University High School - U High Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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Nl.X'1HLXl.X'l'lC1S lit. l'tiaa-. hawtal llt. l.1tne aXll ol tts have taken nitttltentatias in the sa'xa'nth. eighth. anal ninth gtaales heia- at l'-lligh. hut only those ol us who ahoose to. haue taken some lorln ol it in our high sahool sears. ln sexa-nth graala' we leznnafal the liasia' laats anal tations appliaations ol lJC'l'lL'lll2lgl'. anal wa' aon- strttatta-al tnost ol our prolmlenis ltont alaily lile anal honta- situations with whiah we were all lainiliar. Our eighth graale IlllilllL'lll2ilIafS alealt with lttnala- tnentals ol aritlnnetia. XX'e applieal these to verbal prolmlenis. anal ina lualeal in our work analx sis ol situa- tions we haal niet otnseltes at honte or among our reaalings. Mathenlatias in the ninth graale was to us a haak- grounal lor the work we :night aontinue in our aal- ranaeal high sahool years anal alter we haal graalu- ateal, Our ninth graale work aonsistetl :thnost en' tirely ol algelirzt. with a little inlornial geotnetrs. XX'e were gixen a simple introaluation to higher tspes ol IIl2iIllClll?illl'5. too. inalualing trigononietry. Those ol' us who chose algebra as an eleatire in our sophonloie year learneal what in tnost sahools is aalleal seaonal anal thital semester algebra. Our time was spent working on rznious kinals ol equations. lla' took up squares anal haal asa linal unit. a hasiag unalerstanaling ol logzn ithnts. aXs juniors anal seniors we haal the opportunity to choose a aourse in aleinonstratire geometry, which realli got us to thinking reasonably anal aaattrately. XYL' useal no text lor the lirst part ol the year, ale- xa-loping our own alelinitions, assutnptions. anal tha-orents. NX'e lata-r useal a textbook as the prohleins heaante progressitels more alilliault. Olten we alis- ausseal non-ga-oinetria reasoning situations to im- prove our nlethoal ol' alear thinking. Out progress in tnatltentatias, even though it may seein slow anal a'oniplia'ata-al to some ol' us, is planneal with a alelinite relationship to our luture anal our luture work. Mathematics is uselul to all ol' us, not just those ol' us w ho plan to be statistieians or book- keepers. XX'hen we aalal hills. measure alress designs lor autting. or alaterinine the nutnher ol' feet ol' wall paper lor a room ln tneasureinent anal a-ala-ulation, we necessarily use inathentatia-s. However, these are only sintple examples. 'Iihese anal others ol' more aoinplete nature cause inatheinatia-s to be used in all scopes anal lielals ol' lile.

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SOCIAL S'l'l,'DIES Nil. llaeluer. acting head Nlr. Clrary Nliss Iidsccnn XII. Houston Social studies has conre to be an essential part of our education. Ivith this in mind, the administra- tion of our school has made it necessary for us to take the six social studies courses ollerecl before we graduate. The topics that are covered in these courses nray be separated into two broad divisions. The stttcly of historical and present-day America and the study of the rest of the world. In the seventh grade we cover the geography' of three continents that are not usually studied in the cflementary school. Africa, .'Xustralia, and Asia. Ivorld history is studied in the tenth grade. Here we trace the development ol our present-clay civiliza- tion Irom Egyptian times down to today. Ihe historical America is studied in the eighth and eleventh grades, but in each course diflerent aspects ol' our country's history are learned. In the eighth grade we deal mostly with the way people in the colonial days made their living and the geography' of this country. In the eleventh grade wc- investigate the economic and political develop- ment. with much of our time spent on the Clivil Xvar period and the years following. l'roblems of present-day iXmc'rica are taught in thc' nlrrtlr antl twelltlr grades. Ihe rnntlr grade course deals with the social problems ol our corurtry in such units as crime, law enforcement, and the care of mental detectives. The twellth grade social studies course is divided into two main units, gov- ernment and economics. For eaclr ol' these units we take a semester to cover. During the year we take such topics as our Iederal government and the probleru ol' unemployment. 'Ihe two modern American courses are very elas- tically arranged so that dillerent ttnits may be singled our lor special attention as we wish. Our classes are not only taught by the lecture and discussion methods. but we are urged to give special reports. Sometimes these take the lorm ol oral reports read aloud to the class. while on other occasions they are in the form ol' written themes to be handed in. Sometimes a student panel is chosen. Xvhen that is the case, each member ol the panel reads especially upon a phase ol' a topic, and a panel disc trssion is held before the class. .Xclditional inlornration is ollerecl by class members not in the panel. Xve have other sottrces ol' inlornration besides those Itlsl mentioned. Lecturers are olten invited to tl1e classroom and slides or pictures are used as sup- plementary aids. Olten we take Iielcl trips. .Xs an example of this, the sophcmrores took a trip to visit the hydraulics plant, and the juniors and seniors took their bi-annual trip to Des Moines to see how our state government operates. Here, they visited both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and as an added interest took a conducted tour through the State Ilistoricgtl Nlusettrn.

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