Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Mr. Gerald Rainford (chairman) explains the techniques of a mathematics teacher to the rest of the math department, (left to right) Mr. Miles Dunscombe, Mrs. Genevieve Wool- dridge, Mr. Lyle Stoelting, Mr. Max Hutchinson, Mr. Boyd Leoman. Mr. Hutchinson helps two of his geom- etry students with a difficult problem. Mr. Rainford is very emphatic about stressing that, Inch by inch math is a cinch. Mathematics is becoming a universal language. As our world becomes more complex and technical, math becomes a com- pelling force in the formation of a new society. Math is the queen of the sciences. Today as never before math is becoming important in the lives of everyone. Science plays a tremendous role in the development and in the solution of both peacetime and wartime problems of organization and production. Science is based on mathematics. This year 668 MHS students are enrolled in the various modern math courses offered. Their language is symbols. The structure of a cone Is explained by Mr. Yeoman to his geometry students. 21

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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

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All eyes are on Mrs. Bovard (department head) as she demon- Toth, (student teacher), and Mrs. Wanda Stevens, SEATED; Miss strafes an adding machine to the business department. They Barbara Sunyog, Mrs. Robbie Bothweil, Mrs. Grace Bovard, Miss are: standing; Mr. Chris Choncoff, Mr. James Lenig, Mr. Ben Gladys Leas, Mrs. Helen Brunton. It looks as if Rick Piskoty is concentrating hard to perfect his score in business math. Business is a way of life in the modern world because all people engage in business transactions and are concerned with the operations of the nation ' s economy. As career preparation and as a means of support during college, students find these courses to be very important. The business department includes courses in general business, business math, shorthand, typing, office practice and bookkeeping. To this, three new courses, recording, note- hand and college typing, have been added. David Keever seems to be concen- trating very hard in Typing II. 22