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

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4 il 'l 3 Chrysler, senior: Diane Marchioro, senior: Bobbie - l 4- M A X Davis, Junior: Albert Mattus, drama instructor. G-fax L2-J fs.. VWLQYL, Are Viewed by Senior English Classes ee ' In the study of Our Town Clifton Fadiman, author and lec- ,gb , , tl.1l'Cl', was narrator. The titles of the four films in this set were The ,ski ill . Humanities: Wfhat They Are and XVhat They Dog The Theater: ' 'A 'A One of the Humanitiesg Our Town and Our Universe, and Our Town and Ourselves. Oedipus the King was narrated by Bernard M. VV. Knox, Pro- fessor of Classics, Yale University. The Age of Sophocles, The Char- acter of Oedipus, Man and God, and The Recovery of Oedipus were discussed in the set. Maynard Mack, Professor of English at Yale University, narrated the study of Hamlet. The films were The Age of Elizabeth, lfVhat Happens in Hamlet, The Poisoned Kingdom, and The Readiness Is All. The last set studied the novel, Great Expectations. Clifton Fad- iman was the narrator. This set was received the second semester and was shown in composition classes as well as literature. From top to bottom: Daniel Davis, Ronald Miller, Lyle J ewell, Katherine Krogue, John Malterner, Albert Mattus, Vivian Hager l5

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, f , , b 3 .1-iiigu, L J Rf Q' in .gy r X an 'els , 1 6 -.r .H ff W P. Drama is also offered to students as an English course. Practicing for a play in Dramatics are, left to right: Peggy Smith, juniorg Kelly Davis, seniorg Doug Films on The Humanities for Secondary Scl English 1-6 are basic courses offered for the first three years of high school and are required of all students. In these courses em- phasis is placed on spelling, vocabulary, fundamentals of correct speech and written composition, and instruction in techniques of reading and interpretation. Seniors have a choice of literature, composition and vocabulary if they plan to attend college. English 7a and 8a are offered to those who do not plan to go to college. Vocabulary is open to juniors and seniors as an additional-credit course. In senior literature classes films distributed by the Council for a Television Course in the Humanities for Secondary Schools were viewed. These films, new this year, gave students a background knowledge of the humanities, showing excerpts from Our Town, from Oedipus the King, from Hamlet, and from the novel Great Expectations. The books were read along with the films. The scenes from the plays were performed by the Stratford Shakes- pearian Festival Foundation of Canada. From top to bottom: L Mabel S. McLaughlin, Department Head, Lois Neswick, Lorraine McNew, Margaret Nistad, ,V Sharon Nustad, Tammy Reid, Russell Meyer

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Burri1Exley D th C d Department Head oro y ong on Robert Barnard Ronald Johns Edwin Kretz William Lowther William Nye Mack Saunders Burril Exley explains an algebra equation to Andy Jordan, junior. Mathematics, the Universal Language Sometimes Referred to as a 'Foreign Languagel' With pencil, eraser, ruler, compass, protractor and slide rule in hand the math student sets out to conquer mathematics. The universal language, mathematics, is to some students another foreign language. Most Spokanites think of Euclid as a street on the North Side, but in math class students learn that he was a father- of modern geometry. Several special classes are offered in math. Some of the Algebra 1 and 2 classes are teaching a different approach. This new concept is known as SMSG, which stands for School Mathematics Study Group. The SMSG method was used exper- imentally for several years and is now a perman- ent part of the curriculum. A special geometry class is offered to give stu- I6 dents who do well in math a chance to receive a more stimulating course. Trigonometry and math analysis is given in the senior year. A strong background in math is needed. The prerequisite is two years of algebra and one of geometry. Math can be very useful, too. Besides discover- ing how long it takes to paddle upstream against a current, students in advanced algebra learn the odds of many games of chance. They also learn about interest in payments of loans and merchan- dise. Students learn that two plus two is not always four when they study the many different number systems. The number system used today has only 10 digitsg some numbers systems have 12, and some have only 2.