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

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Heat gained equals heat lost. . , PAUL B. LINE explains a basic formula to his Physics I class. The SCIENCE DEPARTMENT gathers around DEPARTMENT HEAD, WESLEY MAAS, to discuss department policy, ffrom left to rightl HORATIO RICHARDSON, PAUL B, LINE, MISS MARION LEHNER, WALTER AINSWORTH, DOUGLAS TREAIS, WESLEY MAAS, DUANE STEELE, GILBERT GLEASON, and FORREST BROWN. SCIENCE MEETS CHALLENGE OF THE SPACE AGE. Recent scientific developments and achievements have focused attention on the importance ot providing every person with suf- ficient scientific attitude and knowledge to interpret and wisely meet the challenges we now face. The certainty of change is now plainly evident. The scientists who have invented and discovered are not charged with providing correct actions and reactions to their inventions and discoveries. Yet, act and react we must. One of the most important obiectives of the science department is to provide a course of study that will enable every person to gain sufticient basic knowledge to understand these new developments in science, so that intelligent and responsible answers to the ques- tions and problems that are arising and will arise can be made. We of the science department are well aware that the prog- ress of science requires the constant addition of new talent. We are proud of the students who are now following a science cur- riculum in colleges and universities, who have completed their training and who are now engaged in teaching, industry, and research. DOUGLAS TREAIS helps his Biology II class bone up on the funcygons of the human skeleton,

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we PROGRESS n-:Rouen-I MATHEMA 1 .- . X f I.. I 1' I I 'R ff X X f A cone is the surface formed by a line . . . MISS JOYCE SWEET, MCHI16- matics Department Head, uses a cone to give the third dimension to Geometry III. Sound mathematical training for our future leaders in the fields of science, engineering and economics is the contribu- tion of the mathematics curriculum to the needs of our stu- dents. No one can predict definitely what career any par- ticular student will choose when he leaves school or exactly what mathematical skills will be important and useful in our rapidly changing future. In the interest of preparedness, then, every Pontiac Central High student is urged to progress as for through the basic mathematical curriculum as his capabilities permit. This program of study includes plane and solid geome- try, intermediate and advanced algebra, and trigonometry, At the same time the department recognizes its responsi- bility for insuring mathematical competence for the ordinary affairs of life, to the extent that this can be done for all stu- dents. Courses have been introduced to meet a variety of 1 2 ff X -ei A 0 A good mathematics proiect must prove something . . . MIKE ANDONIAN, extreme left, accentuates the positive while MRS. MARILYN TOMCZAK, MISS MARY GIBBS, MISS JOYCE needs and abilities. One of these is a course in consumers mathematics for seniors. Another is the mathematics improve- ment course tor developing basic operational skills. To meet the desire of certain students to make rapid strides in science and mathematics at the college level, a course in advanced mathematical topics for seniors has been incorporated into the schedule. Other courses in business ond applied industrial mathematics are scheduled and taught by the faculties of the departments concerned. The Pontiac Central High student who seriously desires to increase his mathematical understanding and competence will find a variety of courses to meet his needs. Our department faculty, headed by Miss Joyce Sweet, may be counted on to extend sympathetic and skilled assistance to such a student. SWEET Idept. Iweadt, GERALD HUNT and MRS. BEATRIX VOGEL contemplate the thought. a.,

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CULTURE AND CONJUGATIONS CREATE THE STORY OF NATIONS Members of the FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT, HARRY WENZEL, MISS IAMA C. HOOK, DEPARTMENT HEAD, MRS. FRANCES MARTZ, and MRS. HELEN ANDERSON discuss the recent addition of German to the language curriculum. Increased public interest in foreign languages is reflected in the increased enrollment in foreign language classes in Pontiac Central High School. For a number of years Latin and Spanish were the only foreign language offerings. Now, in addition to six Spanish and two Latin classes, four classes in French and one in German are offered, with every indication that more students are becoming interested. Some students select a foreign language as a professional qualification, for they realize that in almost any business or profession there are special- ized jobs for those who have the advantage of know- ing an additional language. Also there are those who recognize the pleasure and cultural enrichment another language can offer. Our two-year courses in language will not turn out experts in such a short time, but they will stim- ulate the student's thinking, increase his knowledge of other countries and other customs, and will make him appreciate his own language and culture be- cause he has a new awareness through his study of a ,W foreign language. MISS IAMA C. HOOK rerninisces as she reads the 35th Anniver- HARRY WENZEL listens 'O U Sludem 'ff-'l 5l0'e in Gefmcn class fhe sary Issue of the Lonn pope, which she advises' latest addition to our foreign language program.