Puyallup High School - Viking Yearbook (Puyallup, WA)

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FROM VOLTS T0 PETRI DISHES TOP Ray Prevost physics teacher explains the workings of a Tesla coil ts Judy Denris MIDDLE The balance not the scale is being worked under the watchful eye of Don Henry chemistry teacher CORNER General Science teachers John Durr left and Harlow Cook check a chart on the water cycle RIGHT Sterling Harshman points to a specimen an a petri dish as Caryn Chervenka looks on wtf! 20 S F CIENCE CONCEPTS RANGE ROM KITCHEN TO SPACE The complexities at the lunar probe rocket as well as the re action of certain acids in aluminum cooking utensils were studied by youthful Puyallup scientists General science time introduced the in the one semester required for freshmen this year for the first students to all phases of science Students course taught by Harlow Cook and John Durr studied weather astronomy and sound waves among the many topics covered Biology the science of living things was taught by Sterlmg Harshman and John Durr Here the students learned about the human body as well as other forms of plant and animal lite They peered at minute bacteria through microscope and deftly dissected unborn baby pigs The smell ot rotten eggs seemed an important part of chemistry as summer neared In May the chemistry students attempted by means ot special tests to determine the chemical contest ot a test tube of an unknown liquid To better prepare the students for college organic chemistry was studied for the first time this year Metallurgy and chemical reactions were also studied .Iubiliation mixed with the vapors in the lab as it was an nounced that Don Henry chemistry teacher had been named as one of the two science teachers of the year by the Washington Heart Association Mr Henry advised the Future Teachers of America and the smoking committee as well as coaching the tennis team Energy was studied by the physics students instructed by Ray day life as well as in their preparation for college Energy in the forms of heat light sound electricity magnetism mechamcs and atomic energy was demonstrated and investigated Optical i u sions provided some amusing twists to the course M P t advised the sophomore class and the rifle team ff N , fr ' 7 ' sz Prevost. This course was designed to help students in their every- ' ing? - G . r. r s , A Q i M AH Oy! fx 1 . W t 1 E to Mf- ' Q' I I . I I f k r I Sf Wy I gt 1 ll'

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THAT S IMPOSSIBLE' SOLID GEOMETRY Miss Marlam Cleveland and Howard Huckey compare models of common solud geometry lugures used un theur classes Basuc moth a revuew of the basuc arlthmetuc skulls and those used every day us desugned for those who do and do not wush to go on un mathematics Art Larson taught thus course as well as the consumer math class Consumer math us untended for senuors who have had only one year of math ut guves them a funal revuew of math funda mentals The course us for both those who plan on work mg and those who are goung on to college Mr Larson advused the lunuor class and coached football and track son Thus course umproves aruthmetuc skulls and opens a new world of math and scuence Mr Nicholson also coached basketball and baseball MATH DEMANDS THOUGHT OF FROSH AND SENIOR The fact that equal arcs have equal chords us lust one of the many theorems proved by students un euther Muss Moruam Cleveland s or Howard Huckeys geometry classes Solvung problems on the board and makung geometruc Chrustmas decoratuons were also uncluded un the course Muss Cleveland was un charge of season tuckets thus year Mr Huckey also taught a class of freshman algebra whuch untroduced more untrucate graphs equatuons and roots The advanced algebra classes taught by Mr Huckey delved unto logaruthms and theur place un the world of scuence and math B sudes hus teachung dutues Mr Huckey coached the reserve baseball team I MATH TEACH ERS Art Larson left pays a vusut to Dean Nucholsons turst peruod study hall to look over one of the new lubrary math books x2 T6 Typucal of the problems solved by the algebra and advanced algebra classes taught by Don Wulson us the prevuous problem Trugonometry the next step up from the ad vanced algebra on the mathematucs ladder was taught by Mr Wulson The freshman class and the Vukung Knughts were also advused by Mr Wulson Those takung part un the most advanced math course offered at Puyallup were un col lege math taught by Glen Crum The course offered a glumpse of the math encountered un the furst two years of college Analytuc geometry calculus and college algebra was looked unto un these classes Mr Crum was Math teachers Don Wulson left and Glen Crum rught chuckle as they prove tour equals tuve The fugures on the board prove the unlukely statement also un charge of the vusual educatuon program 19 . . . , . , I I , . . . . v e- , . I I . 0 f . . . 8 I . . . . 1 ' - l Freshman algebra classes were taught by Dean Nichol- ' y g . . . 1-y a . 1

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if L 11 BOYS SWEEPSTAKES GIRLS SWEEPSTAKES BIOLOGICAL DIVISION Proudly drsplayrng hrs sweepstakes trophy Julrus Judy Mrller scans the poster whrch explarns her Rugs Bef prctur d w h h frrst p Brecht stands besrdes hrs protect drscussrng the study of tumors rn chrckens prorect ayrng the olutron t ve rdentrfrcatron of the elements chrcken embryos pun' CROWDS FLOCK TO SCIENCE FAIR As early as January scrence students could be seen plannrng drscussrng and worryrng over therr scrence forr prolects As the deadlrnes crept nearer more trme was spent wrrrng, transplantrng mrxrng parntrng hammerrng and glurng March 3l drsplay day for the some 75 prolects of the second annual scrence farr found crowds lammrng the gym throughout the day and evenrng Students parents, townspeople all flocked to vrew exhrbrts and questron exhrbrtors Then came the trme for the award of the shrnrng new cups and plaques donated by the local Krwanrans Wrnners of the sweepstakes awards were Judy Mrller wrth her prorect studyrng chrcken tumors currng them and transplantrng them and Julrus Brecht wrth hrs spectroscope used to rdentrfy elements BASIC PHYSICAL DIVISION Jeannre Mller beams as she rs announced pace wrnner wth he project o the growth of chrcken embryos Placrng second wrth hrs exhrbrt of flower preservatron chemrcal bonds was Tom Reeder Honorable mentron went to Sharon Lyman and her tree of zoology Jeannre Mrller captured frrst place rn the basrc physrcal drvrsron wrth her drsplay of element combrnatron Alden Wrebe came second wrth hrs prorect showrng solar power Ray Johnson even though the lrght bulbs rn hrs prolect contrnued to blow out took honorable mentron wrth hrs Atom An Electro magrc Frlm Developer took frrst place for Jerry Busrck rn the applred physrcal drvrsron Ron Arndt was second wrth hrs prorect automatrc phone dralrng Janrce Reeder and her drgrtal computer won honorable mentron Twenty frve students then traveled to the College of Puget Sound Regronal Scrence Farr to brrng home fourteen honors Janrce Reeder won the grrls sweepstakes award entrtlrng her to a trrp to the natronal farr at Hartford Connectrcut early rn May Judy Mrller took frrst place rn the brologrcal drvrsron Second and thrrd places rn the applred physrcal drvrsron were won by Julrus Brecht and Ron Arndt respectrvely Jerry Busrcks frlm developer won hrm a ten day crurse on a navy destroyer Takrng top place rn the brologrcal drvrsron was Russ Berg wrth hrs prolect showrng An orrgrnal automatrc frlm developer won r ce rsron to Je Busrck above MARCH 31 LEFT Crowds ot students flocked to the 97m 10 s e the projects of 75 ot therr classmates These projects ranged from a sheep skeleton to ar drsplay of hearrng ards 21 ,Jin VY . . 4 1 A i QL - . ....r, ...... . 1 ,... . J .'1lI.7I.Z.fI1 'l..i.'l'.. , ' L - I' - .- ,1a1.1tr U, . , is 5 f- 1 H v - I. . ' Q. V H .S ' i ' Z:. I' 5 ' 1' I ' ' ' y .A ' ' I I ' ' g is ' e it is ' lace ' . displ ' ev ' o li , . - 1, 1, . 1957 ,,.g.,rKID1' ' ...-.. A u--1.. D l . I 111:11 . ' ' ' .Nw-.f . . . . . . . . . www I ' ' ' ' -...r . . . . . . . . . A--I Nun , , , . r- .. Ulf- I . - I I 1 AN. . fu' - f I I ' I I ' ' . ' t n first I ' i r n . , . . . . . I ' ' ' Il Il . , . . - r - . - , , - , . . , . . , . frst pla rn this div r rry