Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Mr. Wooldridge gets a film ready for showing in a biology class. Jeff Haberstadt and Dale Andrews listen to tapes in A-V class. Mrs. Brunton stands with her book store help: (left to right) Jill Reformat, Shirley De Young, Billy Jo Greek and Carol Stowers. Sight and sound are the major means of communications of our times. The audio-visual department, headed by Mr. Velven Wooldridge, breaks the monotony of everyday class rooms by bringing movies, filmstrips and other sources of information to the students. Their collections of mechanical devices has brought direct eye contact to a math teacher and a student while one is working a prob- lem on the over-head projector. The same helpful device is used to aid a speech stu- dent using visual aids for his speech. Tapes of oral book reports and speeches make grading easier, and typing to music played on one of the A-V ' s record players is interesting and enjoyable. 19

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Mrs. Mary Jeffries (chairman) shows the language department how to use the new lab equip- ment. They are (left to right) Mrs. Judith Stoelting, Mr. Joseph Weidenbener, Mrs. Veronika Burgess and Mr. Michael Brinkman. Merrillville High School ' s lan- guage department received a new look for ' 66 - 67 . Its facilities were moved from makeshift headquarters in the east-west hall to a 3-room suite in the new wing. Adding to its fresh appearance were two new teachers, Mr. Brinkman in Latin and Mrs. Burgess in German. But many things did not change. The Honors Program remained a goal for outstanding third year lin- guists. Latin scholars pressed onward in their studies; Germans learned more about Wolfgang and Erika; a new crop of third year Spaniards thrilled to the adventures of senior Gonzalez. Mrs. Jeffries is performing the tedious task of making out the grades for her Spanish II class. Mrs. Stoelting is showing a Mexican serape to two of her Spanish I students. Mr. Weidenbener listens as his students recite German on the tapes.

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Mr. Virmillion motivates his students with an experiment demonstrating the techniques of chemistry. Linda Milokavich and Barb Arnold work together as lab partners in a chemistry experiment. Mr. Drescher is working with two of his Biology I students. Wriggling, writhing creatures of the earth, the pungent odor of melting paradichlorobenzene (commonly known to the lay person as moth balls), bounc- ing ping pong balls these are all a part of the world of those eager aspirants of the physical and biological sciences. Those who have taken biology have experienced the frustrations of searching for insects and the thrill of observing microscopic forms of life. Through dis- secting various animals, students get a first-hand view of the complexities of that mysterious thing called life. Test tubes, pipettes and graduated cylinders are all familiar tools to the chemistry student. Throughout the year, he is given the opportunity to explore the properties of matter through various experiments. Studies of weight and the acceleration of gravity occupy the time of physics students. Many interesting experiments are performed by them. The science faculty members (left to right) Mr. James Wagner, Mr. Miles Dunscombe, Mr. James Vermillion, (chairman), and Mr. George Drescher, discuss ordering new coats for working in their labs. 20