North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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■ ■■ ' ■: Hill Carol Bruick points out the oil line on the dip stick to Barb Griffis, nd Steve Newman in education class. Pupils Acquire Better Habits from Books and Films Driver ' s training, health, and family living are courses offered at North Side to aid the students in the everyday aspects of adult life. During the semester of training and practice, most stu- dents develop the confidence and skill required of good drivers. Last fall two new teachers joined North Side ' s Driving Department along with a new addition of a 1963 Ford Galaxie. One year of health is required to be graduated from North. Students taking health learn basic facts about the human body and how to keep it functioning properly. Family living classes attempt to prepare studetns for the problems encountered during adult life. Students also gain a better understanding of how to acquire a more rewarding relationship within the family from their family living classes. Four health students, exploring the insides of the school ' s model of the human body, seem intrigued at the complexity of the structure. Students in add variety schedule by decorating tH family living class 29

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Theorems, Equations Confuse Future Mathematicians Rulers, compasses, protractors, solid objects, and slide- rules are among the instruments used by math students. General math, plane and solid geometry, algebra, and trigonometry were the math courses offered at North Side this year. One unit of math is required for graduation; however, many students find it necessary to develop their math skills further in preparation for future vocations. This semester one of the teachers taught his geometry class using an experimental text and technique from Ball State College. General math furnishes students with a basic background in arithmetic. Solving equations with unknown values is the main objective of algebra. Geometry acquaints students with the mathematical relationship of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles. Trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of triangles. Such are the courses offered to meet the in- creasing demand for mathematical skills in today ' s world. Exhititing the many figu familiar. Mr. Clark explai math students Dirk Stout which Geometry 3 students must be le structure of one of these figures to Christine Tigges.

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Industrial art work provides a means for pupils to work with tools, materials and different machines. North Side offers courses in wood, metal and drawing, where students design anything from furniture to office buildings. In wood classes boys choose projects on which they will work the entire semester. The metal students are assigned a semester project which will acquaint them with the different types of machines. In drawing classes students learn about me- chanical drawing. A great need is developing for these skills. Technical information is being stressed in all three courses to give students a good background for many of the armed forces courses. The aim of the Industrial Art Department is not only to help the student understand the industrial life going on in his community, state, and country, but also to give him a general background that will help him find his voca- tion and will help him be more successful in any job in this general classification. Using Forges and Skillets, Robert Rhodes looks on as John King of wood by making- use of a ban saw. 30