Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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NEXT WE ADD some of this, and then ..., says Ron Epperly. New Equipment With increasing emphasis being placed on science, the PHS science department was kept up to date through the purchase of new textbooks, laboratory equipment, and audio-visual aids. The new equipment further en- hanced the effectiveness of the science wing, added to the school just a few years ago to give more laboratory and lecture space. The general science course was a thorough examina- tion of the basic principles and theories of science and provided a background for students wishing to study th-e more advanced courses. The class was updated through the use of a new textbook, Matter, Life and Energy by Herron and Palmer. Some freshmen, with the recommendation of their grade school science teacher and principal, were able to enroll immediately in the beginning biology class. This involved a study of both Zoology and botany. Be- ginning students were each issued lab equipment and soon were wielding the various instruments skillfully in the dissecting of grasshoppers and frogs. Through the purchase of new microscopes, enough were available so that each student could have his own. Several new models to aid the study of plant structure were also bought. ln addition, the science department acquired a new Bell and Howell l6mm. sound projector. CARL HORST TED FLUEGEL Physics Chemistry

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Reasoning class learned to use the signs and symbols of algebra. This class was required ot anyone wishing to take geometry which was an intermed- iate course between tirst and sec- ond year algebra. The second year algebra class was taught on three levels with students ot the two higher levels taking a semester ot college algebra. Several additional courses were taught with the college-bound stu- dent and the math major in mind. These included calculus, analytic geometry, and trigonometry. ln- struction was at the college level, and college text books were used in all three courses, The benefit of these classes was to give the ex- ceptional math student a head start on his college program. EUGENE O'TOOLE RUDY l-UGG-INS lOl-IN VAN DEVENTER Algebra, Counseling Algebra, Trigonometry Advanced Math DOES THAT LOOK straight to you? a student asks Mrs. LaRue. JEAN HEPPNER USES a protracior to measure an angle. WALTER PEPLOW Algebra, Math Page 23

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MR. FINK USES a class demonstration to aid understanding. IQL Up-dates Science The chemistry classes obtained some new study material. An accurate electric balance was added to the older manually operated balances. Being an expensive piece oi equipment, the new electric balance was used only by advanced students. An overhead projector was an additional item ot new equipment purchased. Previous study ot algebra was a prerequisite to tal:- ing the physics course, which involved extensive use of math. Physics concerned the study oi the basic laws governing the universe. A new textbook, Modern Physics by Dull, was used. Several new pieces ot equip- ment were acquired to aid in understanding the various laws studied. One oi these items was a high voltage induction coil tor demonstrating electrical charges. Gravitational acceleration equipment and a Polaroid camera tor photographing moving items were other new apparatus. Por those advanced students who had studied bi! ology, chemistry, and physics, special collegeelevel courses in any oi these fields could be taken during the senior year. These subjects were all two-hour courses, and the grade attained tor each grading period was ree corded as a double grade. College texts and lab books were used: students taking this program had a head- start on college work. GQRDON APPEL HENRY STEPPING Chemistry Chemistry