Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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lt's Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic Solving equations at the board are Nancy Lechnir, Rose Adler, and Carroll Paulson. X-y equals I2 and instantly you think ol the niatheniatical department. 'lihe freshmen start the climb in altitude during their study of general mathematics. This is an ad- vanced course in arithmetic in preparation for higher levels ol' mathematics. 'lihe sophomores gain altitude as they tackle their tirst year of algebra. Miss Dohse and hir. Derouin help these young students in their search for the fundamen- tal knowledge of algebra. A course in geometry is undertaken by the juniors as their climb continues. This Judy Schneider, Jane Kieser and Sharon Dessloch find geometry fun. course develops a student's comprehensive ability. .Xdvanced mathematics, oltered to sen- iors, in a more intricate study ol' .'Xlgebra, offered during the first semester. with the study of trigonometry taken up the second semester. Solid geometry may be taken as an outside course. This completes the climb in altitude during our high school days, but this can be just the beginning. Thanks to bliss Violet Dohse. students may reach their desired goal through her helpful information and interest. AlI right students, are you with me is heard almost daily by Mr. Derouin's algebra students. ri R+ 2l. . . xlilllll'Illilli1'S

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This ls My Cwn, My Native Land Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth , as depicted by Ralph Adler, Art Bresnahan and Chuck Spiker. Guilty or not guilty-the verdict is yours . liach year, hir. John blulrooney, civics instructor, arranges for his classes to conduct a mock trial with each student tak- ing a part. During this study, the civics Janice Bedward, Janice Kasparek, Mary Potralz, Nori- ia Foisr, ancl Theresa Forst, serve on an economics panel. classes visit the Court llouse, and watch the proceedings of an actual trial. Annual Student Council elections are also supervised by the civics classes. VVeekly news film-strips and daily news reports keep these civicly minded freshmen informed on the national, state, and local af- fairs as they develop. Mr. B. JX. Kennedy, economics instruc- tor, stresses vital social and economic prob- lems, such as conservation, taxes, and crime. Panel discussions are held to discuss these various problems. .Xn individual notebook, Vade hlecumn filo XVith Mel, is kept and daily discus- sions are recorded. lVeekly news film strips are viewed to keep the economics class a- breast oi' the latest problems. By keeping in step with the news devel- opments and latest problems, the civics and economics students are better able to un- derstand themselves and the world about them. 'lihey will prepare themselves as able future citizens. Civics and Economics. . .23

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Tell Me Why The Stars Do Shine Mr. Rasmussen explains one of their recent experiments Smrcina. .l ,f,. fy.. we . . 'tk' ' , ' , um ri . 'Qi ,ff Q P ,f Q ' . Q cfi E x i i 1 i to Pat Toberman, Mary Ahrens, Bob White and Jim This year, the year that the first Sputniks were shot into space, we are being told with increasing urgency that the future of our country depends upon the students in the science classrooms of today. 'llo train these scientists of tomorrow, Prairie High offers a full four year course in science. hir. Cecil Smith instructs the freshman general science classes. After studying everything from the colors that constitute the rainbow to the thrust of an airplane, perhaps one of these freshies will be the first to travel on a man-bearing Sputnik , By learning the structure and operation of the human body, which is only a small part of the biology curriculum under Nlrs. Kathleen Ackerlund, the student may learn to care for himself on this moon-bound journey. He would never live to become famous, however, unless he learned to control his supply of oxygen. This and much more val- uable information can be absorbed in hlr. Harold Rasmussen's chemistry classes. Perhaps it will be one of the twenty-one boys and three girls enrolled in Physics Who, with the help of hlr. Rasmussen, will send you speeding on your way in their self- made rocket. Don't forget your toothbrushl Top left: The Atomic Chart captures the interest of the Chemistry students. Bottom left: Did you see what I saw? question Jim Gentes and Keith Kramer, as Sally Stewart peers through the microscope. Science. . .25