Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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rgaiiyfy L 6 U VF QQ , if Y slimy A all. A l-lughes boTanisTs, chemisTs, physicisTs, and zoologisTs acquire a useTul background oT inTormaTion and Train- ing ThaT will sTand Them in good sTead in many ways in laTer pursuiTs, especially senior boys in considering mili- Tary service To Their counTry. As is The case wiTh almosT everyThing else, The subiecT oT physics is closely con- necTed wiTh The presenT war. Physics gives The sTudenT a broad view inTo The work oT machines, many oT which are Today helping us To vicTory, and a knowledge oT The Things wiTh which 'we come inTo conTacT every day, yeT oT which we undersTand so liTTle. Physics, Then, is The science which supplies a greaT parT oT The answer To The eTernal quesTion Why? America is enTering upon scienTiTic knowledge will be required, and l-lughes is giv- ing To iTs sTudenTs Those very ToundaTions. The scienTiTic mind is The mind oT To-morrow. V -4 ' W l 1 a new age, a scienTiTic era in which basic ToundaTions oT Page 27

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Science is imporTanT in The world oT Today and will probably be even more so Tomorrow. ln view oT This, There is an accenT on scienTiTic subiecTs in The cur- riculum oT l-lughes. This year broughT some addiTions To maThemaTical science sTudies in The Torm oT navigaTion, aeronauTics, and global geography, as a preparaTion Tor miliTary courses besides Their normal civilian usage. Physics. chemisTry, and general science help us To undersTand The why's and how's oT everyday liTe abouT us, and Tew sTudenTs Tail To Tind iT inTensely inTeresT- ing, Thus discovering Tor Themselves answers To naTural phenomena. fXcTual ex- perimenTaTion and demonsTraTions in The laboraTories malce These subiecTs popular and easy To learn, Tor experience is a greaT Teacher. Below, Gordon Zeidman is shown learning how To Tind The cenTer oTa body. l Page 26

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9 6 This year sfudenfs in fkrfs and Craffs are learning fo use fin in fheir work because of pafriofic necessify. Rings, pins, and bracelefs are made from silver and bronze. The designs are offen developed in confrasfing mefals fo achieve a modern effecf. Ofher arficles such as bowls and plafes are hammered from peufer. Wood carving fakes form in frays and flaf pieces. Leafher is used in making bookcovers, bookmarks, belfs, wallefs, and purses which are designed fo carry coins, wear on belfs, or fo use as regular handbags. Plasfer plagues are made from plasfer of Paris squares which are carved when dry. Soap carvings are shaped info figures of people and animals. The arfs and craffs deparfmenf sfrives fo preserve fhe arf of manual skill and originalify. Page 28