Myrtle Point High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Myrtle Point, OR)

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For Better Understanding '’TOMORROW WE FLY TC THE MOON! Twenty years ago, this statement would have caused eyebrows to be raised, but today plans are on the drawing board which will lead man into greater heights of scientific achievement. Keeping these things in mind Myrtle Point's science and math instructors began to stress more than ever the value of high school math and science. STUDENTS enrolled in general math classes reviewed the basic fundamentals of math and were given an overall view of algebra and geometry. Subject matter studies included interpreting graphs, formulas, equations and positive and negative numbers. Advanced math taught by Elsie Downing included geometry, trigonometry and advanced algebra. Geometry students studied measurement of plane and solid figures, geometrical relationships, and volumes. Geometry students learned to think critically and became familiar with the nature of a theory and its proof. Mrytle Point's science program consisted of general science, physics, chemistry and biology. General science students studied behavior, classification of plants and animals, man adjusting to his enviroment, sound, light and electricity. Guido Caldarazzo's biology students study plants, flora, fauna, leaves, heredity and the development of the cell. Chemistry and physics students learned about matter and its composition, the atmosphere, acids, fluid energy, molecules and electricty. Of Space Age LEE SHULL and Delores McCue demonstrate the comparison of volumes in Math IV. GENERAL SCIENCE students Pam Nelson, Lynna Martin, Jerry Caudle, and Gordon Thomas manufacture hydrogen. 17

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Math, Science Courses Prepare Students MERRIANNE McCAFFREE watches Julia Lancaster measure a solution for an experiment in Chemistry. 16

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Language Arts Department Stresses TERM PAPERS, book reports, and daily assignments composed the agenda for English students at MPHS. Mixing Hamlet and MacBeth with direct objects and participial phrases, English courses offered seniors a thorough background for the language they speak. A course in developmental reading, stressing faster reading with greater comprehension was offered for the first time as part of Senior college prepatory English curriculum by FERN STARR, English instructor. The COLLEGE PREP CLASS was composed of students who definitely plan to attend college. Studies were based on college placement material in grammar, reading labs, and novels or plays composed by such masters of the literary world as Dickens and Shakespeare. Senior English classes were keyed to a thorough review of grammar and analysis of literature. JUNIOR ENGLISH was focused on vocabulary and word analogies of advanced materials to further their preparations for college. In the sophomore English class, emphasis was placed on written compositions and literature. Julius Caesar remained their literature study of the year. For the FRESHMAN ENGLISH students, it was work, work, work, to put their best efforts forward in using good grammar, reading, and the important issue to listen and learn. DEBATING, dramatics, and pantomimes constituted the speech program this year which formed skill and organization in thought and speech. By participating in these arts, students learned to develop better personalities through acquiring better speech in order to express themselves well. JOURNALISM has provided an outlet for the writing ability of students. Many qualities such as leadership, ability to delegate authority, and a sense of responsibility can be traced to early work in the branch of the English program. Speech and journalism are allies in expression, one with the spoken, and the other with the written words. Headlines and dramatic reading have a common purpose-— to help overcome one of the greatest drawbacks to progress— the inability to communicate. FRENCH CLASSES at MPHS were composed of 65 students interested in the study of the foreign language. All levels of French students learn of the customs, art, science, and literature of the country. The French department has acquired a French typewriter this year along with new material made available to them by the National Defense Education. Individual records, drill books, and demonstrations from the translating machines have aided students in attaining the basic skills of the French language. GLORIA SHIELDS, Freshmen, searches diligently for English research material. TO IMPROVE her ability to appear before people, Jonnie Huff pantomimes a small girl chewing gum. 18