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

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Math and Science Challenge Students Science, ever-changing, challenges each stu- dent to seek the answers to questions that are in- strumental in the advance of our society. The sci- entific method of thought provides a means by which these questions may be answered. At North Central students are offered several science classes. Physical science is offered to fresh- men, and sophomores may take biology, which proves to be an exciting as well as an educational course. Many juniors and seniors make successful attempts at passing chemistry while still others en- joy physics. Students are now experiencing more freedom in science classes, freedom to think and develop ideas and learn through frequent inquiries. The world of science today is in a constant state of flux. Every day new advances ' are made. It is imperative that we depend less upon factual and technological aspects of science. Inquiry and curiosity are the keys to the future. Mathematics, as an excellent human achieve- ment, offers satisfactions and aesthetic values equal to those offered by any other branch of our culture. Although students are not required to take a math course above their freshman year, the ones that choose to continue find math courses stimu- lating and intriguing. All math courses are a chal- lenge and of great value to students who intend to take physics or chemistry. Freshmen listen intently as Mr. Kretz explains algebra principles. j P 12 I I A ■ Burrill Exley Edwin Kretz Department Head Varsity Football Robert Barnard Esther Lancaster After-school Bowling Biology Club William Nye Dale Blair After-school Bowling Cross Country Varsity Track Dorothy Congdon Future Teachers N Gerald Cunningham Dan Olson S.E.A. Representative Chess Club Math Club Raymond Simonson Boys ' Golf Coach M Demonstrating the use of the graduate to Donna Newberg is Mr. Smith, chemistry teacher. George Smith Department Head AT Orval Theisen Paul Tobie Senior Class Advisor Fire Drills S.E.A. Representative Biology Club 15

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Homemaking, Industrial Arts Prove Practical An increasing number of mothers are assuming the dual role of homemaker-career woman and it is important for girls, while in high school, to develop a greater profi- ciency of homemaking skills. The girls are given an excel- lent chance to receive this training in cookery and sewing classes. The girls also must have an understanding of hu- man relationships that will help them to raise their chil- dren properly and provide for a happy, stable, ' and satisfy- ing home for the whole family. Instruction in this area is offered in classes such as child development and social re- lations. All girls are required to take two credits in some home- making courses. Up to two years in any subject are avail- able. Learning useful skills and those important to future vocations is the main objective of the boys who engage themselves in industrial arts classes. The courses taught are designed to help the boys to be well rounded in such arts and able to do more things, such as household repairs, themselves. In auto shop, a class which most boys are interested in, proves valuable to those with cars, and will probably help them to save money in the future. Wood, metal, auto, and electronics shops and voca- tional metal and mechanical drawing are offered to the male students of North Central, above the ninth grade. George Theodorson Herbert Russell Department Head School Service Rifle Club Alvin Olson Student Buses Leonard Graham Radio Club Vern Broadwell Alvin Meyer S.E.A. Representative Traffic Squad Helen Beaver gaily McMasters School Service Elizabeth Killingsworth Cercle de Menage Department Head Randy Walker, left, and Lannie Robinson, right, work under the supervision of Mr. Graham. Miss McMasters indicates to Homemaking students that Homemaking is a diversified subject. 14

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Social Studies Emphasize Knowing Del Jones Ronald Walker Gregory Sanford Community Service Varsity Basketball Department Head mm I In today ' s troubled world, the importance of cultural study within one ' s country cannot be overlooked, nor can it be under- stated. The keynote of all history study can be summed up in the statement: He who knows the past understands the present; and he who has an understanding of the preesnt has the key to the future. Four years of study are now required for all students. Fresh- men are required to take Washington History and World Geogra- phy. Sophomores must take World History and the following year, United States History. A new system of contemporary world prob- lems, economics, and government are courses available to seniors on a nine-week basis. Economics is the science that deals with the production, distri- bution and consumption of wealth, and with the various related problems of labor, finance and taxation. Government is a tool devised by man to enable him to live the best possible life and when it is no longer able to meet his needs, it should be changed. Sociology is the study of the development, organization, and problems of society and social groups. This has proved to be one of the most popular history classes at North Central. This course is •designed to help the students better understand themselves, their fellow man and their environment. Wallace Russell Blaine Bennett Richard Pelkie Varsity Football Key Club Varsity Wrest ling CtOJ i - CO c J- Gr Mq --ewA cj cc — T Miss Huff explains mental breakdowns to Marya Graf, one of almost one hundred in the largest sociology class at North Central. 16