Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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MATHEMATICS It is plain to even the unexperienced that Science and mathematics are closely connected, for the scientist applies his mathematical training and ability at every turn. Then, too, neat- ness and accuracy are prime requi- sites for success in either field. Math- ematical subjects this year included Algebra I, II, and III, Geometry I, II, and III, trigonometry, and navi- gation, a class which especially at- tracted boys interested in marine service, since such a subject may well be applied on the bounding billows. S C I E N C E Here at last we have the scien- tificestn Sciences of them all- the subjects of the Science de- partment. Hardy Ballard stu- dents are taught physics, chem- istry, radio, health education, botany, and biology, surround- ed by test tubes, experimental apparatus, skeletons, plants, and animals. Biology pupils chose semester projects involving per- sonal investigation on some sub- ject of interest to them, radio students brought new fame to Ballard by setting up a trans- mitting station W7EAg the cen- tral ofHce took moving pictures of pupils cultivating the garden and gathering their crops.

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HI Science has its own history, a record of great import- ance, for its achievements are truly history in the making, but Bal- lard's history department covers an even greater and much wider field. World history, United States history, general economics, consumer eco- nomics, and Pacific Rim classes combine to form a well-rounded curric- ulum for Ballard students. . Practical application is being developed in the consumer economics class, a new subject introduced this February. The fundamentals of eco- nomics have been reduced to a minimum of essential facts so that more time may be devoted to authentic consumer problems. Points developed in such a class as this are useful to every citizen, since he is a consumer in one form or another, and the World is rapidly becoming .consumer- conscious. Careful records of the latest national and international happenings are being kept by Miss Burnett's classes. Volumes VI and VII of History of Our Own Time have been completed, as well as a scrapbook on the Munich conference. The present European war news is also being recorded in a scrapbook, while the envelope clipping file contains the latest maps and pictures. These records will probably prove invaluable in a few years. Further progress in student application was shown by the development of panel discussion groups and student-made tests. Imagine, students are testing themselves! Surprising fact is that the tests generally are harder than the ones written by the teacher.

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LIBRARY The true scientist gathers his material from every available source, and Bal- lard students are no exception to this rule, for from eight o'clock in the morning until four or five o'clock at night Ballardites may be found en- joying some of the fourteen hundred Hction books on the library shelves, searching for an elusive statistical reference, or preparing assignments from the forty-eight magazines to which the library subscribes. Other students :Hll many and varied jobs in the library. GYM Many books have been Written on the Science of health, but this is one place Where practical application is more essential than book larningf' Girls' gymna- sium Work Was divided this year so that freshmen and sopho- mores were separated into re- spective classes, enabling the new girls to become better ad- justed and keeping the advanced players by themselves. Of spe- cial interest is the fact that more girls are taking physical educa- tion this semester than any oth- er. Boys' gym Work now in- cludes badminton classes, an ac- tivity for which the boys have long been asking. C3