University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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 MR. JOHN COULTER conduct an experiment: Well, it worked last time.” YOU SEE. CHEMISTRY is almost as much fun as cooking, commented Dr. Eugene Gcnnaro. VELOCITY EQUALS SPEED times direction was a formula often used by Mr. John Cook. MR. DENNIS KOST, new to U High this year, taught chemistry and physics.. STRANGE OBJECTS were often found gracing the biology.room this past year. 13

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DR. CLARENCE BOECK, head of the Science department contemplates the nature of physics. The most beautiful thing wc can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein These words of Einstein seem to show what the atmosphere of the Science department tries to encourage in its students. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for the unique background surrounding the instruction of the students in the scientific area. This can take many forms depending upon the scientific area and the necessary equipment used by the instructor. In the studying of biology the students used various specimens in the form of plants, snakes, frogs, earth worms, and pickled animals kept for observation. Another branch in the department is that of chemistry. Various experiments with acids and metals were conducted to aid the students in applying knowledge of chemical properties, equations, and the reactions to analytical tests. The department has also made use of many other visual aids, scientific evidences, and other techniques in regard to the junior high program which coordinates geology, astronomy, and meteorology in a two-year general science curriculum. As well as the areas of general science, biology, and chemistry, there were also courses offered in the fields of physics, and advanced science, which covered more specific areas. Science Students Explore the Unknown TWO SEVENTH GRADE science classes were caught by Mr. Craig Hcrmanson. 12 STEPHANIE SITS PUZZLED as she listens to a lecture on astronomy.

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THIS YEAR, Mr. David Johnson was head of ihc Math department and taught algebra. JUDY BROWN, a graduate of U High, experienced a very important part of our school: student teaching. Precision and Logic Characterize DR WILLIAM STOCHL taught one section of seventh grade mathematics. Pure mathematics do remedy and cure many defects in the wit and faculties of the individuals; for if the wit be dull, they sharpen it; if too wandering they fix it; if too inherent in the sense, they abstract it. Bacon U High's program in mathematics was both informative and interesting this past year. It included new classes on both the junior and senior high level. The newest program was begun with the seventh grade curriculum. It was designed to compile two years of junior high math and one year of algebra into a two-year study. This program was offered to only one of the seventh grade sections. In the senior high mathematics curriculum, a revision was also made. As well as Geometry, Advanced Algebra, and Senior Math, a fourth subject was added, that of Elementary Analysis. This course was taught to seniors, who had shown a special interest or had met the specific requirements in the study of math. Among the math department's other major duties was the sponsorship of activities including Math club, and the National Math contest. 14