Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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THE Fs 4 ost Stig | “HERE IT IS, the liver,’ says Judy Musselman as she uses “Herman” for an illustration. Math and Science Serve as Life—from the simplest amoeba to the human or- ganism with its nine systems—is a vast subject for biology students. The highpoint of the course comes at the dissection of a frog. Each biologist tries to re- move a frog’s brain in one piece. To the very few who complete this feat successfully, the teachers award honorary degrees of Doctor of Frogology. Chemistry introduces students to an exact science. They slave over memorizations and computations of the elements, their valences, formulae, and equations. Then, armed with curiosity and four test tubes apiece, students struggle with titration tubes and balances, advancing through hydrogen generation and the iso- lation of ions to emerge as confused chemists. Physics initiates its students to the basic laws of nature. This course teaches how, why, and when met- als expand, balls curve, and mirrors reflect. Experi- mentation stresses the importance of concrete proof as opposed to theory. At the completion of these courses, a student has learned to be observant and careful and is ready for college work. KATHY TOTH AND David Todd prepare an experimentation on titration.

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Mi Stic a MR. WHITAKER LOOKS on as his practice teacher, Jackqui Natarnicola, prepares an assignment for sophomore English students. Basis for Future Learning Adventure, terror, and wonder fill the freshman English stu- dents’ imagination. The first year introduces them to the multi- tude of the world’s great works of literature. They sail with Odysseus, fighting the terrors of the ancient seas; wide-eyed, they shiver in the eerie world of Miss Haversham in Great Expectations. In his powerful tragedy Julius Caesar, Shakespeare reenacts the tempestuous times of the fall of a tyrant for the sophomores, The sad, human story of Silas Marner shows them a different kind of life through the sympathetic eyes of George Eliot. The juniors learn American history through the works of our best authors. Following our country’s growth from the first coloni- zation to modern times, they realize the heritage which is ours. Delving further into Shakespeare, each line and person in Mac- beth is thoroughly analyzed by the seniors. Pope’s epigrams are translated into everyday speech, so that the seniors can appreciate the wisdom of the ages that is in them. Page 25

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PYTHAGOROUS CAUSES JAN Mueller and Midge Gunther a problem. How can seventy-five steps fit on Mr. Bielema’s board space? Stepping Stones to Progress Introduced into the world of mathematics, from the most elementary algebra problem, the student ad- vances to plane geometry, second-year algebra, and finally to trigonometry. Binomials, trinomials, and polynomials puzzle the wondering freshman. In ge- ometry he learns the complexities derived from the theorems proven by men of ages past. Their study is continued with problems of locii and a smattering of trigonometry and solid geometry. Advancing further, he is made acquainted with the slide rule, logarithms, quadratic equations, and arith- metic and geometric progressions. With the use of logarithms and the slide rule difficult equations are made easier. In trigonometry equations are solved with the application of sines, cosines, and tangents. For the exceptional student an enriched math pro- gram is provided. In this respect he is able to advance according to his abilities and to cover a greater area of knowledge. This prepares him for the rigors of the difficult college math program. DALE COOPER PONDERS over a graphic solution in the third semester of algebra. Page 27