Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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New This Year: Third Year French To learn a language better, 14 students signed up for third- year Latin and 13 for the new third-year course in French. In- terested in French things like the Eiffel Tower and the philoso- phy of Charles De Gaulle, these French students wrote two ten- page source themes while beginners studied grammar. Latin stu- dents compiled vocabulary notebooks and read about Roman customs. Besides translating stories from Cicero and learning the Creek alphabet, Latin V pupils went with Miss Mary Hess to see Euripides ' Trojan Women, a play presented by Saint Mary ' s College. To enlarge their German vocabulary, students gave speeches, recited poems, and asked each other questions like What is your name? Student teacher Dr. Eladio Martely, formerly a lawyer in Cuba, helped Spanish linguists to get the feel of the language and to learn about the culture of Cuba. FRENCH V. An English source theme is tough, thinks Dick Pawlowski, but one in French . . . juste ciel! PUSH-BUTTON CLASS. By manipulating knobs and switches, German Teacher Daniel Landis can listen to any pupil doing pronunciation drills in the language lab. 27

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MODERN MATH. Showing the numbers that X represents when x is equal to 2, greater than 2, or less than -2, freshman Steve Woods explains this disjunction. Freshmen Understand Modern Algebra! TWO-HEADED REASONING. Applied math students Betty Houghton and Sharon Van- DeWalle solve a logic problem. And I thought 2 ■ 2—4! exclaimed modern algebra students. With the modular 3 system they proved that 2 + 2=1. By moving clockwise around a circle numbered 0, 1, and 2 with O at the top, they started at zero, moved forward 2 numbers and then 2 more, and arrived at the answer 1. Although modern algebra students spent less time working problems, they understood math rules more thoroughly and had fun with numbers. To prepare herself for teaching modern math, a course new to MHS this year, Miss Mildred Harden went to a workshop at Indiana University in the summer of 1964. Since many did not have a modern math background in junior high, they took the traditional algebra course. They learned to represent numbers with letters of the alphabet and used linear equations to solve verbal problems. Second year students solved quadratic and radical equations and performed simple math oper- ations by using logarithms. They also worked with arithmetic and geometric progressions and the binomial theorem. Sophomores took geometry. They studied 102 theorems and many postulates, axioms, and corollaries. Besides working prob- lems with the Pythagorean Theorem and proportions, students practiced dividing lines into a given number of equal parts and constructed triangles when three sides were known. Those junior and senior girls who did not take geometry took aoplied math to learn the fundamental concepts of modern math. Concerned with facts and not numbers, they tried to solve logic problems with deductive reasoning. With three years ' previous training, seniors took trigonometry, a course in the measurement of triangles. Later they took senior math which involves analytic geometry and calculus. Boys interested in vocational trades took trade math. They used all types of mathematics to solve problems of the kind encountered in Mishawaka ' s industrial and business concerns. 26

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Three Teachers Try Team Teaching; BEHIND THE SCENES. For a special project in team teaching class, general busi- ness students Dave Holdren and Linda Johnson tour The First National Bank. Vice-President George Barnes shows them the safe-deposit boxes. 28