Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Science instructors, left to right: Miss M. Rae Johns, Harvey H. Voris, Leslie C. Goss, and J. M. Hitchings. OF FLIGHT utilized by them in future education beyond high school. Now for another side of the science depart- ment — the ologies. When looking over the high school's program of studies and see- ing biology, zoology, and physiology, many of the trainees shun away, believing subjects with such names to be dull and uninteresting. But dissecting frogs and grasshoppers, learning about snakes and fish, and even learning the physical makeup of our own bodies becomes interesting. Girls entering the cadet nursing corps find such subjects particularly helpful and informative. The science of flight — aeronautics — is another subject popular with the boys. Most boys when looking forward to graduation, also look forward to the air corps and a career in aviation. The fundamentals of flight, taught at high school, will give the boys a taste of their basic training before entering the air corps. The scientist's job of improving man’s life while on earth can only be visualized, but future generations will tell the tale. Top: Working with a human-size model in Mr. Hitch- ing ' physiology class are, left to right: Janet Crissey, Gloria Carpenter, and Jim Shirk. Above: Studying the rudiments of flight in Mr. Atkins' aeronautics class are: Richard Cody, Bill Potter, James Lothringor, Ernest Hill, and Phil Mayer.

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Science instructors, left to right: M. B. Brennemen, Harold N. Money, and H. B. Woodroffc. Top: Mary Ellen Hankins and Arline Ha- denfeldt in Mr. Voris' I0B biology class. Above: Conducting an experiment in Mr. Brenneman's I IB physics class are. left to right: Glen Gierke. Audrey Teich, Ruth Giese, and Joo Terry. SCIENCES Everyone is bom with the right to live and the right to survive in the environment in which he has been born. Through the past few years scientists have been working incessantly to as- sure everyone his chance to live. New drugs are needed and new cures must be found from the groundwork laid by the scientists of today. Those who must pick up where today's chem- ists are leaving off are receiving their basic training in high school chemistry and science classes of the present time. It will be these students who are tomorrow's doctors, nurses, chemists, and other scientists. College pre- paratory chemistry is offered to those plan- ning to further their education after high school, while applied chemistry is also offered but does not require as much math back- ground as the college prep class does. As a prerequisite to the college prep chem- istry class, college prep physics must be elected. The value of knowing the chemistry and physics formulae well has been realized by the future doctors, nurses, chemical engineers, flight surgeons, and navigators, and will be 24

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Bill Youngborg, Herbert Ehlers, and Robert Albrecht watch as Mr. Wehlago operates the machine lathe. THE MEN Never before has a trainee at D.H.S. had so many opportunities offered to him in industrial arts as he now has. Only a few years ago cadets' minds were planning some motor for their new gas model airplane or making other ar- ticles for their work bench or for some room at home. Sept. 2, 1939, England declared war on Germany; Dec. 7, 1941, Japan at- tacked Pearl Harbor, and America plunged all-out into a war against tyr- anny. Thoughts of a gas model plane are now turned to the actual bomber or fighter plane and how the student can help build them. First the boys must have thorough training before they apply for jobs in war plants. The industrial arts classes shifted from a peacetime schedule to a wartime program. The boys are taught how to turn out war weapons quickly, accurately, and safely. Industrial arts instructors, left to right: Francis N. Scapple, Robert Wehlage. Robert Hen- ning, A. F. Wiegmann, and Harvey M. Waffle. 26