Ottawa High School - Recorder Yearbook (Ottawa, KS)

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g VOM MORRISEY AND lliiierson Davis work reriiousljx on their slieiclxcs oi liunian hotles in pliysioloef. . zn Sczence M I I -Mail' ON OCTOBER 24, eighteen science students journeyed to Lawrence to attend the science and math lectures. While at K. U., the stu- dents heard many interesting lectures. They got many ideas on what to expect when they get to college. A LECTURER FROM the National Science Foundation came to Ottawa University to give a program to the students interested in science. Personal invitations were sent to all the physics and chemistry students ot O.l'l.S. 6' TESTING A SL'l5S'i'AXLlll with pheiiorimlieii suliiiioi nrellichSpeei'4i1irlSrexe Sirzirlz. PERFORMING AN experiirexit in me piijusies lah are the Science Club ot't'ir'e1's. iI'l.ej: :ire Gene Shmrzer, Dmirl Rybolt, Mel I,o.rx, mir? Becky' uoltrriiie. 'they were elected at tire tirsr at rise year by .iieruhers of the tllzeiiiistrv, Pltvsivs, mid Pztxsrniogx ulnsses. 9

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KATHY GAMET WAS rated in the upper 29h ofthe Seniors who took the National Merit Scholarship tests. She was also chosen as a finalist in the contest for the Elizabeth M. Watkins Scholarship. ROD LENNARD WAS also rated in the upper 2070 ofthe Seniors. He made the trip to K, U. to try for the Summerfield Scholarship. Faculty members met November 7 to select eight candidates for the Putnam, Watkins, and Summerfield scholarships. The Elizabeth M. Watkins Scholarship is offered to girls graduating from Kansas high schools. Kansas University also offers the Putnam Scholarship to both boys and girls of Kansas. X Awards will be made solely on merit and not on the financial need of the individual. The faculty also chose Geri Sue Figgins to apply for a scholarship sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The potential scholarship winners took the tedious tests on October 26. Honor Students Are Intereste CINDY KUNTZ, Dean Watkins, Dennis Smith, David Rybolt, Gordon Bruce, and Martha Maxwell were among the students taking the trip to Kansas University to take the tests for the Putnam, Watkins and Summerfield Scholarships.

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EXPl.AlXlNG AN lN'l'RlCA'l'E problcrri ro his co11si1111cr's 1113111 stu- c s, 's r. . i. N cx'c11'. 's soiixcstcr course icnciics t1c 111ilc11ts about z1rg111111ctic prolnlciiis they will face i11 cxery day irc. NO PEEKING, GARY. Jo.-1111121 Claw borne, Judy Sloan and Gary Prager try to solve llll algebra equation. Math, Language Are Becoming Popular x Professor William E. Briggs, from the University of Colorado, spoke to the math students of O.H .S. January l8. Mr.Briggs represents the Mathamatical Association of America. Some 150 students from algebra, geometry and trigonometry classes attended the meeting. He talked to them on the Fundamentals of math and how they could be used in a career. Miss Nora Evans, Miss Harriett Seymour and Miss Glenola Hayward attended the statewide math- ematics workshop Oct. 3. UNDER THE GUIDANCE ot' Miss Nora Evans, Sylvia Smith, Tom Laury and Jerald Howell are drawing geometric figures o11 thc blackboard.