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

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jnior English team teaching experimental class. ject in English Department emphasis is placed on spelling, vocabulary, Fundamentals of coned speec h and written composition, and instruction in techniques of reading and interpretation. A student may selecl courses Erom literature, composition, vocabulary and speec h in his senior year. Journalism, debate and dramatics may be started in the sophomore year and continued through the senior year. The North Central News, a weekly publication, and the year- book, the Tamarack, are outstanding examples of students ' journalistic abilities. NC debaters displayed their abilities both in local and siaie tournaments, and the dramatics de- partment produces several plays during the school year. Shirley Wrangle, English 4 Edna Wilson, English 3 13

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Mabel S. McLaughlin, Department head Daniel C. Davis, English 6 Helen Halton English 2 Lorraine McNew, English 2 Margaret Nistad, English teacher, uses opaque projector Albert H. Mattus, John Malterner, English 2 Team Teaching Is Experiment Team teaching in English 5 and f has been an experi- mental project for the department. Three teachers com- bined their classes two days each week for lectures ami instructional material on American literature as well as grammar, punctuation and compostion. Two days each week these classes were divided into discussion groups of 12 to 15 students while the others worked independently in the library. On the fifth clay the students were assigned indi- vidual conferences, making it possible for each student to discuss his themes, tests and daily exercises with his teacher. English 1-6 are basic courses offered lor the first three years of high school and are required of all students. Here 12

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Top row: P. H. Nygaard. department head; Robert Barnard, geome- try; Dorothy Congdon, algebra; Burrill Exley, geometry; Edwin Kretz, algebra. Middle row; William Lowther, general mathematics; William Nye, general mathematics. Bottom row: Mack Saunders, algebra. Mathematics Undergoes Modernization By Introduction of ' New ' Terminology High school mathematics is undergoing extensive moderniza- tion. The teachers and students are finding it difficult to keep up with the changing terminology and methods. Here are some samples of the new mathematics: Can 1 + 1 be 10? Yes, il the numbers are binary. Can 1 + 1 be 1? Yes, in Boolean algebra. Can 7+8 be 3? Yes, if the modulus is twelve. When is y a function of x? When there is one, and only one, value of y for every x. What is a point? In plane analytical geometr) it is an •ordcrol pair of numbers. Left to right: Student Joe Duprie sharpens a pencil; Larry Baum works with the slide rule while Sharon Mathews assists him; David Christensen and Ernie Laitinen are working problems in Dorothy Congdon ' s algebra 3 class. 14