Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Academics Numerous changes were enacfed in The l97l-I972 year. No longer did one have To face an endless five-hour day. A TwenTy-minuTe break. during which The caTeTeria offered snacks, provided Tree Time for sTudenTs To Trade, finish home- work, and socialize. Gone was The sTudy hall and The shorT forTy-five minuTe peri- od. FifTy minufes gave each sTudenT The opporTuniTy To sTudy five subiecfs To The fullesT exTenT. STrenuous work encour- aged by. fail one subiecT and Thou shall noT graduaTe. STudenTs ceased running Through The long, bleached halls and climbed inTo TexTs, hoping To exTracT all They could. BuT all This change would noT have been possible wiThouT The assisT- ance of The adminisTraTion. Arriving in I969. Dr. E. J. Arahill as- sumed all The responsibilifies and duTies of a principal. One of The main ,aspecTs reinforced was The closed campus. No longer were sTudenTs allowed To roam abouT. 1. Dr. Arahill's selecTed sTaTf, composed of I46 faculfy members. counselors. secreTaries, and cusfodians. were The di- recT resulT of The discreTion in The choos- ing of poTenTial educaTors and The dis- placemenf of incongruous personnel. However, Dr. Arahill's responsibiliTy was lighfened by The addiTion of Two as- sisTanT principals: Mr. Harry Cole, from Mays Junior High School. and Mr. Ken- neTh Berger. a former counselor. These men, accompanied by Mr. Roger Frese and Mr. Lewis CapuTa. were each direcT- ly responsible for 251 of The home- rooms, assuring sTudenTs of The inalien- able righf To an educaTion free from dis- Turbing inTerrupTions. TwenTy-seven secreTaries, armed wiTh TypewriTers, red pens. diTToes, and schedule cards, handled all clerical work. Their unTiring labors insured The adminis- TraTion of accuraTe aTTendance records and well-balanced receipT books. STu- denTs also benefiTed from secreTarial abiliTies - all TesTs, quizzes. and final exams were reproduced from masTers submiTTed by Teachers in each deparT- menT. Main office secreTaries included Mrs. Janice Anderson, secreTary To Dr. Ara- hill: Mrs. Winnie Lesbirel. aTTendance: and Mrs. AgneTa HeldT, who helped wiTh regisTraTion forms. Mrs. Virginia Melus and Mrs. Marilyn Zucker handled all business TransacTions. Hoping To reach a compromise in The evenT of a disagreement counselors acTed as mediaTors beTween Teachers and sTudenTs. Mrs. Rosalyn Sparks and Mrs. Eleanor Tidwell aided sTudenTs in Their despairing ramble Through reams of college applicaTions. When The Time came, They Tacked on TranscripTs, TesT scores. and grade averages and mailed Them To The colleges. Mrs. Adele Berry laboriously Typed up work orders so ThaT prospecTive-addiTions To The labor force mighT earn.

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Supervising each deparTmenT was The deparTmenT head who, aside Trom Teach- ing classes. coordinaTed The deparTmenT and helped deTermine iTs curriculum. Mr. Ramon Fracchia of The English deparTmenT orienTed nine new Teachers - Miss Sandra Lavin, Miss MargareT Dunn, Miss KaThy Barr, Mr. Tom Mona- co. Mrs. Billie Birnie, Mrs. Fran Herben- ick, Mrs. Phyllis l-lallberg, Mrs. Ann McDonald. and Mr. Alan Holmes - To sTricT procedures and inTroduced Them To anoTher rouTine. As a subhead be- neaTh English was creaTive wriTing, con- Temporary liTeraTure, myThology, and mass media. STudying Types and sTyles oT wriTing, creaTive wriTing, classes devel- oped poTenTial wriTing abiliTies. STudenTs in conTemporary liTeraTure and myTholo- gy explored pasT!presenT knowledge. By discussing currenT evenTs, mass media sTudied The diTTerenT Torms oT communi- caTion and propaganda - newspaper, radio. TV. The journalism and drama deparT- menTs, also under Mr. Fracchia's jurisdic- Tion, conTribuTed much To TurThering a developing Theory on Teaching: learning by doing. Journalism TaughT The basic Techniques used in newspaper and year- book wriTings while TuTure dramaTisTs pracTiced speech. reacTions, and man- nerisms. STriving To break The language barrier and To bridge The abysmal, ever wid- ening, culTure-cummunicaTion gap, The language deparTmenT conTinued iTs work. French, German, LaTin, and Span- ish were oTTered and The inTricacies oT each language sTudied in deTail. Even Though There are Two Thousand dialecTs on This earTh, Those Tour which were on The curriculum increased The under- sTanding oT oTher culTures. Science deparTmenTs inTroduced The sciences by means oT a mandaTory Biolo- gy I course. Exploring The mysTeries oT The human body and Trekking inTo The evoluTion oT The ape man, biology classes sTudied cells and diTTerenT organisms. OThers examined poisonous planTs and Their life cycles. ChemisTry l. a subiecT which Tollowed biology, delved inTo a deTailed sTudy oT organic maTTer and iTs eTTecTs on daily lives. Beyond lay Mr. E. M. STaTTord's phys- ics class. Ripple Tanks and slinkies were among The insTrumenTs used To deTer- mine The basic sTrucTure oT all organic and inorganic surroundings. Science maiors were given The oppor- TuniTy oT laboraTory work in The lab re- search class. FurTher explanaTion oT The human body was expanded upon in Biol- ogy ll. And, Tor Those so inclined. Chem- isTry II pried The aTom bomb TurTher aparT Than ever beTore. The MaThemaTics deparTmenT, headed by Mr. Jack WaiTe, oTTered a line oT sTudies ranging Trom basic maTh To cal- culus. RooTs and soluTions were exTracTed from polynomials and linear equaTions in Algebra I. GeomeTry, a sTudy oT Tigures in a plane, TurThered The explanaTion oT lines as well as ThaT oT Triangles and prooTs. QuadraTics reached a greaT de- Tail in Algebra ll. and Then These new Tound skills were applied To The Car- Tesian plane. From here The road spliT in Two ways. For The sTraighT A sTudenT, maTh analysis was made available. IT noT. TaughT The evoluTion oT The black man in America and concenTraTed on slavery and black revoluTionaries. ConTinuing a TradiTion oT meTiculous exacTness, The deparTmenT TaughT cours- es which allowed pupils To examine and discuss The culTure oT The UniTed STaTes. American hisTory. governmenT, and eco- nomics awakened parTicipanTs To The TacT ThaT The ToundaTions OT The Ameri- can naTion were noT apple pies and red blood buT sTacks oT greenbacks cemenTed TogeTher wiTh life, liberTy, and The pursuiT oT happiness. A Twelve-week Communism course ex- plained To seniors The use and spread oT communism and discussed liTe behind The IRON CURTAIN. This brieT sTudy, required by Florida law, succeeded in paciTying aspiring revoluTionaries and one could sign up Tor TrigonomeTry!ana- lyTical geomeTry. a sTudy oT relaTionships beTween The sides oT Triangles and corre- sponding angles. The nexT halT oT Trig! analyT was analyTic geomeTry which dis- cussed The CarTesian plane TurTher, add- ing vecTors and polar coordinaTes. MaTh V encompassed The sTudy oT probabiliTy, maTrices, and precalculus: The gaTes To calculus were aT lasT Thrown open. Also aTTempTing To close The culTural abyss. The social sTudies deparTmenT orienTed sTudenTs To hisTorical eras and evenTs. World hisTory. geography, and sociology opened innocenT eyes and pre- viously unused noTebooks. Black hisTory S15 fr, sTimulaTed a greaTer respecT Tor a craTic philosophy. Probing The conscience and 1 scious minds. The sTudy oT psychology vealed egos and ids. Through a Tions and deTailed readings. Mr. F Ladwig made sTudenTs aware oT complexiTies - emoTion and sTanding. So ThaT sTudenTs would noT enTer world dependenT on maids, proTe handymen, andfor The Midas T Co., Two deparTmenTs were Home Economics and lndusTrial Their work enabled sTudenTs To Tind Tuge Trom boring classes, and To d