Whitmer High School - Oracle Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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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.

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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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TOP: Mrs. Vivian Bertram — Math, Am- SECOND: Mrs. Esther Kalmbach — Math, bition — to teach, Appreciates — “free NFL, Forum, Debate, Ambition — to time, when | have any’” Peeve — ques- teach swimming, Appreciates — debat- tionnaires. ing, Peeve — forms to fill out. THIRD: Mrs. Vera Fontaine — Math, NHS, BOTTOM: Mrs. Mary Karazim — Math, Ambition — to have fun, Appreciates — English, Cheerteaders, Ambition — to athletics, Peeve — students who take travel, Appreciates — “smiles on Monday up nothing but space. mornings!” Peeve — pointless meetings. Math stimulates thinking. Plane geometry, the study of figures drawn in a single plane, trains stu- dents in correct methods of thinking. The facts learned in geometry are useful for artists, designers, machinists, and carpenters, but the habits of thought learned are helpful for everyone. The theorems and postulates that today’s students use are the same ones that men first proved centu- ries ago. But today’s students put these ancient mathematical truths to modern, practical uses in the study of aeronautics, trajectory, and map reading. Algebra provides a tool for the quick and easy solution of varied and everyday problems. Standard formulas and normal logic show students progressively easier ways to solve problems, until they are ready for the advanced algebra program. Advanced algebra introduces students to higher equations, logarithms, graphs, and plotting. Accuracy of calcula- tion is stressed so that these higher mathematical procedures are not rendered useless. The basis of senior mathematics is trigonometry, the study of triangles. By the use of formulas, trigonometry students learn how to measure dis- tances indirectly. Surveying, engineering, physics, astronomy, and naviga- tion all use trigonometry and its principles. AVY LL LON RULE TE ASG CRAORE SELECTIONS BRE OAL TACUUSIC TM CRE OF ARE ON Oe SORE OF TAR 1S TL GUM VR SUL PAQRRRLITILS Ww CAOLOLS SROERELLLTN OF EEE Glenn Haase examines a project illustrating the rules of probability. et