Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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of Curious Students Martin Fall, Danny Greene, and Frank King are sketching a graph hy symmetry in their senior math class. Courses in the ever-expanding science depart- ment are planned to meet the needs of the student preparing for a vast and diversified world that keeps changing with every passing year. Warrenites may investigate the life sciences— biology, botany, physi- ology, and zoology, or they may study physical sci- ence, physics, or chemistry. Extra incentive is offered to these students to enter science fairs and competitive scholarship tests: and the Science Club provides interesting programs for interested stu- dents. By constantly improving the science curric- ulum V arren is taking its place as a leader in local education. The math department also serves the school and community with distinction. With the current emphasis on math, students may be enrolled in two math courses during one semester, choosing from algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and advanced senior math. The department is well- equipped with visual aids which bring the field of math, commonly thought of as abstract, closer to many students. Mathematics draws its share of talent, with five of the six Warrenites receiving recognition from the Merit Scholarship program beinor enrolled in senior math. o Kathy McKinney finds it is much easier to understand her math problems with two stalwarts like Bob Simpson and •Alan Naue. Bob Koby and Bruce Maeda are helping to arrange one of the intriguing displays in the math showcase.

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Courses Challenge Thinking Math and Science Richard Reinhardt and Jo Atm Grossman are lab partners in an experiment to produce cojtjier sullate. rheir procedure is to heat copper coil and sulphur powder in a crucible. Each fall biology pupils take to the woods with their nets Jerri Gray pricks Mary Paris’ finger to measure her blood in search of insects and bugs for their collections. count in physiology class. Bill Eye offers moral support. 20

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In addition to teaching about good driving skills and safety rules, Mr. Alan Miedema jjoints out the distributor to Linda Biech, Virgil Berry, and Bill McCarten. Richard Richmond watches closely as Janice Howey tries to adjust these strings to equal lengths. The tests are given in Driver Education for judgment of distance and reflexes. Classes Stress Physical Fitness, Encourage Every Warrenite takes physical education, of which two years is a retpurement for graduation, d’he varied physical education program is built on the ideas that students need a chance to relax and let off steam and that healthy bodies are essential to alert minds. All classes have daily exercise periods with longer periods sometimes devoted to body development. Time is given to team sports and individual spcjrts, with outdoor recreation and co-ed activities Ingh on the popularity list. Most students enroll in Driver Education during their sophomore or junior years. They have heard about the value of this course in lowering their auto- mobile insurance rates, and they are impressed by the fact that nowhere else can one learn so much about the operation of a car. In the classroom students learn traffic safety regulations and measure their own reflexes. Along with behind-the-wheel experience they learn to identify the working parts of an engine and what to do in emergencies. Mr. Vaughn Wood, physical education instructor, demon- strates to Rebecca Sampson, Norman Bruns, Judy Porter, and Mike Apple the etlcpiette of social dancing. This was one of the co-ed sessions in physical education classes. 22