William Henry Harrison High School - Legend Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Enrollment up in many phases of math classes With a wide variety of advanced and vocational courses, enrollment remained high in the Math Department this year. ' Also, enrollment was good enough to provide classes in every math subject in the curriculum. Mrs. Nancy Seib returned to the Math Department staff, after teaching at Evans and Thompkins schools for one semester. , According to Mr. Glenn Ballard, depart- ment chairman, HWe were pleased that mathematics courses continued to be popular electives. The curriculum offered 'courses providing a background for students entering in a business-related, vocational and industrial, or advanced math field. Calculus, business math, and shop related math were taught both semesters due to the increased interest. At the same time, computer math, college algebra, trigonometry, and analytic geometry con- tinued to be popular electives. In November, six students entered into three levels of math competition at ISUE. All students placed well with David Lourie', Keith Salzman, and David Wright winning awards. The three others who participated were Marty Ashley, Mike Goldman, and J eff Balser. This year was the first year the minimum competency tests were given in mathematics to all sophomores. In order to pass the test, each student had to pass 17 of the 20 objectives with three questions in each objective for a total of 60 questions. When asked about the test, Mr. Ballard stated, HCity-wide only 19 per cent of the students must retake the whole test. Many school officials felt that this was an indication that most students have learned basic mathematic skills. 2WAcademics Above: Receiving assistance from Department Chairman Glenn Ballard on his assignment, Ed Lowery finds goofing off more amusing than math. shop-related Below: Miss Barbara Hobson is enthusi- astic about the progress that freshman Nancy Kelley, Eric Miller, Mike Wagner, and Kevin Knapp are making on the CVIS computer.

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Discovering various ways to be creative freshman Derek Grimwood puts final touches on a painting as Mr. Noble Hart points out some areas which could be improved upon. Matthews listens to the sounds of his marching band during a pep assembly. Mr. Steven Band director Craft Design instructor, Mr. Dewey Gourley, shows the proper techniques in working with leather to junior Denise Miller. concerts, textiles highlight yearis activities Students in the Fine Arts Department, which includes vocal and instrumental music, and arts and crafts, were busy this year with numerous engagements. In crafts classes, textiles with batiking were the most common projects. Students also designed jewelry by casting with pewter. The most talented art students, as selected by Mr. Noble Hart, and Mr. Dewey Gourley, exhibited their work at the museum in the High School Art Show. For the seventh consecutive year, Harrison's choir participated in the Pops Concert With the Evansville Philharmonic. Director Charles Eakins stated, This was a very big honor. No other school in the city has ever been invited to accompany the Philharmonic. An Outdoor Pops Concert was presented in June by the orchestra, with sunshine, refreshments, and festive music. Harrisonis marching band highlighted their season by participating in the Indy 500 pre-game festivities for the second consecutive year. They also participated in the Kentucky Derby parade. Academicsr 19

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