Waukesha High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Waukesha, WI)

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Socml Studles Ignorance IS an eul creature xuth amazmg strength and pon er Preyudlce mtolerance and mdlfference a1e h1s compamons To outvtlt these forces one needs an awareness of Amerl ca S problems and 1tS poss1b1l1t1es Wxth the world and 1ts people exer moxmg on to new goals students needed guldance and efforts 1n soclal stud1es to prepale them for flndlng thell place 1n soclety Also to lue as a freedom loung people m th1s dlslded world they needed an understandmg of the1r fellow men and an app1ec1at1on of the rlghts and respons1b1l1t1es of the 1nd1v1dual They were taught the technlques of cr1t1cal thlllklllg 1n order to be cltlzens who would use, not abuse thelr rlghts and prlvlleges From the seventh and elghth grade core currlculum program to the American problems classes, the Amerlcan herltage of democracy became more real CIVIC mterests were devel oped so that each student mlght have an earnest deslre to actlvely part1c1pate 1n commumty affaxrs HHUHIIHN ISLCJNLS if HERE A MAP there a map everywhere a map A umt on the U S as a world power demands a varlety of map work Dlck Felree Kay Lyngaas and Marlene Guttman look over some of the colorful efforts of thelr hlstory class The Present, And Prepare For The Future AMERICA S MANIFEST DESTINY was the toplc for prcpales for dlscusslon as Sally Sleep, John Kuehl and dlscusslon m Jr Hlgh core curriculum class James Kuehl Elcarwr Swift Check his facts ,ll 'mill' ll fwf- 25 C - V ' . v ' , A, Zh. ' - rf, , s , ' 1:4 fl' , . . , . . ' Q. 1, . K L . gg V L , tl ' . . . - , '1 ' . . . . . . . . . . , . , ,, , . . . . .' 1 V v V . y , 1 ,Q x X , I ff , . . . , 'H W . . . . . 1 . . l . IN , b- A J ' n . . . u rx . ul . ' ' ' . . i ' ' Y Y . 1 ' , ., if r ui K1 a, 1' , ,,a 55. ey . ' ' it It ' A U W- .G gl 1 ., 4 ag . M ,J xfll ' g- 'Qi X . IUJS' , Q ' I ' - ' l 'v -1 . VK Q ,A ., . ' Y is 1 ,5 K . Q - , ' A 34:31 A ofa

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5 I if-.. will STRATEGIC PLACES in this world of unrest are JUVENILE DELINQUENCY was the topic of Karen located by Charlene Mickel and Edna Kurlic, Miss Kummrow's report. Mr. Schroeder's Civics class pays Loomer's world history class gets to know the world and Close attention as they consider this major teenage its peoples. p1'0blCl l1- Y thI'u1C't' Std Th P tA 1 O11 1 1ZeI'lS U. 'Y 6 HS , 11.8. YZG ACCOUNTING TO THE STATE and federal government master income tax form in one of Mr. Panella's Ameri- 15 an annual duty when March rolls around. Nancy can Problems classes. Nelson, Anne Priedeman, and Dave McCoy examine the -sew 24

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CHARGED by the electro-static generator, Carter Case prepares for a jolt when Mike Williams grounds him. Students Develop NIOUTHPILCF diaphragm carbon uvstals elettiomag, net all these ale the essential paits of the telephone 'ls Chucl Oleson explain it to Helen Sehuetze in 8th grade science class 26 -..file 'TL Fred Tatenhove grinds away at the crank as. physics students await the results with gleeful anticmfntmn. Logical Reasoning Math and Sc1ence Facts and Iigures the world IS full of them The challenge to understand and interpret correctly is a continuing one Everything from simple arlthmetic and elementary science to intricate chemlstrv experiements and compli cated algebraic equations tested the students know how The cautious and the curious were found in the biology lab dissecting a frog in the chemistry lab determining the oxygen con tent of a metal oxide or ln E324 slaying oxer 1 simple algebra problem Offered to the more adxentuious and studious were such courses is physics trigonometry or college algebra. The math and sciences departments in their efforts to provide a sound training in each par- ticular field set up a program to show students everyday applications in the various fields of industry. learning to think objectively and to reason critically were some of the prerequisites of scientific thinking emphasized.