Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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IIIS T IIIIV Abovo: social scienco instructors, seated: E. M. Miller. Miss Lucille Burianek, and Norman Ringstrom. Standing: Martin Schultz. Doug- las Atkins, Donzil Nelson. A. E. Keiber and Boyd Collins. Abovo: Mr. Schultz gives a test to his civics class. Since December 7, 1941, events have had such a shattering impact on the world that it is difficult for us to realize that historical events prior to these years are important. Much credit must be given, therefore, to our instructors who have helped us to realize that we must look backward in order to un- derstand the present and to chart a course for the future. The study of social sciences aids us in set- ting a pattern for the coming world. Ameri- can history covers the years from the set- tling of America to the aftermath of World War I. World History makes us aware of the part other civilizations play in our social developments. Right: Jacqueline Haus- child roports to Mr. Ring- strom's contemporary af- fairs class as Chairman Duane Stiles looks on. 17

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»111II Abovo: Mathematics instructors: Wil- liam Rosing. J. E. Day. Russell Bick- ford. and Michael Dardis. The intricacies of math have probably caused more furrowed brows and the burn- ing of more midnight oil than any other sub- ject. Those courses which bring about such perplexity are: algebra, advanced algebra, trigonometry, plane and solid geometry, and refresher mathematics. High school math has laid the cornerstone of many an imposing career. Engineers, doctors, chemists, physicists, astronomers, pilots, navigators, all require a thorough knowledge of this subject. The math instructors at any high school, our own included, must sometimes turn in relief to the steadfast strength of theorems and plain, everyday figures — unchanging truths in a changing world. Above: Mombors of Mr. Day's piano geometry class diagram problems on the board. 16 Left: Members of Mr. Bickford's algebra III class take a test.

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L A 111 [1A Ii li S Through the language department the doors of four civilizations the French, the German, the Roman, and the Spanish — are thrown open to us. In overcoming the conjugations of verbs and the declensions of nouns, our four lingu- ists, Miss Blackman. Miss Bates, Miss Eskel- son, and Miss Anderson, teach us not only those grammar rules but also the customs, the habits, and beliefs of many other coun- tries. Through such a department, the entire world is laid at our very feet Too, engineers, lawyers, doctors, and physicists of tomorrow's world will find their work in the language department a founda- tion for their future studies. Therefore, the job of the language depart- ment is to assist those future workers and to help bring about the consolidation of a world linked together by communications and science and yet separated by various races that speak and live differently. Loll: Looking at a modol of a Ro- man crossbow aro members of Miss Eskleson's Latin class. Front: Miss Dorothy Blackman, and Miss Minnie Eskolson. Back: Miss Florence Anderson and Miss Flossie Bates. 18