Provo High School - Provost Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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LAVERE ADAMS — Algebra 1. Plane Geometry, Physic . Boys’ Organization Assembly. U. N. Club. Honor Society. KAY LAURSEN — Algebra I. II. Plane Geometry, Arithmetic. Boys’ Day Dance co-chairman. National Merit Scholarship. DON BLASONGAME — Algebra I and Consumer’s Math. He helps with football coaching at PHS. !%2 graduate of BYU. RUDOLPH REESE — Algebra II and III, Solid Geometry and Trig.. Plane Geometry, Scholarship chairman, honor roll. FRANK CHAMBERS — Algebra I, Algebra II. Solid Geometry and Trig. Junior Class chairman and sponsor. Mr. Reese explains a practical application of trigonometry to David his drawings, they found that the ratio of the angular velocities Wright, Doug Wing. Blake Carter, and Janie Strong. After studying of two pulley wheels varies inversely as the ratio of their radii.

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FRANK WHITNEY — Biology. Wrestling, football, athletic insurance, Lettermen’s Gub. Boys’ Organization. DAYTON HUGHES — Psychology. Counselor, student scheduling, testing, Graduation Committee, Ski Club sponsor. Science Classes Prove Demanding but Rewarding “ELECTROVALENCE,” “c a t a 1 y 5 i s,” and “equilibrium” were everyday terms to the chemistry students. They learned what the world was made of, and. working with equations, formulas, and experiments, proved their theories. BEHAVIOR PATTERNS of adults, children and animals was the fascinating science open to Psychology students. Their studies taught them about intelligence tests, processes of learning and personal adjustment to society. PEERING THROUGH microscopes was only a small part of the biology class scene. The theory of evolution was studied, and the students became acquainted with Java, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man. They learned about the digestive and circulatory systems of humans and animals and memorized bones of the human body. GENERAL SCIENCE offered a varied course of study to the students. They learned the relationships between plants and animals and the basic properties of cells. But they also got a taste for modern science when they studied atomic energy, nuclear fission, and radioactivity. The year was highlighted by the annual Science Fair where the students’ work was exhibited and judged. The projects prepared for the fair showed real scientific aptitude. ALBERT JOHNSON — Biology. Co-Chairman Boys’ Dance, chairman Science Department, State Biological Committee. IVAN W. YOUNG — Senior general science. Boys’ Organization assembly. He has served PHS for twenty-nine years REES BENCH—Vocational Chemistry, Chemistry. State Chemistry Curriculum Committee, U. E. A. Board of Trustees. —17—

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While performing this experiment in physics. Ruth Thompson. Bob possible results of it. As a class they make many such experiments Slack, Danny Zabriskie, and Gregg Mendenhall seem puzzled as to the and study the applications of each in equations and like problems. 6,000 Years of Math Condensed to Three STUDENTS FOUND the language of mathematics to be as confusing as French, Latin, or Greek. Once they learned it, however, such terms as syllogism, premise, hypothesis, theorem, radical, root, coefficient, real, imaginary, and extraneous became part of their everyday vocabulary. Then they discovered, developed, or simply memorized the workings of mathematics. They learned to question ideas and to reason out and test theories for themselves. With a few basic assumptions, plane geometry classes built up a theorem about almost any figure that could be drawn with a straightedge and compass. SOLID GEOMETRY seemed much more complicated. Students found they had to picture lines shooting off in all directions and figures built in three dimensions. They learned in trigonometry about the functions of angles and how to calculate the parts of the triangle. PATIENT TEACHERS helped their Algebra pupils to track down the elusive X. Not only did students learn to trap it on one side of an equation to get its value, but they also learned to set up the equations from statements. And the diligent student found that math, in addition to having practical value, has endless fascinating variations for them to investigate. Doug Campbell and Kitt Finlinson, Algebra I students, find that most properties of a quadratic equation can quickly be found from its graph. —19—