R Nelson Snider High School - Safari Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Class Training, Public Performances Prepare Our Future Musicians ABOVE: Greg Shaffer prepares for his next performance by practicing scales on his cello. In orchestra, students learn and practice music, both for their own enjoyment and for that of the people who attend their public concerts. ABOVE RIGHT; Mr. Clauser, choir director, leads choir members through one of their songs. Students who participate in choir, which meets every day, soon learn the importance of deep breathing, breath control, and being able to read music on sight. RIGHT: The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Smith, spends many hours practicing. A select group of musically inclined students, the orchestra, studies and performs representative literature from all periods and composers with emphasis on perfect performances. 25

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Music Talents Develope Through Practice ABOVE: Panther musicians sounded off during the spring pro- gram performance of the Fine Arts Department. Mr. Smith directs the band in its part of the second annual spring concert. LEFT: Sam Gardiner appears to be lost in thought as he practices for the spring concert. He is one of the many students who give of their time and talents in the area of music. BELOW: Mr. Smith organized Snider ' s first stage band during this past school year. He practiced with these students and guided them to success in their initial year of performance and prepared them for next year. 24

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Four courses are included in the science department of Snider High School. Earth sci- ence presents various aspects of atmospheric phenomena, clouds, precipitation, winds, air pressure, and climates. Land formation and mountain building processes are intro- duced along with rock and mineral study. Zoology is designed as a laboratory class. Students spend over eighty percent of their time working on experi- ments and problems. Labora- tory skills are developed in use of the various microscopes and scales. Chemistry is a course in which observation and measurement lead to the un- folding and development of unifying principles. Emphasis is placed upon laboratory work, resulting in students ' models to correlate with ex- periences. Another science course is physics, which develops a uni- fied story that results in an atomic model of matter. Bring- ing the students close to the spirit of inquiry is the aim of the course. Special topics of study include sound, light, heat, electricity, and magnet- ism will be taught next year. LEFT: Lee VanHorn carefully measures an acid solution into a flask. In the science laboratory, students perform various experiments in order to better understand the scientific theories which are the foundation of chemistry. The results of these experiments, as Lee will soon know, must be recorded in his laboratory notebook. BELOW: Zoology is the study of the animal kingdom. Students taking this course learn about the types of organisms and the phases of their lives. Mike Bouse disects a fetal pig while his lab partner, Pat Herb, takes notes on the anatomy of the animal they are using. Experiments Help Prepare for the Future 26