Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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,nfl pfjr' M7' JVMZ ghmepl ee t pe teytemtoM P lCap e The Scrence Department offers to MHS students general scrence brology chemxstry physlcs appl1ed scrence and advanced brology A general scxence student wrll acqulre a lastmg interest m the world rn whrch he hves to a pornt where actual enjoyment 13 obtalned 1n extendmg hrs knowledge beyond elementary concepts and theornes The blology student learns many lnterestrng and useful facts con cernlng all l1vmg thmgs Students attain a sound cultural background through chemnstry Physrcs furnlshes screntrflc explanatlons for many phenomena famxltar to all Applred scrence IS desxgned for those students who feel they cannot succeed 1n general science or bnology Students wrth bxologlcal mayors should take advanced blology The freld of scrence rrses hxgher and hrgher every year More and more students are becommg aware of scrence as a professxon because the Atomtc Age has become so famxllar to them The Scrence De partment encourages students to make sclence a career for the stu dents of today are the screntlsts of tomorrow Mr Norman Faber heads thrs department .W is JJ J Marilyn Cunnin' a x ains her knowl dg of he di ' s- iv s s r. au m - b ll. . . . . . I , ' . , l . . T . . ' , . t ,JJ N4 ,N . -tw ' N ' K I fl lv,-L - s. J ll c K , , N 7 ' ' ' ' ' t l U' Ll t 3 1 , . X lictu d fl m up nth! hand Q ner A 1 Axlare: Irs. Phyll -Gross, Mr. Human '. 'fa lg gab Mr. In Be nerr. Mr, -You-ln I N X- , B r. ul Qjm e . Mr. Carl- D f P 1, ma . taeu tstuu W' fx I K W A : X X -3.-M... .1 - Al 4 X - A 1 X T l lv l X X Q D I X' 15 e I pb ll Mr 1 'Wt' Science rises wwf? af arf are

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For the college preparatory student and for those students who are plannrng to follow a career rn engrneerlng, scrence, mathe matlcs, and related frelds, the Modesto Hrgh School Mathemathrcs Department offers courses ID algebra geometry, advanced alge bra, trrgonometry, and soltd geometry For those students who de srre further study rn mathematrcs before startrng algebra or for those who do not mtend to take algebra but wish some mathe matrcs beyond grammar school arrthmetrc the department offers general mathematrcs Last, but certamly not least, rt offers practrcal mathematrcs for those students who wrsh to rmprove thexr sk1ll rn the four fundamental operations of arxthmetrc therr hrgh school years unless they fall a mathematrcs test glven to them rn therr Junror year rn whrch case they are requnred to take senror mathematrcs College preparatory students, however, are requrred to take two years of mathematlcs 10 order to com plete therr major Business mathemaucs 15 a course whlch students majorrng rn busmess must take Advanced algebra, trrgonometry, and solrd geometry are the more advanced mathematrcs courses Department head 15 Mr Eu gene Mould Rrtchrc Verhaegen and Lanny Copeland ponder over a Ing onometry problem ..n. is-N O , - l Students are not required to take a mathematics course in i Math IS solved

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Farming technlques are sought The Agrrculture Department shows the farmers of the future the very newest and most modern of the technrques used rn farm mg The science of farmmg as well as the technrques used xn farm mg are made famrlxar to students Strands of agrrculture play a large part m the fabric of mans lrfe By dorng and learnrng, students wrll contrnue to supply the natrons needs through agrxculture Agrrculture students enter many of therr lrvestock and other domestrc anrmals rn varrous shows throughout the county An annual falr IS held jorntly wrth Thomas Downey Hrgh School at Beard Brook Park rn the Sprung At Modesto Hrgh School agrrculture agrrculture mechamcs, am man husbandry, crops and hortrculture, and farm management are offered to students Nmth and tenth year students are requrred to take one pertod of agrlculture scxence and one perrod of agrrculture mechamcs Durrng the eleventh and twelfth years only one perrod of agrrculture scrence rs requrred Agrrculture I and II are xntroductory courses requrred of all nmth year students Durmg the tenth, eleventh and twelfth years they may choose the agrrculture courses they take Department head IS Mr Ted Sypolt Prctured from top to bottom are Mt Russell G Cosgrave Mr Plus Scheuber and Mr Ted Sypolt Talents of many students are revealed through art by the Art Department Expressron from varrous students mrnds rs evrdent rn varrous art preces whrch were completed th1s year at Modesto Hrgh School Art IS a very rmportant strand rn the fabric of school lrfe Publrcrty for many dances, sports actrvrtres, sales, and other forms of school l1fe have been made possr ble by the art whrch has been pro duced by the Art Department Frnrshed products of the art classes are entered m art shows and contests throughout the year Stu dents wrn certrfrcates as well as cash prrzes and gold keys Art classes decorate the school to get mood and effect durrng cer tam holrdays Many of therr masterpleces are shown throughout the year tn the trophy cases In thrs way the stu dents and faculty may enjoy them Mrs Betty Mrlam rs department head Prctured from top to bottom are Mr LeRoy Gxoxannom Mrss Chella Heaton and Mrs Berry Mary Nesbnt looks at an orl pamtrng held by George Beers Milam rtistic talents are revealed