Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT A circle is a closed curve all points of which are in the same plane and are equally distant from a point in the plane called the center. The side of angle A equals the opposite side divided by the hypotenuse. The square root of four is two and the square of six is thirty-six. Why all the complicated definitions? you may ask, The reason is that these are a few of the important axioms which the teachers of the Mathematics Depart- ment try to help us understand. Making complicated formulas, involved defini- tions, and difficult calculations clear to each student is the main Work of these teachers. The vocational students are taught shop mathematics by Mr. Ralph Gillmang while Mr. Ross Benshoff and Mr. Nevin Smith instruct their pupils in alge- braic calculations, geometric principles, and trigonometric functions. The pupils learn to express themselves clearly and concisely and to solve many of the prob- lems which they will meet later on. Therefore, if you wish to have some complicated figures explained clearly and carefully, see the Mathematics Depart- ment.

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HISTORY DEPARTMENT Do you know who the first king ot England Was, what great general sighed for more worlds to conquer, who won the Franco-Prussian war, what the importance 'ot the tree press is, or how a bill becomes a law in the United States? It you've had any social science, you should be able.to answer at least one of those questions, for 6533. IU!- our history department covers all phases of world development in its courses in American, Ancient, and Medieval history and in the Problems ot Democracy. American history and Problems of Aww Democracy deal chiefly with the United States and her sister republics. Ancient and English history are enlargements on two phases of Medieval history, taught for the convenience ot those students who were not able to take it previously. I is ZZZZZ 5 ll l Iss Sa l r, V.: l

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT What is that queer smell? is the usual query ot the newcomer who has yet to be inirocluced to a certain section of our science department. The tre- quently given answer, Oh that is just the chemistry classes messing around! is only partly true. It is the chemistry classes, but they are not messing 3s. Ii is S the ss 3? EEZ V1'UQ Cm'-1 755.0 'Simi Gag-I ECD': SH-..1 -f-IJ gn D' 553 LQ 522 Q,-+ 929. QM.-'5 mt-DE' ZHGKQ SS' 259 Q F52 .H 2.2 BHD S-if F Iimmy does the introducing in the biology, the physiology, and some health classes. Iimmy is a skeleton, who, in his own peculiar way, aids students in their study ot the bones of the human body. Two other courses in the science de- partment, physiography and physics, deal with natural laws and are puzzles that only time, patience, and effort can solve. 17 W Mvllu Kunkl R x 11 'V