Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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SO ME ae aR ee er mem More than one pair of hands is required to complete this experiment quickly so Dick Knauer, Karen Car- rick, and Dave George each perform a different phase of the distillation test. Courses probe into the chemistry of life students, have presented. Periods in the laboratory are spent learning how elements and compounds react with other substances. When a sufficiently strong back- ground in lab work has been established, students are given unknown substances on which they run series of tests to determine what the element or compound is. Chemistry, the study of elements and the changes which they undergo, is a typical science course. It is growing and expanding so fast that textbook material is often outdated and must be supplemented by outside texts and articles. The language of this science course is mathematics. The processes learned in math classes help to solve real problems that facts and laws, new to the Darryl Bowlin chooses one of the many preserved specimens in the biology laboratory to exc ine at closer range. Norman Hunter — Science, Ambition — to fly an airplane, Appreciates — semi- classicals, Peeve — ‘Those horrible ‘poof’ hairdos!”

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eB Aw Ambition — to be a priest, Appreciates — symphonic orchestras, Peeve — people who Andrew Dieringer — Business, don‘t follow directions. Linda Van Gunten Ambition — none in particular, Appreciates — reading, Peeve — men drivers. Business, F.B.L.A., Mrs. Virginia Baker — Senior Y-Teens, Ambition — to be an outstanding Business, student, Appreciates — perfection, Peeve — carelessness. Shorthand supplies symbols for sentences. In our world of growing technology, greater emphasis is pla ced upon clear and efficient communication than ever before. Typing helps solve this need because typing can be read easily, even though it is put on paper muc faster than a person can write. Any student, no matter what his plans for the future, can benefit from a typing course. A requirement that is often expected of secretarial ap- plicants is skill in shorthand. By simply using symbols to represent sounds and words, the secretary can write as many as 120 words a minute. After one year of short- hand, students are expected to be able to write 60-80 words a minute; after two years 90-120 words per min- ute are required. Many toilsome office chores are being done by machines today, but often the machines are so complicated that a mere novice couldn’t just “push a button’ and make them work. The business machines classes learn not only how to operate these time-savers, but also haw to take them apart to clean or adjust them. Bookkeeping proves to be a useful course, no matter what a student plans to do when he is finished with high school. People are confronted with standard records and tax forms everyday. This course teaches the funda- mentals of the system and provides a solid backgro und for those who wish to study bookkeeping at a higher level. Carol McHaffie checks her figures as she operates a bookkeeping machine. EDWIN KNEPPER — Business, Ambition — to direct a band, Appreciates — musicals, Peeve — not enough time to do everything ‘d like to do.

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Richard McLeod — Science, Math, Jets, David Beck — Science, Ambition — to be Lillian Steiner — Science, Biology Club, Ambition — to retire early, Appreciates a pilot, Appreciates — ‘areas in nature Ambition — to be a medical technician, — music, Peeve — prolonged meetings. not ‘invaded’ by man,’” Peeve — “Do we Appreciates — art, music, Peeve — per- have to do this?” son who has ability, but no drive. Van Harp and Gary Wymer “bone up” for a practical on the skeletal system. and matter. Because the subject of physics deals with ener- gy and matter, more time is spent by students in working problems than performing experi- ments. A sound mathematics background is necessary because all arithmetic skills learned since the fourth grade are used by these stu- dents. In physics, however, these numbers and processes take on new meaning; they are not just calculations to be worked, but problems to be solved. Unlike chemistry, problems deal with physical, not chemical, changes in matter. The broadness of this subject has lead to the divi- sion into branches of study: mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity, and atomic. Our physics classes spend some time covering the basic principles of each branch, but because of the subject’s complexity our one year program merely scratches the surface. The study of systems and their functions is taken up in the physiology classes. A great deal of memorization is required so that stu- dents will know what to look for when they dissect their cat cadavers. Charts and a human skeleton help classes to learn the locations of muscles and bones. But students must also be able to identify muscles on a living human body. When time comes for this practical, a student comes in and the class identifies the muscles that the teacher points out.