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

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Mr. Nygaard shows Carol McLellan and Tim Mayhew the intracacies of a trig problem. Over the door of his famous academy in Athens, Plato placed the inscription: Let no one destitute of geometry enter. One of the chief characteristics of the present time is that the human mind is asserting itself largely through the power of mathematics. Colleges are emulating Plato by raising the mathematical requirements in nearly all departments of in- struction. Students of mathematics in our schools should now be more vigorously Hdisposed to learn than ever before. MATHEMATICS Top row: P. H. Nygaard, department head: Robert F. Barnard, algebrag Dorothy Congdon, geometry, Bottom row: Burril Exley, algebrag Edwin Kretz, algebrag William Nye, algebrag Mack L. Saunders, algebra. I8

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Using the Library card catalogue to find information for their term papers are seniors Bricker Cortner, De'edy Geri, and Madeline Riches. The English courses have been expanded to include every phase of language usage. Journalism offers the talented student the opportunity to express himself through Weekly publications and the yearbook. VVork in drama classes gives the student a study of the history, background and terminology of the theater as well as an opportunity to participate in acting or in producing one-act and longer plays. Debate teaches the student how to do research, to analyze his information and to present his conclusions forcefully. ENGLISH Top row: John Malterner, English: Russell Meyer: Arthur B. Miller, debate. Bottom row: Margaret Nistad, English: Genevieve Oppen, dramatics, Spanish: Margaret Rawlings, Englishg Joseph C. Tremblay, Englishg Virginia Wilcox, English.

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SCIENCE Top row: Ernest Hix, department head: Dale E. Blair, biologyg Wil- liam C. Lowther, biology, Raymond Simonson, chemistry. Bottom row: Walter Spangenburg, biology: Orval Theisen, physicsg Paul Tobie, geology. An ever-changing World challenges both the student and the teacher. The science department introduces a basis for studyg students then have the oppor- tunity to choose the scientific phases which interest them most. In the biology courses, students learn the science of living things. Physics brings forth an interest in the forces which challenge the minds of modern society. Learning the wonders of chemical composition thrills chemistry students. A study of rocks and minerals is introduced through geology. In the chemistry lab we find Dick Franks collecting a gas over water and Mickey Brenton working with -a desiccatcr.