Hughes High School - Hughes Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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qfzsewilna, you k-ifiw very Weil Thal The densily of waTer is no? 48 grams pf-r cubic f,sm9,n Science is becoming more and more imporTanT in This age OT discovery and progress. NOT only is man learning new Tiicls every day abouT The universe in which he lives, buT he is also rnalcing amazing discoveries aboul himselT. Who knows whal Turlher advancemenT in scienTiTic knowledge will Talce place during The Sparkling SixTiesf7 S1udenTs al Hughes begin Their sTudy ol science in The junior high school, where science and healTh courses are reouired ol all pupils in The sevenTh and eighTh grades. Science in-,TrucTion in grades nine Through Twelve includes: general science, biology, zoology, boTany, physiology, physics, and chemisTry. STudenTs are aided in Their search Tor lnowledge by The experimenTal and demonsTraTion appara- lus, which The well-equipped laboraTories and classrooms ol Hughes possess. A greaTer inTeresT in science is sTimulaTed in The iunior high school by The Junior High Science Club, under The sponsorship oT Miss Helen B. Newman. Hughes, in iTs science deparTmenT, endeavors To insTill in The sludenls an undersTanding oT The world abouT Them- Tliii: world in which They will live during The Sparlcling SixTies. Helen B. Newm Howard Thomas -nn i My . ix in R bei' W. Re-eil D il C 9. Wfiiler A. Warile

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N. 5 PHARTUACY hi v1ii'iar'nJ.Abv' W vpiw W. Hoffman NURSING Hey he has duodenai uicersl t Patti J B er Erma Elb q Wiiiard Hundorner Morqan Jones Competent Staff Teaches Future Scientists Studying at Hughes . 1 -- al., -I Un ftsfiiilp. 'J' C. Mo k ' - ' i sl. sv. ' U u ,,. , . f in-Q'

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trts see, Cincinnati must be somewhere around here. Melville Bytes Lonoro Fvllinqer Arthur Gray Lyte Grooms Joseph J. Heink Jessie Hollwock Ethel Johnstone Barbara tt, Leeper Mary Lincoln Joseph L, Prior Martha S. Bauer Jean R. Suttridqe We Study History in '60 But We Forge the Future The Social Studies Department at l-lughes gives the stu- dents an understanding and appreciation ot our democratic government and its leaders. Good citizenship and the prac- tical application ot social studies in solving problems is stressed. Students preparing tor college are given a good background in economics, sociology and history. The curriculum includes geography, history, and civics tor junior high students. Senior high subiects are world history, world geography, American history, American government, American problems, and economics and sociology. Interest in current events and toreign attairs is stimulated in the Fireside College and the Junior Council on World Attairs. The Fireside College, a current events club, is spon- sored by Mrs. Lenore Follinger. The Junior Council on World Attairs, under the sponsorship ot lvlr. Gray, helps to develop in students a desire to understand the happenings ot the world. lvlr. Arthur Gray heads the social studies department. l-le is well-qualitied tor this position, with a B.A. degree trom Indiana State Teachers College and a lvlaster's Degree trom the University ot Chicago. Mr. Gray has taught at l-lughes tor the last twelve years. A clear knowledge ot history, geography, and govern- ment is necessary it nations are to live in peace during the Sparkling Sixties.