Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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ast to get out of school and once iu get rolling, you can occasionally ck up a trophy. Although acquiring the basic iowledge and skill for taking and ,ssing math tests, there were a few ,ht moments in the classrooms. For example, Senior Russ Althof id, I like it, it's a great class. We ,vays have fun with the attendance rker upper taidel in my calculus Lssf' The class cleverly disguised c pink attendance slip each day by lding it in various shapes, placing n other objects, and even ripping into small pieces when no one s absent. However, at the end of quarter, the class gave the office rker a trophy for being a good ri. Vac 'Y his x's andy's straight in his l class, Freshman Brian Fisher his paper. He says, We get a lot of homework, but it is Sitting in Miss Virginia HilI's fifth period Algebra Il class, Sophomore Ernie Segundo looks up to take a break from the assignment, while his classmates Sophomores Sims Duncan, Stuart Murray, Randy Mills, Mai Angarano and lunior Keith English, remain busy at work, Ernie said, Algebra is better than geometry. Learning about logarithms and things is pretty fun, but kind of hard. Searching through her notes, lun ior Tracey Taylor has fun in Algebra ll even though it's a hard class. She says she agrees with most students about the excessive amount of homework, but thinks Miss l-lill is really nice. When tSophomorel Susan Million and I miss class because of swim team, she lets us make it up. l Contemplating a lesson in his calc ulus book, Senior Russ Althof works on his homework which Mrs Mabee let us work on in class sometimes because we always hadna lot of it. In preparation for his Algebra ll exam, lunior David Cardus begins working on Mrs. Marion Wiggins review sheet. David says he found studying for finals hard because I can't remember everything we've done and have to dig out all of my old notes. math TU

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GD dxldx, erdx. Secant, tangeant, Ecosine, sine, 314159, Square root, cube root, fourth root, slide rule, compass, Stratford I-Iigh. Although this mathematical cheer was rarely heard, students learned many mathematical terms and how they applied to totaling the grocery bill or finding the slope and acceler- it adds up ation of a specific curve. Since students were required to take two mathematical courses to graduate, and students' mathemati- cal abilities varied, the subject mate- rial ranged from the Fundamentals of Math to Calculus to electives in computermath. Many students continued to take math for four years especially in the T8 math .,....--11.18 .bww advanced courses such as Trigon metry and Elementary Analysis. Ea- of these added to a well-roundi background for a student interesti in majoring in the science, eng neeringormathematicalfields. Most students, though, just toj their required math courses to g enough knowledge to help them successful in college. Interested and select students al attended various area math tourr ments and participated in tl National Math Exam and Atlan' Pacific testing programs, Iunior Laurie Mango, a freque participator in math contests coi mented, I think the experience taking the timed tests helps impro your speed on your regular tes and it also prepares you for college Senior I-Iarold Naparst said, lt' - T Carefully programming the c lunior Iohn London punches the the tele-type terminal as Ravi junior, and Gavriel Schindler, junior look on in computer math. Iohn to take this course because he said thought working with the cor , ' would be enjoyable. Now he finds fantastic and different. You need extremely logical mind. Patiently listening to a lecture in Algebra I, Sophomore Mark Pe receives instructions from Miss Isaacks. Mark said he was surprised find out I had a test that day,

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rouiling dccent Foreign language with a touch of Tex zfvfq wN'. '-..,0f s.,,,,, ff! Harpo Marx, portrayed by Senior Katherine Niver, explains to Mrs. lan DeVault's French class how to play a vocabulary game, The fifth year French student is dressed in costume because it is the day of the Halloween pep rally. 80 foreign language C ombining a Texas drawl with Hablas espanol? , Parlez- vous francais? , and Sprechen Sie Deutsch? creates a rather strange chatter in the foreign language classes. Courses were offered in levels one through five, complete from simple grammar to intense culture study, in Spanish, French, German, and Latin. Oui often sounded like Hwee when a lazy Texas accent was applied, according to junior Sue Stuart enrolled in French V. Her teacher, Mrs. lan DeVault said, The foreign words that are spelled similarly to the English equivalents are often mispronouncedf' Lower level classes are devoted solely to grammar and basic study. Mrs. DeVault said, Once students make it past the second year, they usually stick with it. Conversation is stressed in third year courses. Fourth year contained a potpourri of things, commented Mr. Richard Lawson, German teacher. For the fifth and sixth year courses, drama, culture, and novel studies are offered as quarter courses. Working in their German I class the verb to have , juniors Eric Chuck Wilson, David Stone, Chris Humprey, and junior Brian show pictures of items they would to have. Mrs. Betty Cano, Spanish encouraged her students saying, Many colleges require a fo language, and by advancing in school, you can place out of college courses. However, of the new ruling on junior course credit, Stratford will only levels one through five in l To promote interest, teachers often planned special activities all levels. Upperclassmen held festive dinners including the Hgrand diner and the Spanish verbena , where creative C and authentic dishes were part the assignment. Also, the French and Spanish classes took a trip Houston Museum of Fine Arts view modern art exhibitions abroad. Revised board games as Monopoly as well as foreign magazines and comic books used to add variety to class.