Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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Top to bottom:, Mr o seems to keep his Span- on the edge of their seats. 5yce Meyers is carefully watching Mary Buck to see that she won’t slip. Marvin Geasler and Corrine Duggan are seemingly engrossed in a physics problem, but we know better, don’t we? Either this picture is faked, or Mr. Antisdel has his English class trained. Left to right: James Haggard, Dick Forslund, Betty Ferrett, Thomas Fen¬ ton, and Edwina Durkee. PONTIAC HIGH SCHOOL Science, English, art, foreign langu¬ ages, filing, social science, math, and dramatics are offered on the Yes, we might add that where many of t nate. V

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After trudging our way upward, we come to a halt on the third floor and take a gander” at the innumerable classes taught here. My, rhy ! ' How many different shapes Sapp, Virginia Pigman, Bill Pro- ana YNancy Baker can create small pieces of clay. Britten writes down every of a chemistry experiment, while Hatfield mixes the chemicals anette HilAprepares for her. points out the t»apy figures tha Van be ptf tfuse geometry Charles THE 1942 QUIVER

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If you have ever torn your hair from its roots in desperation over your homework in Latin, Spanish, or French, you may have taken time out to think about the trials and tribulations of the masterminds who taught these brain-twister foreign languages at Pontiac High School. If you indulged in these courses to any extent, you struggled through the many translations under Mr. Gray, Miss Hook, Mr. Kuethe, or Mr. Mercado, pictured at the right. Debonair Mr. Gray keeps up-to-date on his Spanish and senioritas by spending each summer in Latin-Ameri- ca. Th ese “maestros” co-operated with the history de¬ partment to plan a special course in Latin-American relations for next year. Have you ever wondered just what those tant¬ alizing words accompanying Xavier Cugat’s ex¬ otic rhythms really meant? Have you ever had a sort of self-conscious desire to know a little more —even a lot more—about those French novels you’ve heard about? Have you ever been annoyed and puzzled as students mutter, “Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant?” Is it “Qu’iereme Mucho’’ that has you crim¬ son with curiosity. Dash madly up to 302 or 304 and learn about the Spanish course. You found that the main object of this Spanish course was to give a working knowledge of reading, writing, pronunciation, and speaking of Spanish. Spanish is now considered by many to be the most import¬ ant of the foreign languages, in view of the present “Good Neighbor” policy of the United States. Maybe it’s Yvette who has you fascinated. From enrollment in a French class, you might have discovered that the reading and hearing of the language were stressed. A very good reason for this fact is the influence which this language has had upon foods, styles, luxuries, and etiquette. Then, of course, there’s the Latin. By the time you’ve finished with the mazes of Caesar and other translations, you’re bound to know that “Amo, amas. amat, etc.’’ means only “I love, you love, he loves, etc.” Construction of Latin sen¬ tences was studied, and, above all, more than one hour was spent tearing your hair studying the grammar connected with this course. (How well we know!) Courses offered in the mathematics department were geometry, algebra, and trigonometry. The Geometry I consisted of the study of triangles, including congruence, parallels, and perpendicular lines, the usage of the compass and protractor in the making of several fundamental constructions, polygons, and the area of several of them with their formulas. Circles, arcs, and angles; the measurements of angles and arcs; lace; proportion and proportion¬ al line segments; similar polygons; regular poly¬ gons and the circle; a small amount of elementary “trig,” and inequalities. All these were studied in Geometry II. The relationship between lines and planes, surfaces and sections of surfaces, areas, volumes, were discussed in geometry III. The prism, pyra¬ mid, cylinder, cone, and sphere were the five solids These four teachers, Miss Allchin, Miss M. Carpenter, Miss Steward, and Miss VanArsdale, are the “mistres¬ ses of math” in Pontiac High School. Two vacancies, left by Mr. Dudley and Mr. Morris, were filled by Miss Carpenter and Miss Van¬ Arsdale, who filled the ranks of the teachers of angles, squares, circles, and the such, after having taught commercial subjects previously. It was under their supervision that the many intriguing math displays were made and exhibited in the first floor show cases. 20 THE 1942 QUIVER