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

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mmmmmmmmm Using his award-winning flannel board, Mr. Merle Wimmer illustrates a factor of hered- ity for biology students Donna Loudermilk, Tom White, Dotty Lefiler, Joyce Kockritz. Math and science reveal that today ' s Studying technical equipment used in senior science, physics enthusiasts Lynda Bell, Terry Mueller, and Tom Mabel examine the oscilloscope ' s indication of current change.

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of foreign language lab fill modern needs Latest addition to Howe ' s teaching facilities is the newly installed language lab. This modern teacher ' s aid is one of four in the city high schools. Equipped with twenty-eight soundproof booths, the unit is controlled by the teacher using a con- sole in the front of the lab. This permits language students to practice and to acquire improved pro- nunciation without interrupting class functions. To keep language study interesting, other de- vices such as films, slides, demonstrations, and re- ports are used. While studying courses in an active department, many language students enter con- tests testing their knowledge of Latin, Spanish, or French. Among other activities, a visitor from Cuba, Senor Rafael de Armas, talked with the Spanish classes about the Cuban Revolution and other timely topics. Late in the year, Latin Club members plan their annual activity. Last spring the group sponsored a Roman Banquet intended to create interest in Roman customs. Students, dress ed in togas, rep- resented famous Roman personalities and gods. Greeting his guests, Fred Shick, dressed as Apollo, ad- dresses Latin Club members attending Roman Banquet. While describing her recent trip to Mexico, Midge Austin displays some collected sou- venirs to classmates Stanley Keeler, Bob Briles, Carolyn Smith, and Marsha Crockett.

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After Sputnik opened the Space Age, educators began a stepped-up requirement program in both math and science and this policy is still pro- gressing. Freshmen take a general science course and then they may enroll in the more specialized sci- ences offered: biology, chemistry, and physics. Each fall semester is marked by biology students rushing around himting insects and the spring semester by these same students searching for leaves. Future chemists don ' t really mind the smells that come from test tubes because this may be the experiment that will teach them to recognize rotten eggs. On the receiving end of electric shocks and showers of water, physics students often learn their facts the hard way. In both advanced sci- ences, Howeites find their study of mathematics invaluable. All Howeites visit the east wing math class- rooms during their two years of required math study, and those who are college bound elect ti-igonometry, college algebra, calculus, or ana- lytical geometry. Some Howeites studying math devote extra hours annually to prepare for the regional and state math contests. Combining teachers ' guidance and personal effort, these stu- dents bring manv honors to Howe. In analytical chemistry Mike Simmons and Lana Pars e;. learn they must weigh all ingredients and eq lipnient. theories may become facts of tomorrow Above — Geometry classes appreciate Mr. Justin Rehm s explanation of the solution to a construction problem. Right — Phillip Fassnacht follows Mr. Barton Richardson ' s instructions to use a hypsometer to measure height.