Catholic High School For Girls - Silver Sands Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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.X466ul'l'le .9l'l'll00l idI'LCe The sfafus of communicaiion in The world of business siresses ihe impor- 'fance of The felephone. Here we see Miss Jane Gorman, a 'former graclua+e, as she demonsfra+es +he use of +he swifchboarcl fo: Dolores Neary, Marie Lerario, Riia Salzano, Emma Jane Sellers, Elizabeih Danz. The girls piciured here are conduciing an experimenl in fhe chemisfry laboraiory. The inieresled chemisis are Clarina Georger, Josephine Dunphy and Mary Smi+h, seniors. The iopic of The experimeni under- falren so eFficien+ly is ihe various mefhods of purifying waler.

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mr!! war ll .gyoofggkfd Sugfecfd ln l-lallahan, as elsewhere, we Tind ThaT The war has Turned The spOT-lighT on rnaThemaTics, science and The commercial subiecTs. The growing inTeresT in These special Tields is due To The ever-increasing necessiTy, under The presenT cOndiTions, Tor sTudenTs Trained in These subiecTs. l-lallahan has meT The ur- genT needs OT warTime, by providing such courses Tor inTeresTed sTudenTs. The war has reTurned phys- ics TO The curriculum eTTer an absence OT aln'1OsT Ten years. The sTudy OT chemisTry is now open To juniors OT good schOlasTic sTending, while mechanical draw- ing and The subiecT OT healTh move To The Tore. Shown here conducTing an experimenT in Their physics class are: in The Toreground, Mildred Shiavo, a iunior, and in The background, seniors, Mabel Hoffman, Helen Endres, Jane MaTes, and Barbara Ann DuTTy. The sTudenTs are inTenT upon noTicing and recording The resulTs of air pressure. Physics is one oT The subiecfs To which The war has broughT a renewed inTeresT. IT will keep iTs place in The posT war world. 1 is Q s 2 N -ex ,ef

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