Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Mr. Vermillion uses model to explain principles to phy- sics class. Biology students do research on mice. 21 physical and biological sciences are challenging Interested chemistry students listen to lec- ture attentively. Delving into the scientific world can be fun as well as in- teresting. Biology students explore the marvels of life from the smallest micro-organism to the most ad- vanced creature, man. Through- out the year they dissect crayfish, worms, fish, and frogs to the dis- may of many girls. Boiling, bubbling, frizzing, foaming, steaming, and explod- ing describe the many experi- ments performed by chemistry students. The experiments are done as a supplement to their book. Watching a flame through a spectroscope is one of the many experiments done by the Physics classes. An experiment is done to help the students understand the principle by actually viewing the procedure and results.

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math students are concerned with facts and figures An opague projector assists Mr. Yeoman in explaining geometry. Mr. Hutchison’s class listens as he illustrates concept of math. Mr. Rainford grades tests of Algebra II students. “New Math” can be effective- ly used to describe the math de- partment of Merrillville. The whole department is a filled set. Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, and senior math can all be considered sub-sets. This year two sub-sets were added to this rapidly growing set, calculus and probability and sta- tistics. The courses or sub-sets are further divided into units, each composing one semester. All of its sub-sets this year have gotten new textbooks. The union of these sub-sets is our ever-growing Math Depart- ment, which is surely not an empty set. 20

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Eyes on the page — not on the keys! Mrs. Grace Bovard observes her business class at work. students prepare for future in business classes Business classes offer students an insight as to what the business world will be like. Typing I and II, Shorthand I and II, bookkeeping, office ma- chines and office practice are the courses offered in this depart- ment. In these classes the students learn to operate various ma- chines, and some use this knowl- edge by assisting the teachers. Many of the students often continue in the secretarial pro- fession. Typing is beneficial for students who plan to go on to college also. The business department is being expanded into the newly completed addition to the school. This new addition will provide better facilities to the already growing department. Initiative is an important part of the business classes since the students must work individually and at their own pace. 22