West High School - Cat Log Yearbook (Bremerton, WA)

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MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL STUDIES INTRODUCE PUPILS TO WORLD Constructing solid geometry proiects are one phase of math analysis. Shown here lleft to rightl are John Turner, Bob Wil- liams and Richard Capp examining these models of geometry theorems. Dixie Miller is pointing out the scene of African racial violence to her World Affairs classmate Ron Marshall. -... s V K, ff, -p f ,, 'ciiggggg yjfllhi :R Qgllfkh i si is 'ii . is 5 , 5 1 A mathematics department must provide the mathematical tools needed in everyday living. General and business mathematics are designed to achieve this goal. Second, it must provide a foundation for those who will be taking mathe- matics and science in college. Our third and fourth-year courses help prepare students for such advanced work. The mathematics program has been under- going modernization in the past several years. We can be proud of these and other improve- ments to meet the demands of the Space Age. Six semester courses in social studies are re- quired of all students for graduation in order to understand rapidly changing concepts of space in a sputnik age. Freshmen are required to study one-half year of geography. They also must take Washington history and civics. .luniors study United States history in order that they may in- terpret the historical, social and economic forces that will affect them during the '6O's Seniors take government and world affairs to enable them to participate in democratic processes and to under- stand the two great systems and their satellites that are competing for world domination. Students who wish may elect to take social living, a life adiustment course. .c ,N MWMNM 41... - ass-1 ' Q' ,tri 1 7

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SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AIDS STUDENTS IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE lt has often been said that we are living in the age of science. lf this is true, then certainly v '?' Margaret Linden watches intently as Larry Gillespie performs a physics experiment on Boyle's low. fA.m.J.,,...4,,Zg4--r-J.g7z!a.-1--L. Z . df-4 David Rid ewa , Bonnie Bass and Jack Davies examine a cac- Y 9 Y tus plant in their botany class. 6 a great many of our students at West High School are going to feel right at home in our world of the future, for almost one-half of the students are enrolled in a science this year. This program has a two-fold purpose. First, college-bound students can benefit a great deal from adequate high school preparation. Sec- ondly, students who do not plan to continue their formal education beyond high school graduation can profit greatly by gaining a better under- standing of themselves and the world in which they will live. General science has as its goal introducing the student to a wide range of scientific topics, from bugs and bacteria to stars and space ships to weather and X-rays. Biology, botany and Zoology are designed to give the student an appreciation and a working knowledge of the living world and man's place in that world. Physics and chemistry enable the student to understand his physical surroundings that are becoming increasingly important to man. This includes such things as atoms, molecules, heat, light, sound and radioactivity. All of these things, we feel, will lead us to a better, happier, and fuller life. P' i

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gf f ,fs-55' ?l'1Z'f'fw,sQfQ.fTi.e 'ffNM X Q Advertising is lust a phase of work in distributive education. Here, Bobbi More and Ron Wright paint a sign advertising a Retailers car wash. To meet the growing demand for typing, nine beginning and two advanced classes were offered. A personal Typing class designed primarily for college-bound students was of- fered in the second semester. The department offers limited assistance to students in obtaining employment. Courses offered in this department include the following: first and second-year typing, personal typing, first and second-year steno, office practice, commercial law, and business arithmetic. Open to seniors interested in retail selling and merchandising as a career, distributive education was taken by thirty students this year. Students must be employed on a part- time basis in a work experience program. Two hours each day of classwork in related fields of subject matter is included. We are now living in the motor age, and T5 per cent of our drivers are between fifteen and twenty-five years of age. lt is the obiec- tive of the drivers' education course to better educate the young drivers of today in the proper and safe way to drive, thus helping to reduce the increasing number of accidents throughout the nation. The course consists of 36 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of practice driving, COMMERCIAL, DRIVING, RETAILING CLASSES OFFER USEFUL TRAINING Nancy Clark lleftl and Judy Dobrowski learn to operate a mimeograph machine as part of their office practice training. I ........,...... , ... , Be careful! Drivers' Education student Glenn Chamber- lain makes his first attempt at maneuvering the car into parking space as instructor Wayne Jensen gives advice.