Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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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

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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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HEALTH DEPARTMENT There is one department in Iohnstown High School which is set distinctly apart from all others. This part of the program deals with the physical side of the stu- dents, rather than the mental side. It is known as the Health Department. The nurse, gym teachers, and coaches who compose it see that every student in the school is physically fit. In special classes pupils are taught how to distin- guish and prevent the different types of diseases, how to participate in active, healthful sports, and how to perform simple exercises which build up all parts of the body. Every year the medical staff conducts an examination of all the stu- dents, in which eyesight, hearing, heart- beat, and dental care are tested. These tests and courses help each student to produce a sound mind in a healthful body, so that he may be phy- sically fit for future citizenship. Below you see the type of exercises in which the girls take part during their gym periods. Active participation in such sports will insure these girls against sickness. Swing high, swing low! 18 5233 Rodgers fl. Wciql Rutledge Shaffer