Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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TO KEEP TAB IN THE LAB clflh (ride chemistry I, foreground, left to err Klein and Roger TO STUDY LIFE IN TIMES OF STRIFE I.eft: Seienee teacher left to right: W. S. Ko»ing. MU M. Kae John . Leslie C. Go , Paul B. Still. Harold Money, J. M. Hitching , Hugh B. Woodroffe. Milton B. Brennetnan. Harvey Vori . SCI 26 Left: Tenth grade biology da » studying the life of today.

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AmesUcan leaolieA, l l . Upper right: Douglas Atkin». Study Hall Director. Right: Study Hall X during typical study period. Lower right: MI»» Wilna Nash, school nurse, giving an eye exam to a student. Sentry Douglas Atkins is on duty in the thought training camp — study hall X — where students daily drill on assign- ments, as these intently bent heads indicate. Nurse Wilna Nash here helps protect the vision of a future far-sighted leader. To join our student army the recruit must pass a rigorous examination with tests for eyesight, hearing, teeth and general health. Home Defense has received enthusiastic support. The gym- nasium has been designated as an emergency hospital. A stret- cher-bearer corps drills under Dr. Carl Matthey, school sur- geon-general, and many students are studying to become first aid experts. Maintained also are Dental and Speech Correction clinics under Dr. W. G. Teegen and Miss Jacqueline Keaster.

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TO STUDY HEALTH THE NATION'S WEALTH ENCE Upper rich!: Eleventh grade physiology stu- dents studying anatomy from the actual size model. I.eft to right: Marjorie Solladay. An- drea Petersen, Lunette Baxter. John Derderian. Right: Eleventh grade physics class studying dia- gram under apparatus in the lab. I eft to right: Eliene Bonnell. Charles Peart, Ervin Schmitt. Marjorie Brownlie. TO EXPERIMENT TODAY THE AMERICAN WAY Science that has served the past and will serve the future is ours to explore. In these classes we prepare ourselves to make the discoveries of tomor- row so that the world of science will continue to advance. Today we are inventing more powerful weapons of war. Tomorrow we will strive to create imple- ments of peace. Science will be bent toward serving humanity and making a safer, happier world. “Physical Fitness for Defense” is being empha- sized now so the classes in physiology are of special importance. “Phys” students are enjoying them- selves in the picture at top right, taking apart “Oscar,” life-size plastic model of the human body. Through the study of biology and zoology we learn the fundamentals of mineral, plant and animal life. A scene from a biology class is shown at the bottom of the opposite page, where students are examining newly sprouting plants in the acquarium and (lower-pots, while others busily scan their books for facts on leaves and buds. Periodically in the zoology room a furor is created by the girls as one of the snakes wriggles loose and goes exploring! During the winter the pet crocodile can be seen hibernating cozily in his comer, arid in spring the room is brightened by the presence of Huffy, yellow ducklings. Boys who hope to become engineers, aviators, doc- tors, chemists or pharmacists must study physics and chemistry. Shown on these pages are students making experiments with test tubes, diagrams and all the complicated scientific apparatus required. Girls who are proficient in these fields are sought after as prospective dietitians and nurses. Through science, not only the mysteries of nature are laid before us, but man-made miracles as well. 27