Omaha North High School - Norseman Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Lou se Barstow Beat-r ce Mack Pearl McCray Gertrude Mohr Davsd Petersen Charles Severyn at 9l'l'L6LfLC5, NSZLZVLCZ5 0,66 freao Olflf X6LCfl'L855 About half of the student body of North ss enrolled sn a course offered by the Mathe matscs department Thss department under the leadershsp of Msss Pearl McCray had 0 total enrollment of 882 students at the be gsnnsng of the year Most of the courses are requsrements for graduatson and college entrance Students have found the actsvstses of Dsgsts and Frac tsons helpful and snterestsng Fractsons ss a club organszed sust thss year for the freshmen and sophomores sn math classes Dsgsts or ganszed last year ss comprssed of sunsors and sensors Offer Advanced Math lncluded sn the currsculum of the depart ment are Algebra I IV Geometryl lll Trsgo nometry Slsde Rule Sensor Arsthmetsc and General Mathematscs l ll Fsrst year algebra and geometry are regular college preparatory courses whsle Algebra lll and IV are advanced mathematscs as well as slsde rule and trsgo nometry studses Sensor Arsthmetsc ss com pulsory for those who do not pass a general mathematscs test gsven to every gunsor Physscs classes were sssued new textbooks thss year presentsng the only notsceable change sn the Scsence department The new books replaced the ones whsch had been sn use ssnce l939 Physscs and chemsstry are both scsences of force and matter Physscs puts the emphasss on force and chemsstry on matter The study of plant and ansmal organs ss pursued sn the bsology laboratorses Requsre Scsence Credit General Scsence gsves the students an over all pscture of all the scsences A semester each of elementary chemsstry and physscs ss Any one of the fsve courses may be used as the scsence credsf requsred for graduatson The laboratory scsences physscs bsology and chemsstry-are acceptable for college en trance requsrements Physsology and Health deals wsth human bsology the Fsrst Asd course covers dsseases and accsdents thesr symptoms care and preventson Both courses may subststute for one year of physscal educatson The Scsence department ss headed by J H Dorsey Mary B B okmeyer Alce B Crocker Harold L Dally J H Dorsey Vernon Ekfelt Thomas C Johnson 18 offered in Physical Science.

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Barbara Barlow Carol Gast Nathan R Mohar became the chalrman of the Socnal Studues department thus year following the returement of Mass Mlldred Mor ras There were three addltlons to the teach came ln September whale Mass Marllyn Van gers panned the faculty mud year followlng the death of Muss Edna Molseed A new text Nebraska History was used for the fnrst time In the socnal science classes When more are purchased these texts wnll be used widely as part of the program to In crease the students knowledge of thelr own state Use New Text Social Scnence I offers freshman adjustment and world geography Social Scuence ll an electnve contnnues the study of geography Robert Mohlman Ellen Pearey Maude Paley ,SiJcLcL!eSll1fLczce5 Thela Barnes Ruth Barrett Leonard Bond Clare Carey Vernon Ekfelt Under Mu! ofearfemiwo All the known cuvallzatnons startmg wuth ancuent Egypt are covered un the sophomore world hlstory course The sensor course Amerlcan hustory concentrates on the begun nmg and development of the United States Courses for Juniors Natnonal state county and city govern ments are explained In American Government Socral Llvmg studles modern soclety with ernphasss on the Individual and his place IU ut Economucs are studned un Modern Problems I current events un Modern Problems ll and Il I At least one of these one semester courses must be taken by junlors Nathan R Mollar Marllyn Vlngers Edward Stech Kenth Stewart 117 X fl K . . e W . ing staff. Edward Stech and Robert Mohlman . . . . . ' . Q A 3

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wb-4 C e C rey A y P C ubbe Ruth G Fo hes Lou se Sutton J P Foto Eth I Hunsaker 3 Q'- flft g 0!.!0l 8LglfL 6Ll'Lglfl,6Lg8f5, cy UfLLl!8l 56L German has been revnved an the Language department after an absence of three years Twenty seven students made up the new class The department whuch also Includes French Latun and Spanlsh classes boasts many lnnovatnons un teaching methods Help ful recordings and films are now available to nearly every language class Chrustmas stlckers wnth a greetung ln each of the four languages were dlstrlbuted at Christmas tume Strckers were prmted again nn observance of Foreign Language Week MISS MARY EDNA MOLSEED The death of Mnss Mary Edna Molseed on of North Hugh students faculty members and employees The klnd understandung hustory unstructor had been ull for some time and had been hos pltaluzed since early December Mass Molseed came to North un 1938 and except for a three year peruod of teachlng at Tech she was a devoted member of the Vu kung faculty Her quiet cooperative manner wlll be dearly massed by all who knew her Art students have begun work under a new Instructor James Fotua came nn January when Illness made It lmpossuble for Mrs Ethel Hun soker to continue teaching this year The annual open house exhublt dnsplayed the talent of the students enrolled In com merclal stall lufe and figure and craft courses The young artists also recenved opportunities for practucal experuence by enternng their work an varuous exhnblts and contests The depart ment made posters for every Vuknng actuvuty throughout the year I9 lar a m . r . I i . . i e cf If 5 ' December 26 darkened the Christmas spirit 1 I '..