North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT — Seated: Wilhelmlne Tlmm, Biology; Raymond Simonson. Biology: Donald Bo namy, Biology. Standing: Ernest Hix, Department Head: Paul Tobie, Biology; Edward Anderson, General Science; Orval Theisen, Physics; George Smith, Biology. Over eleven hundred students arc en- rolled each semester in the various sc ienc e courses. These students are in the six sc i- ences: General Science, Biology, Chemis- try, Physics, Photography and Geology. Through General Science, students gain an introduction to all fields of science. Then comes Biology, the study of living things. The hiology laboratory is well etjuipped with movies and specimens to enable the student to learn about the hu- man body, plants and animals. Chemistry is the study of what things arc composed of and the changes they undergo. Such things as atomic energy, radio activity, and the composition of foods and fabrics are taught. Dealing with electricity, sound, light, heat, mechanics and other physical aspects of our complicated world is the course in Physics. Both the chemistry and physics laboratories are well equipped for experi- ments and demonstrations. Photography offers the knowledge of how to take pic tures, how to operate pic- ture-taking devices, how to take better pic- tures, and how to develop, print and en- large them. Geology offers the study of rocks, minerals, changes in the earth and earth composition. helping us use our m ' mds in the uncovering 12

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preparing us with new skills for the future, The Home Economics Department of- fers instruction in Child Development. So- cial Relations, Home Furnishings, Cloth- ing, Foods and Advanced Homemaking. In Child Development, girls study the preschool-age child. Each girl spends a por- tion of class time in a nursery school where she has an opportunity to watch the age- group children about which she has learned in her assigned reading and class discussion. In Social Relations they study getting along with people, etiquette, entertaining, dating, marriage and budgeting. Planning and decorating homes — the study of floor plans, the judging of an already built house, architectural styles, color schemes, draperies and curtains, rugs and upholstery fabrics, furniture arrange- ment, and painting and wallpapering — make up the course in Home Furnishings. Beginning Clothing starts with simple clothing construction and buymanship and ranges up to the advanced work in clothing and tailoring. Basic nutrition and preparation of foods are studies in Foods I. The role of hostess is emphasized in Advanced Foods Class along with further knowledge of nu- trition and the preparation of food for entertaining. HOME ECONOMICS — Seated: Joanna J. Reed, Child Development; Christine G. Neuman. Clothing: Elizabeth Killingsworth. De- partment Head. Standing: Helen I. Beaver, Clothing: Joan R. Kopf, Social Relations. II

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of our civilization ' s great unchanging secrets. Mathematics ranges in difficulty from elementary arithmetic, studied in some freshman classes, to subjects on the college level. Although only one year of mathe- matics is required for graduation, many sophomores elect Plane Geometry. This year about one hundred twenty juniors are enrolled in Advanced Algebra, and more than fifty seniors are taking a fourth year of mathematics consisting mainly of Solid Geometry and Trigonometry. Most students are aware that the com- pletion of two years of high school mathe- matics is required for entrance to many col- leges. Boys, especially, are faced with the fact that every reputable engineering school in the country has a prerequisite oi at least three years of mat hematics and that nearly all of these schools recommend four years. To prepare themselves properly in this age of mechanization and electrifica- tion, intelligent students know that mathe- matics is indispensable. Recent developments in the field of automatic computers demand many more college trained mathematicians than are available. Each large machine of this type, requires at least ten or fifteen analytical experts to program its operations and to control its sequences. MATHEMATICS — Seated: P. H. Nygaard, Department Head: Dorothy A. Congdon, Geometry; Lowry M. Bennett, Algebra: Standing: Kenneth Moore. Algebra; Burrill Exley. Geometry; Robert F. Barnard, Algebra; R. A. Baldwin. Algebra. 13