Pike High School - Pikes Peek Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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EVERETT ANDERSON Algebra I-II Plane Geometry MRS. IDA H. BROWN Algebra I-II Plane Geometry ROBERT J. PARKER Junior High Math General Math MRS. VIRGINIA SNOW Junior High Math JAMES R. WATSON Algebra III-IV College Algebra Solid Geometry Trigonometry MRS. SHARON ZOOK Junior High Math As part of their study of corporation finance, the business math students examined a certifi- cate of A.T. T. stock. Logarithms and Modern Algebra Dr. Paul Mielke of Wabash College, guest of the math department, dem- onstrated a Minivac computer and ex- plained the use of the binary number system. fe.-i.-!::;; : U-hililUi-: 29

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Mrs. Brown, whose corks and wires have become well-known to her geometry students, employed them to illustrate perpendicular and parallel lines. Equations . . . Pythagorean Theorem . . . Loga- rithms . . . Interpolation. These are a few of the terms that one hears when he walks by a math room while class is in session. This year in the mathematics department several new techniques were employed on a first-time basis. Second-year algebra classes studied logarithms and the slide rule at the beginning of the school year, thus aiding the chemistry and physics students in making faster computations. Those pursuing trigo- nometry and college algebra studied modern algebra, which deals with theory rather than problems. They were also required to read several math books as outside work, some of which were Non-Euclidean Geometry, A History of Mathematical Notation, and Math and the Imagination. Teenage Einsteins Grapple with Becky Brown and Russ Metzler solved their trigonometry problems with the dem- onstration slide rule while other students manipulated smaller models.

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Science Classes Learn the Wonders EVERETT DANIELS Physics Biology JAMES E. MONROE Zoology Botany Biology DONALD ORR Junior High Science In one of the many demonstrations made for the chemistry students, Mr. Arlo Ribley from Eli Lilly explained the operation of the spectro- photometer. . ;; DON SHAMBAUGH V »- ' a Biology I Sc mK . Junior High Science P3 DUANE STANLEY Chemistry Physical Science t While learning the structures of the different atoms, chemistry classes were taught visually by Mr. Stanley. 30