Beaver High School - Beaver Memories Yearbook (Bluefield, WV)

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x x rl' Science! Mathematics!-There's some- thing very intriguing about those two sub- jects say many of the Beavers and a curio- sity that just can't be explained impels EMI Trying to prove that AB is I to CD is Carter Wade who likes delving into the mysterious realm of planes. Miss Ratcliffe argues much Of arc and of circumference Diameter and such. . Standing-Virginia Gwinn, Miss Rat- cliffe, June Deaumer. Seated-Evelyn Mays intent on the explanation and Harry i Rice, whose mind is on some project of his own. Chemistry holds a strange fascination for these Juniors-VVayne Cofer, Jack Hall, and jack Counts. They are seen observing the changes in the weight of metals after they have been heated. them to study these subjects far beyond the requirements of any high school course. The curriculum requires only plane geo- metry, solid geometry, and advanced alge- midi

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to Ong use bra, but many enjoy trigonometry and drafting, especially the engineering en- thusiasts. That's a very fortunate bent however, for in the study of mathemtics they de- velop a solid foundation for further pur- suit of the sciences and we are living in an age when the importance of science in our everyday life is recognized. Some of the important results of progress made in science are the mechanical advances that we just take for granted in this modern age-things like the Edison lamp that lights the world and that marvelous achievement, the radio. The debt which the modern world owes to science is incalculable. Amer- ica's discovery was a result of improve- ments of the mariner's compass. Science includes such branches of know- ledge as astronomy, geology, physics, chemistry, Zoology, and botany. Excel- lent courses in the important branches of science are available to Beavers who are in- terested. They have general science, bio- logy, chemistry and physics. The tendency of the times is to apply scientific methods to every important ac- tivity of modern life-in the factory, to increase the output-in salesmanship, to advance the art of selling-in education, to encourage the seeing, finding and test- ing of knowledge in subjects like sociology and economics. The science students are constantly find- ing new and fascinating worlds to explore! Below are the Beaver faculty memb rs of the mathematics and 'ence' ents. H. H . BOLEN Science LAURA V. RATCLIFFE LOWELL PELFREY Mathematics Physics -.-,, ' CLEIZCC '2Zl,aq l 'F' CUZL ,QWW 7 1, N.. ffllflclfkilllclffdi if iii l N. DUNN JOHN MLJG.-X N E. G. BAILEY GLENN AKERS . 9 Chemistry Biology Biology Mathernaticg x 'L U 'L F' New at P9 go c L R fa. 4 , OX5 5 li -' -ix 9 G Sw A. 'X' ,X 15. 9 ..,s N 9 i 9 N- Qs B K