Union High School - Redsides Yearbook (Maupin, OR)

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Curtiss Mayhew, Maureen Monner and Dan Johnson examine a fern plant to see if it has spores on the back of it. Eric Partch used a styrofoam model to show in third dimension some of the principles of the molecular theory. A star fish and sea urchin quickly became mascots to this group of science students who maintained the aquatic environment as much as possible with air tubes and ice cubes.

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(5fie Sciences The sciences — the bases for all other disciplines — are perhaps more important today than ever before. Coming to WCUHS from a research assistantship at OSU is Mr. Eric Partch who spent the year creating a new awareness of the sciences and how they affect man. Oceanography, Astronomy, Metallurgy, Chemistry, etc. are all within the realm of subjects covered. Ecology, the study of man and his relationship to his environment, was a new science (or perhaps an old one renamed?) also championed by Mr. Partch. Mr. Heldt taught two new sections of earth science — botany and geology. The geology class went on a field trip to the John Day-Fossil area to observe the formations of earth that they studied in class. Mrs. Heldt teaches biology. The lab work this year included hatching some eggs in the study of embryology, examining a beef heart to see how blood circulates, and disecting frogs. (Above right) Debbie Graves and Rose Ann Woosley receive some coaching from Mr. Partch about their assignment in Chemistry class. (Right) Mrs. Heldt is correcting some lab work from a biology class. Many drawings of animal and aquatic life were the result of lab work. Many frogs were seen leaving the biology room, however, there was some speculation as to whether or not they were hopping. Dan Dyke (left below) prepares a slide for viewing with the supervision of Mr. Partch. Ross Alsup and John Patton will view the slide as well. Mr. Partch: General Science Physical Science Chemistry Mr. Heldt: Botany Geology Mrs. Heldt: Biology

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Gnglish, Language Avis New faculty member, Mr. Olsen, would not let many students pass English this year without a lot of drill in the basic fundamentals of English grammar. A lot of sentence construction went on in Room 201 and along with that went some background in poetry. Will we ever forget what iambic pentameter is? There was a new room gleaned from a section of the building this year — 103 — next to the biology room. Mr. Mitchke and his classes took up the study of English and American novelists in that room. Some of the students analyzed the works of a particular author whose style seemed appealing, then tried to approximate this style in their own exposition and fiction writing. Mrs. Emily Lewis joined the English Department at the beginning of second semester to help with a ' refresher type course in the basics of English grammar. This section was limited to senior class members. (Middle) Mr. Bill Mitchke, literature instructor, sees to it that nothing is left uncovered whenever it comes to critically analyzing the writings of classic and contemporary authors. The Source by Mich-ener was a subject of wide spread conversation even beyond the walls of Room 103. (Below left) Here is your research paper. You'll see by my corrections that you've made a few errors! Take care of them right away! Understand?