South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Mathematicians Logically Stan Hamilton is being given some early-morning help on a trigonometry problem by his teacher, Mr. Richard Sage. Geometry students Cindy Gidley and Warren Cole work to logically prove geometric theorems and corollaries. Mr. Robert Petty gives help to Holly Trier as she proves a geometry theorem before the class. 22

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Sociology, U.S. History A survey of the world's history is taught in the general course by Miss Margaret Graham. Mr. Gary Crawford aids Senior Larry PopofJ in his first study of sociology, the science of society. United States history students are keeping abreast of the present by studying the past, from the discovery of America to the 1964 election. Here Mr. Don Locke discusses current events with a junior class in room 28. 21

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Prove Theorems, Plot Graphs, Solve For Unknowns Students taking Special Algebra 3 watch as their teacher, Miss Lutie Young, checks student work. The various mathematics courses offered not only manipulations of numbers, but gave students the ex- perience of clear, rational thought. From proving the Pythagorean Theorem to adding columns of figures, South Side students used mathematics in algebra, geom- etry, and trigonometry. In plane and solid geometry, the students had to master theorems, corollaries, and assumptions to be able to utilize them in the explanations of mathematical relations between lines, angles, and solids. Plane geom- etry covered basic logic, while solid geometry delved deeper into the world of Euclid. In advanced algebra, the students used basic opera- tions and expressions of simple arithmetic and algebra, with the combination of gargantuan polynomials, crooked graphs, and quadratic equations of two un- knowns. Trigonometry greeted the student with its problems of determining functions, co-functions, and logarithms. The students found their log tables were indispens- able in determining measurements of triangles. The department's program of special classes offered the more mathematically inclined student the oppor- tunity to move ahead. Besides being important in the fields of science, homemaking, and engineering, mathematics gives stu- dents their first real challenge in the field of thinking and approaching a situation in an organized manner. Special math students Phillip Ruhl, Janice Schmitz, and Tom Theye examine geometric models used in classes of plane and solid geometry with Mrs. Mildred Luse, their teacher. The models illustrate basic geometric principles. 23