Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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SOCIAL SCIENCE « Left: At the back tables, Nancy Jones, Brenda Horn, Philip Tidwell, Don Pingleton, Joe Man- zanaras and Orlando Lucero prepare assign- ments while Ellis Salyer, Johnnie Grey and Ern- est Hambrick, in the foreground, catch up on current events. Charlene Gualdoni, Jack Brinkley, Elida Ortega, Connie Campbell, Jackie Winkler, Paul Lopez and Mary Helen Tarango begin a new assignment in American problems class. Ray Apodaca constructs a diagram showing the organization of a city. Right: Don Burk traces the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire for Bill Lafferty and Philip Berra. discussion of many civic problems included. 15

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Courses in United States and world history, civics and American problems were offered to social science students this year. Ably direct- ing these classes were Mr. Charles H. Rich- ardson and Mr. Neal Nichols. American problems classes studied cur- rent American and world problems and hap- penings from TIME and NEWSWEEK mag- azines. Movies were shown and miscellaneous pamphlets distributed for better understanding of world affairs. In order to graduate, students must have passed tests on the United States and Arizona Constitutions, which were studied in the United States history classes. Vivienne Neubauer distributes TIME mag- azine. In the background Mary Ruth Scanlon and Barbara Vallejo compare notes. Sarah Alvillar points out Milan, Italy, to Gail Wiltbank in world history. Mr. Neal Nichols --B. A. , Arizona State College, Tempe. Mr. Nichols teaches United States history; his hobbies are reading and golfing. He sponsors the Junior Class and the oratorical contest. world and American affairs gleaned in classes; 14

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MATH George Gibbons and Linda Ballis analyze the special properties of thirty-sixty right triangles. At the top of the blackboard is a slide rule for demonstra- tions. Mathematics courses consisted of plane and solid geometry, algebra I and II, general mathe- matics and trigonometry. In algebra II class slide rule and logarithms re- ceived greatest emphasis. Persons taking algebra I studied radicals and second degree equations. Dis - playing artistic talent, the plane geometry classes made intricate designs and figures. To learn funda- mental principles remained the objective of the general math classes. For the second year trigonometry and solid geometry were offered as electives. Numbering only nine, the students delved deeply into the two subjects. Learning use of figures Murri Hair employs a pointer in alge- bra H. On the bulletin board are dis played geometric designs. Mrs. Louise Park -- B. A. , Kansas University; M. A. , Columbia Univer- sity. Mrs. Park teaches algebra, and trigonometry. Her hobbies are music, travel and reading; she sponsors Honor Society and is financial advisor for the Copper Cat. 16