Jesup Scott High School - Scottonian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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SCHOOL LIFE s s O T Left to right—Richard Langstaff, Olive Kirkby, Mrs. Rosemary Featherstone, Ruth Collins, C U I D Mrs. Elva Parkhurst, Irene O’Brien, Mildred Painchaud, Minnie Gould, Mrs. Louise A I L E Meffley, Mrs. Lucille Rainsberger. S Seated, left to right—Mildred Dallet, Wilma Kudzia, E. C. Fankhauser, Florence Lester, Carlyle FHarvey. Standing, left to right—Richard Titus, F. M. Bistline, Ethel Elliott, Ralph Merickel, Eliza beth Aufderheide. 24

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Ruth Fisher and Don Steinberg experiment with the wonders of chemistry. Bill Lippmann and Edith Pursel study complex figures in solid geometry. TRACING TRUTH Living in a world that has applied science to life, we shall not be per¬ mitted to lose much of the knowledge this study has given us. Application of modern science is not restricted to the fields of medicine and industry alone, but it serves each individual in average everyday life as well. In the school laboratories we have come to feel a little the struggle and the need for the truth which is science. In a test tube or beneath the lens of a micro¬ scope we have beheld reality. More than learning, our work has been true experience. With the aid of the teachers in this field we have evolved some portion of the scientist’s attitude to¬ ward problems—an attitude we may translate into life by approaching our decisions with a clearer, more sys¬ tematic reasoning. FATHOMING FACTS Some of us have studied mathematics to lay foundations for careers in¬ volving higher mathematics, such as architecture and engineering which apply planning and building. Others have studied mathematics which can be used directly in business practices. Many of us, on the other hand, have found mathematics mental exercise or training that has expanded the think¬ ing processes by forcing them into new struggles. With each objective we have gained a feeling of sureness and a sense of accuracy that come from the exactness of mathematics. Yet, more than the use we shall find for the rules and the methods we have learned, we shall value the effects of our studies in the new capacity of our minds and in our ability to analyze situations in life that employ mathematics. 23

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Study in concentration—Eloise Stone and Annette Foraster practice typing. Hazen Brittin and Kathleen Beddoes examine a model guillotine in a modern European history class. COMMERCIAL COMPETENCE In the commercial department we have st udied to the tattoo of active type¬ writers. Through long practice we have attained increasing accuracy and speed in balancing the seemingly endless columns of figures and in using the once strange characters of shorthand. We have studied laws governing business,- we have tried to learn the skills of buying and selling. Under the guidance of the teachers in this field many of us have developed an efficiency which will enable us to keep pace with the rushing tempo of the modern business world. SEEKING SOCIAL INSIGHT In studying social science we have first studied history which is a record of man’s experiences—those that brought him failure as well as those that brought him success. In our study of his early, simple groupings—the family, the clan, and the tribe—we have found the basis for modern, organiz ed nations. We have analyzed his wars that breed hate, death, persecution, and resultant wars. From our study of his attempts toward a peaceable effort for existence we have realized that there are problems in peace as difficult as those in war. Hence, it is chiefly from our study of the evolution of man’s primitive co-operative living into the complex and integrated society of today that we are able to understand more clearly present eco¬ nomic and social problems. 25