Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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V, . AS SHERRY FLEMING and Roz Bergschneider weigh their crucibles, the two girls hope that the scales will balance. he Ability to Comprehend i The most advanced areas of math are concerned with trigonometry and college algebra. The mystery ot lite is confronted in biology. Dissecting a frog helps the student see the location ot ditterent organs, and to those students who are able to remove the trog's brain unmared goes the honor ot becoming a Doctor ot Frogology. Chemistry opens an interesting world tor the science student. The smell ot chemicals, balancing equations, and understanding what things are composed ot are a part of chemistry. ln physics the students study energy in diiferent torms. They learn to prove to themselves the ditierent energy laws through experimentation. Mr. SOMMERS POlNTS out the shoulder bone and the scapula, to Ann Wickerham and Lowell Tirnrn.

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MR. VANDEVENTER SOLVES a problem on the wall slide rule as Keith Flachs- bart watches and applies what he learns to solve the same problem on his own slide rule. A GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION helps Debbie Hoye to under- stand one of the more difficult geometry problems. Page 28 W 'H-M-.---,.e Math and Science Challenq As the four years of high school begin, students antic- ipate a challenge and the opportunity to delve into new areas of study. Their anticipation is well-rewarded. Algebra introduces numbers and relationships among numbers, letters, and other symbols. Graph paper and a ruler become familiar equipment in an algebra course. Shapes play an important part in geometry. Word problems present to the student a need for illustrations and the ability to concentrate. Different methods of solv- ing equations are presented and challenge the student's ability to think. ln third-year math, the student learns new terms and areas of algebra: logrithms, slide rule, variation.

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AS THE STUDENT TEACHER, Mr. Thompson, Watches, Miss Lamberton read a lesson, and the girls write it down in shorthand. DAVE COLLINS USES the jointer to make a true edge on a board. Page 30 Vocations Develo1 Clothing, foods, and home management courses at Peoria High School teach girls to sew, cook, and man- age a successful home, abilities which the student can use now and in the future. Skill in shorthand and typing is achieved after much determination and practice. The click of the typewriter keys is heard throughout the school. The first meaning- less scribbles take on a new significance to shorthand students. Bookkeeping introduces accounting and filing to the high school pupil. Mastery of carpentry skills or of the uses of electricity is the goal of the shop student, who learns to make articles of use for the home. ln mechanical, architectural, and machine drawing, students become familiar with T-squares, compasses, arcs, and straight edges, which are used in drafting blueprints. Understanding of the construction of machines and automobile motors is attained through study and obser- vation of machines in action in the auto mechanics building.