Titusville High School - Optimist Yearbook (Titusville, PA)

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Working out various geometry problems, Jeff Jamison, Earl Barker, Becky Wheeler, and Becky Foote irightl take to the chalkboard. Horticulture expands and general math attitude changes Horticulture was offered by the Science Department for both semes- ters due to the high student interest in the course. Throughout the year there were sixty-five students who wanted to get their hands into mother earth. The agriculturally minded students learned how to make soil and water checks, propagate plants, and how to manage their own gardens. The classes went on trips which took them to Oil Creek Valley Nursery, Love's Tree Farm, and Wilcox's Greenhouse and Nursery. I love it, said Rick Repasky, you get to go outside and go on field trips. Five students enrolled in Nuclear Science for a second semester course. The number of students was low, but it evidently reflected the number of peo- ple interested in working with the nu- cleus of radioactive materials. lt was recommended by James S. McOueer, 100!math-science teacher of the class, that students take physics and calculus to meet the stan- dards in Nuclear Science. Little change was faced by the Math Department as far as its curriculum was concerned. No new books, courses, or teachers were added to the department, however, a new attitude was taken toward the teaching of busi- ness and general math. The general math courses were al- tered to put more emphasis on the ap- plication of math to practical, everyday mathematical problems. Business Math, a course in the Business Educa- tion Curriculum, was partially handled by the math department in order to make a second class section available to interested students. This additional class made it possible for more stu- dents to learn the math needed to han- dle office and business type mathematical situations. Taking the lid off the crucible, Jennifer Jones lrightl checks the copper sulfide to make sure the excess sulfur has burned oft during her big chem- istry experiment.

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'SVPi 7 mwuhm, ,K 'N Joe Adelman labovel follows his textbook and tries to comprehend what is being said in the language lab. Miss Edith A. Boulogne lfar leftl explains the forms of an irregular German verb, while Bert Paul listens attentively. Having mastered the art of French cooking, Emilee Weis lleftl samples her finished gourmet dish. language cIubf99

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Patty Mattocks lleftl is still utterly confused over the life processes taught in biology by Leland C. Mowrey. Plotting a number line to an equation, Gary Caldwell lbelow leftl uses his general math abilities to do his assigned problems. Dave Love and Jim Mitchell lbelowl look on as Kathy Lane has a little bit of fun goofing off in chemistry, even though it is poor lab procedure. math-science!101