Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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TONGUES FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT Amo, Hamas, amat or amo, amas, ama are two sets of ,conjugations you frequently hear students of Latin and Spanish rvreciting. Along With the ever present verbs, pupils of the Language Department learn an appreciation of the language and customs of the people who speak it. Slides and pictures are shown in the classes to demonstrate the language in use or to show life ,of the countries from which the language is derived. Records to aid in pronunciation of Spanish and Latin Words are played, in most of the classes. Supplementing classroom Work the- Latin and Spanish clubs provide a variety of programs for afterschool activity. The annual Latin contest, held 'every spring semester, stirs an added interest in Latin, the language which serves as the basis of our present-day English. The second floor show case of the Language Department re- veals5,1.rnany things of interest to Howeites not taking foreign languages. The displays range all the way from Christmas and Valentine's Day greetings in foreign tongues to scenes of Spanish CllSlGI1'1S and historical events. A true Roman banquet was served to celebrate the Satumalia last year in the Latin Club. The Spanish Club celebrated Christ- mas With a pinata and all the other usuals for a fiesta. 20 COUNTERCLOCKWJSE- LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT: Miss Mary E. Thumma, Miss Ruth God- win, Miss Thelma Cooley, Miss Narcie Pollitt, department chair- man.

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COUNTERCLOCKWllSE-- SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: Mr. Vir- gil Heniser, department heady Mr. Paul Klinge, Mr. Richard Hammond, Miss Ierry Motley, Mr. William M. Smith, Mr. Floyd Ieff- ries. SCIENTISTS AT LARGE Ever noticed the peculiar smell of rotten eggs or the odd odor of chloroform wafting through the halls of Howe? lf not, perhaps you've noticed a certain few people lugging great big orange books around. At any rate, these are signs of the science depart- ment. That fragrance of rotten eggs is the mark of the chemistry lab when the students are slaying with their collection of chem- icals. Chloroform has all the marks of the biology lab when some murderous student is putting an end to some poor weak bug. Those big orange books and big long tests really leave the physics students in a whirl. The study of science does, however, create an interest in hobbies for leisure time activities, gives knowledge of purchasing and using goods and services, and gives students an understanding of the need for conservation of natural resources. A course in Chemistry Ill, qualitative chemical analysis, is of- fered one semester each year. This year a new course in physical science was offered to juniors and seniors: on the alternate semes- ter each year those students who take only biology as their science are offered a one semester survey course in physics and chemistry known as physical science. 19

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COUNTERCLOCKWSISE- MATH DEPARTMENT: Mr. Robert Belding, department heady Mr. Charles Gross, Mrs. Ruth Reed, Mr. Alvin Geier, Mr. Fred Lem- ley, Mr. Harrison Richardson. Not pictured-Mrs. Mildred D. Loew. PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS Approximately 850 pupils, about 65? of the entire student body, were enrolled in the Mathematics Department this last year. The department makes an effort to increase interest in the prac- ticability of its courses. Students enrolled in trigonometry found the height of our flag pole and established a level line between two bench marks to determine the elevation above sea level of the land. During Open House, card tricks, cross number puzzles, and pseudo-magic tricks were demonstrated. In the classroom the slide rule was used. The Mathematics Department desires to increase both interest and achievement through emphasis on con- cepts, meanings, and understandings, that is, the Why of mathe- matics, instead of the traditional 'emphasis on mechanical skills and rote learning. Classes in Algebra Hx and Geometry llx were offered in the second semester to students who had an A+ averaged in the first semester of the course, thus giving them more opportunities in the mathematics field. Purdue tests are given by the department to compare Howe's Work with other standards. , 21