problems faced by students checking the validity of plane geometry theorems and postulates. ALGEBRAIC PRINCIPLES he lp people to understand the technicalworld they live in and guide them in coping with everyday problems. These students practice to perfect their math skills ,ws .5551 , l VV: ref, K . I ' V A Qg

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tgifff 121 mmfizzfcmiffz dfflllfig Recently,increased importance has been placed on the study of mathematics and science in school. National survival in the space age has made it essential for Ameri- cans to speed up their progress in these two fields .In the field of mathematics it was made mandatory that all high school students com- plete two years of math. The department provided a testing pro- gram for all incomingsophomores. This en- abled teachers to judge the abilities of their new students who, in order to advance to oth- er math courses, were required to take ex- ams to test their achievement and extent of comprehension of the pre-required course. McKin1ey's math department offered such an opportunity to every student. It offered a variety of courses ranging from simple arithmetic to the more difficult math areas for the college preparatory students. For those who did not wish to probe into higher math, th e d ep a r t m e nt provided courses in the fundamentals to meet the two- year requirement as well as the needs of the vast majority of the students. Those who wished to advance in math were offered suchsubjects as trigonometry, solid geometry, and college algebra ,which provid- edasufficient challenge for most of the ad- vanced students. A l t h o u g h not everyone was destined to specialize in these fields, mathematics re- mained an important subject. It is basic to everyday life. The knowledge of even simple addition and subtraction is necessary to car- ry on dai ly transactions. The machinery, appliances and all the electrical equipment, which make living easier, are based on m a th c ma tic s . Math also instills logical thinking in analyzing and solving problems. SOLID GEOMETRY requires logical reasoning, perception of space, and solid, down-to-earth thinking. Roy Mutsushige and Franklin Yamamoto ponder over the hypothesis and probable solutions to the geometry problem 6 ' in

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em Jem: eff amz! Wdcehhbn 5 3 4 .nf . 1 ,at uf., 5. wh f X y ,I ' M it MICROBE HUNTING is one of the many ways provided by the science department to supplement text reading in b' l l S ' ' ' A ' 10 ogy C asses. usan Campbell, Sam Deadwyler, and Carol .lrjona discover a new world lhrough microscopes. EXPERIIVIENTING is one ofthe most effective and important methods in learning chemistry. Alberta Halli- well, Amyfioto, and Shirley H-lr:1dz1,in the foreground experiment with the scale balance and graduated cylinder. fp--M-,,,.,,N - 0 'IX 'in' ! R- is f L