Topeka High School - Sunflower Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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THE SLIDE RULE is guaranteed to work math problems quickly, but Bob Simmons finds it isn't easily understood. ake Precedence A CANTANKEROUS PROBLEM is solved by Carol Schreffler and Mr. Davenport. H, GIVEN THE FACTS, there follows a proof, according to Melva Hayes. 29

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a . .2 M cztbemcztics ki r f' I HERE'S THE MISTAKE! Mr. Snyder shows Larry Long the accurate Way to con- quer the troublesome math equation easily. 4 I , .J ' I - From Digits to Decimals, Numbers 3. QWMS-.4vSf 28 BECOMING WIDELY emphasized in this new age, Mathematics was well covered by courses offered to the figure-and-numbeb minded students this year. There were classes in everything from Business Arithmetic to Trig and College Algebra, .all beating out an accurate and measured rhythm. Rooms in the math wing were always full of strange figures that seemed to have been built from pieces of chalk, string, paper and metal. The Triangle Sisters, The Circle Society, the Rectangle Family, and everybodys friend, Mr. were the most frequent visitors to the classrooms. With volumes, inches, lines, theo- rems, and equations, students attempted to solve problems, compute distances, and register per- centages. Their answers may sometimes have been off-beat, but the desire to do better, and the practice in logical thinking, made it all worthwhile and a challenging assignment. 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER: that's what the book -M calls for-Buzz Colton tries his hand with compass.

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Science STEADY NOW-Judy Richards is weighing an important compound. Future Will Draw Heavily on Skill THE SCIENCE BUG bit many students this year. Sometimes it left a real impression while other times it merely broke the surface. What- ever the reaction, this little bug affected us all. The biology students found time at lunch to discuss their latest dissection. A typical botany student spent his recreational time ob- serving leaves and grass in his own back yard. A date with a general science student of- fered a free course in astronomy. One had to be careful while walking down the halls not to jar a physiology students crazy bones. As for chemistry and physics students, they found it best to keep their mouths closed and ears open. Who knew when a man from Mars might be listening? RAMONA NOCHES points out the cornea of the human eye to a classmate. 30