Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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and Educational Things To D0 and Learn 'Nol a bedlime slory scene, h T 2'n-n f bul one ol my Comp. room shols . T Q X ff ,V ,,y wilh leacher hilling lhe high spols l V, ,f ,f W WM , f . ,V . W A ff I by ol a lilerary gem. Allen' wreslling i - . T wilh verbs and nouns lor a couple ol hours, l can imagine lhal lhese sludes appreciale a bil ol lilerary relaxalion. Bul iusl wail 'fill lomor- rowl The members ol lhis class will be buried again under an ava- lanche ol grammar and spelling. Miss N. is a swell leacherl 'Music's in lhe air. You may nol hear il all lhe lime. Bul, iusl drill by l'ooms lwo-lwenly-live or A .yy A 'Sf one-o-lour somelime. The orches- lras or glee clubs are usually prac- licing, and l'll bel lhal you will enjoy lheir ellorls lo pul music in N lhe air. Miss C. lakes lime oul l, here lo give lhis group a lew noles on how choir music should be vocalized. 'Firsl you lalne some HZSO4, lhrow in a dash ol Zn, add a gas flame, and lighl lhe gas given all wilh a malch. Then l'll visil you in lhe hospilal in a couple ol days. Beller nol lry THAT experimenl wilh Van around, lhough. The ex- perimenl lhese boys are doing is a li++Ie saler lhan lhe one iusl sug- gesled, as mosl experimenls in chemislry are.

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Classrooms Are Filled with lnterestillg 'ATTer The noon whisTle rush is over, and The cry of Pass The meaT balls has echoed inTo noThingness, a quick peek aT This oTTice Training class always reveals This same scene. A Trio of honesT and TrusT- ffm, worThy ll hopel girls siT down and Ti sTarT counTing up The proTiTs oT The lunchroom's daily Tood sale. The coin oT The realm sure Tlows, as a glance aT This picTure suggesTs. 'Look close There, boys. When Mr. G. sTarTs expounding The- ories and TacTs concerning radio, you need To be a Traveling encyclo- pedia in order To Tollow him. Oh, l push This lever down, The music goes round and round, and The STATIC comes ouT here. These boys have liTTle Time Tor singing songs, Though. ElecTriciTy, magneT- ism, and sound are only a Tew oT The subiecTs included in This class. 'Have a squinTg iT's Tree. I sure was surprised The TirsT Time l looked Through one oT Those conTrapTions. Wow, a bee's sTinger looked like a harpoonl These sTudes know whaT The score is, Though. ProTozoa and e ,X 2 ' 4 oTher minuTe planT and animal liTe W Z J W , ' are like an open book To Them. f T Biology, or bugology as some sTudenTs Tondly reTer To iT, was a very popular subiecT lasT year.

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Students Beeite and Perform Experiments 'No bones aboul' lhis subieclg i+'s really inferesfing. Here, +ha+ well-known skelelon, Beezlebulb, in lhe Girls' Physiology closel' is given lhe once-over by a group of girls. Thal bag of bones, obiecl of lhe girls' aHen+ion al lhis momenl, is probably a dog's dream of para- dise. However, gelling back lo lhe poinl, lhe sludy of lhe skelelal sys- 'rem is really an educalion in ilsell. , ass.,::,1'g:g.,:gf . . . - '-' , .,,, ....: ...., - -V Q- rff'f Q' ' 'Angle A equals angle C, lherefore . . . e+c. I ollen wonder how malhemalicians ever figured oul lhose brainslorms. These slu- denls seem lo know wha+'s going on, lhough, and if you can under- sland geomelry, you've gol some- 'rhing on lhe ball besides your hand. Gee, I remember one day when I gol' langled up wil'h lhal Pylhago- rean lheorem. Was I dizzy! .Mix H. seems lo be gelling righl 'ro lhe poinl' in lhis pholo I shol' of him. If lhe camera doesn'I' lie, lhe inleresl regislered on lhe faces of 'rhese commercial geog- raphy sfudes is lhe real lhing. Geography is a greal subiecl, I imagine. You can lravel, menlally, all 'lhe way around the world wilh nolhing buf your fexl book and yel never leave your schoolroom desk.