Shelbyville High School - Squib Yearbook (Shelbyville, IN)

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Dave Bird explains a geometry proposition to joyce Johnson. lgofygond ana! .gymdogi gafk Waflz .sjfualenfa Mary Jo Soller, Elton Linville, and Mike Thomas watch as Mr. McKeand explains the sphere. Shelbyville High School is proud of the mathematics de- partment that has been developed through the years to meet the ever increasing needs of the students. Plane geometry is the study of the properties of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles which lie in a flat surface. In geometry classes we learn how to prove basic theorems which enable us to understand the concepts of geometry. Constructing triangles, quadrilaterals, hexagons, and other polygons is another part of this course. Ray Beck teaches the sophomore geometry classes. Advanced or college algebra, taught by Mr. Beck and I. M. McKeand, deals with complicated equations, factor- ing, and quadratic functions. One of the most interesting chapters to most students deals with probabilities. Special sections of the book show how algebra is related to various practical situations. Mr. McKeand also teaches senior math which consists of solid geometry, the study of the properties of solid figures, plane trigonometry, analytic geometry, and intro- ductory calculus, a method of computation by reasoning through the use of symbols. As mathematics is the basis of the sciences, engineering, and other related vocations, it is given the importance it deserves.

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joclagjn modern mrfd Biology, a required subject at SHS is under the direction of Doloris McDonald, Arthur Barnett, and Garnett VVin- chester. The students study plant and animal life with the aid of films, microscope study, and special projects. The penetrating odors drifting from the solarium are the result of projects dealing with rats and other small animals. Keeping an aquarium, collecting insects, incubating eggs, and studying Mcndelis Law of Heredity are other popular projects among biology students. All of us who leave SHS must have studied health, a required one-semester course. Doloris McDonald teaches the girls while the boys are taught by Arthur Barnett. In health we study tissues, organs, and systems of the human body. This year, for the first time, students were given an op- portunity to study the peace time uses of radiation. A class of twenty niet with Mr. Barnett after school two days each week. The course was based on films concerning radiation. The students saw demonstrations and performed experiments with radioactive isotopes. In these experi- ments they used a Geiger-Muller counter, a new piece of equipment at SHS. Sam Stader, Bill Yoder, and Ron Zeller examine the new est additions to their rat family. Vicky Scheffler cares for her aquarium in biology class. Linda jones and Mike McRobe1ts operate a Geiger counter in the radia- tion class. 17

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The stack of books indicates that Carolyn Anspaugh does A blackboard exercise determines whether Marcia Neeb not neglect her other studies, as she delves into Caesar. Margie Soller, John Haehl and Leslie Schaeffer have learned their Spanish eonjugations. ew oreign .fdmgariria ora in flue WaLin9.. French students Linda Trueb, Tina Viiendling, and Dan Collins, perfect their pronunciation by listening to native speakers on records. The opportunities at SHS for students interested in lan- guages expanded in the 1961-1962 school year, as we saw the addition of French to the curriculum. Mr. Alan Covner used conversation as the key to learning French. First, students learned the correct combination of words by re- petition of certain phrases. Then they learned the reasons behind the structure of the language. Class activity in- cluded listening to records of French, reading French news- papers, and discussing in French. Mr. Coyner instructed two senior high classes and one junior high class. Miss Nancy Cuskaden, our new Spanish teacher. believes that NVords are but the signs of ideas, regardless of lan- guagef, Thus the first and second year Spanish classes of twenty-five members each were taught correct expres- sion, which is the most important reason for studying a language. In addition to learning pronunciation and gram- mar, these students gave prepared talks in Spanish and studied the Mexico City newspaper to gain experience with Spanish. Our Latin classes were taught by three different teachers during the school year. Illness prevented Mrs. Aleeta Kinder from continuing her job. Miss Eva Swanson, a former SHS teacher, took her place until Mr. Franklin Clark came to us from Indiana University. The three second-year Latin classes found Caesar equally interesting and challenging. Through study of conjugations, declen- sions, and translations the Latin students increased their knowledge of this classical language.