Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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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.

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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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: 2 a ¢ é i368 bes Labs explore phenomena. Two biology courses are offered at Whitmer. Practical biology is suited for the student who wishes to go no further in science. It pre- sents a general picture of the subject applicable in everyday life. College prep biology is patterned after college classes. It familiarizes students with the classroom and laboratory techniques used in col- leges. The plant kingdom is studied during the first semester. At this time students learn the proper procedure for the microscope and the equipment used with it. Photographs taken by the teacher under the microscope are marked and identified so that students can see what they are supposed to study under their own microscopes. Sec- ond semester features dissection and laboratory work until classes begin to study the larger forms of higher life. Lecture then replaces lab work to finish the year’s program. Gerald Ice — Science, Ambition — to succeed, Appreciates — anything that shows creativity and foresight, Peeve — need for enthusiasm at athletic events. Ed Gibson — Science, Jr. Hi-Y, Reserve Football, Ambition — to be a successful coach, Appreciates — classic, pops, and Dixieland music, Peeve “wise” athletes. The organisms seen in a drop of stagnant pond water would prob- ably include this common micro- scopic plant life. Greatly magni- fied, the spirogyra in the fore- ground is seen in a stage of reproduction. A filament of the algae floats to the right with green bands of spiralling chloro- phyll twisting through it. Dennie Dew and Jed Mewborn perform an experiment illustrating the Kundt’s effect. As the fre- quency changes, the sound waves cause their compressions and rare- fications to be seen in the wave formed in the flames.