Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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orc?-s ollh N ailnre ln th1s h1ghly mechan1zed and technrcal world where new 1nvent1or1s are da1ly makmg common th1ngs ob solete a sahd toundahon 1n the oas1c pr1r1c1ples ot sc1ence 1 absolutely es sent1al tor harmomous l1v1ng The ch1et amb1t1on ot the sc1ence department d1 rected by Mr F91'1C1l and Mr Stradt man 1S to mculcate the method of sc1ent1t1c reasorung that 1 f1rst to ex amme the tacts then to eXper1ment and f1nally to draw conclus1ons from grades the student 1S grven h1S t1rst gl1mpse 1nto the vast domams of sctence 1n a course about h1s env1ron ment General SCISFICG 1n the fresh man year concerns 1tselt Wlth the adap SCIENCE Mr George G Stradtman and Mr Calvm F Fenc1l t1or1 ot the forces of nature The sophomores study b1ology Wh1ch 1S a study of hte from the amoeba to man Phys1cs taught to the tumors ln volves the laws that govern the umverse Chem1stry 1n the semor year deals Wllh the Wonders ot the compos1t1on ot matter Th1S comprehenslve study ot SCISHCG helps the tudents become DIOFIQSTS on the tront1er ot the future SOMETHINGS WRONG Lormg Emery NUCLEONICS Robert Vanderpool George Weber and Iohn Steely and Shlrley D1erolt F1tteen ll? 1 1 E f 1 1 the results, ln the seventh and eighth

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'W M155 Thelma V Brunner l 11mllne1r's 43111111 lFllgl.llI tPS Mathematrcs plays an ever 1ncreas 1ng role 1n our complex World today ln th1s age of technology and atom1c power the 1mportance of mathematlcs ha reached an all t1me h1gh Th1s v1tal subtect 15 taught by M155 Brunner 1n Iumor I-hgh and by Mr ru baker 1n Semor l-hgh School lun or htgn mathematms IS a con stant study of fundamentals The pro blems wh1ch are presented are care fully exam1ned mterpreted and ap pl1ed 1n a pract1cal way Small amounts of geometry and slmple tr1g onometry are also 1ntroduced ln the freshman year the students are presented wlth bas1c trammg 1n algebra Sophomores are confronted Wllh second year algebra Iunrors study the mterestmg subyect of plam geometry and the f1nal year of hrgh school of fers sol1d geometry and tr1gonometry lt IS these subjects wh1ch w1ll help mankmd for 1n 1lS complex forms mathernahcs 1S bas1c for sc1ent1f1c mvestrgatton On the other hand the s1mplest 1nd1v1dual can barely get through a day W1thout some knowledge of these fundamentals MEASURING SPl'lERlCAl.. TRIANGLES Bob GRAPH .STUDY Carol Cu1'1n1r1gham I-lmkle and Bob Morgan and luck Gruber XEQLQB Fourteen ' ' ' .B - , A MATHEMATlCS-Mr. H, Y. Brubaker and ' 7 .V . - ,fl , B

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is So ci al Siuirrllies In Qrodes seven to twelve C1 series ot courses, under the direction of Mrs. Meyers, Miss Stock, ond Mr. Gebens- leben o new member of the tdcultv who took over Mr Ranks closses in Idnudrv endbled the students to un derstornd mony ot the brorriches ot the sociol studies In order to give the seventh grode se-lt understanding ond conlidence he s given on orientotion course U derstonding Yourself ond Your World SOCIAL STUDIES Mrs Lillian Meyers Miss leon Stock Mr A W Ronk and During the sophomore yeor Ameri con history is studied Socidl studies in the junior yeor is d complete study of vxorld history The senio s ore to miliorized with the problems ot Lotin Americo ond ore tou ht the principles of economics Lb-.tg ,4 STOCK MARKET REPORTS George Edmonds and Wcxlter Kolditz In the eighth qrode the studeit mokes cr thorough historicol ond geo grophicol study of the United Stotes The treshmon studies Civics with spe cidl emphasis on the understanding ot iederol stdte ond locol governments THIS IS THE WAY TI-'EY WENT Sandy McGregor ' x ' A- N I . Y- I I . . ,. - I , TI' ' 1 ld' . . . A. I I I 'I io' .MJ ' ii,- - .4.a-- qi-1 .A-V 1 Q Mr. Charles Gebensleben. xx 7 . I . I i . A - I F Sixteen I4 RV-If' 1 ' 'Ixx it fi, fs,-