Medford Mid High School - Picaro Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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Mr. Robert Stedman Miss Alice Walker Mr, Charles Weller Mrs. Clara Wendt Mrs. Hering illustrates a concr Ulf www ' Don Smith looks over his notes prior to leading a class discussion on poetry in English 516, ete noun to Barbara Gaston in English-Journalism 5f6.

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5 3, '- ' l , fr ,, -,,'.f,, i H if ' 'Yap jay - l Irk It . ,:-,tiff he ,QM -wg, wg -'W-'Wt'wx. ' ms, 41' ,L Aw HW' Mrs, Sherril Harshbarger Mr. Ed Albright Mr. Gary Blair Robert Gubesie Mr. J21moS Hamby Dept. Chairman Mrs. Kathleen Hering Miss Patricia Legg Craig Meredith Mrs. Kaye Robertson Mrs . Jackie Hanson Debbie Hall gives a speech about the Medford fire. nglish Courses such as speech, drama, journalism, and debate, as well as three levels of English for each grade, are offered by the Mid High English Department, which is led by Mrs. Sherril Harshbarger. This diversity enables students who are interested in different areas to try their luck at public speaking, writing, acting, or all of them, Along with learning grammar, students studies mythology, speech, poetry, expository writing, short stories, novels, and plays. A trip to the Holly Theatre was also taken by approximately 800 students to see the motion picture version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Jugqg The four skills of communication, speaking, reading, writing, and listening, were studied by freshmen. English is a required course for all students during the four years of high school, It is one of the few subjects that is used in every other class. As well as learning the fundamentals of their language, students are ex- posed to history, geography, science, philosophy, and many other useful areas in a new and often interesting way through their literature. The variety of novels read during the year gives each individual a chance to sample books from different times and by various authors and to perhaps find an especially interesting area in which he wishes to continue to read. Novels read this year ranged from the Victorian style of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities to the satire of George Orwell's Animal Farm.

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Mr. Gordon Morris Mr. Vernon Arnold Mrs. Tizah Barlow Mr. Ken Bastian Mr. Dennis Dedrick Math Consultant Dept. Chairman Mr. Terry Leininger Mr. Hubert Sharp Mr. Leonard Sharp Mr. Del Swearingen Miss Donna Waddle Mathematics Throughout the year, the Mid High Math department has helped students to explore new methods of problem solving. Plane geometry, graphing and functions caused Mid High stu- dents hours of mathematical bewilderment. Four math courses offered this year were, General math, algebra, geometry, and algebra- trigonometry. The general math course offers various fundamentals of arithmetic, algebra and geometry previously taught in other courses. It also deals with probability and involves more problem solving than any other math course. The algebra course covers number sen- tences or equations, graphing and the properties of real numbers. Geometry is defined as a type of math concerned mainly with space, shape, and measurement. The course also deals with co-ordinate geometry and the process of reasoning. Algebra-trigonometry combines advanced algebra with trigonometry, There is a marked emphasis on the unit-circle approach. Unlike geometry trigonometry, algebra-trigonometry is taught without the use of triangles. In place of triangles, graphs are used to determine trigonometric values. Computers are a new idea on Mid High's mathematical horizon. If acquired, the computers would assist in routine calculations, Students would also be able to work the computers for class-room computation. From G.H. Hardy's, A Mathematician's Apology comes the following quote, The mathe- matician's patterns, like the painter's or poet's, must be beautifulg the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. , . There is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. MI' . William White