Lewis and Clark High School - Tiger Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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L. G. MINARD Chemistry Head S. S. ENDsLow RUDOLPH MEYER I. G. MCMACKEN Physics Head R. C. ANDERSON THOMAS LARGE SCIENCE I Chemistry What does one do in a chemistry class? That is perhaps the one question which pupils outside the department most frequently ask of chemistry teachers. First, of course, we try to End out what chemistry is, and how chemists do their work. Then we apply the methods of this science to the problems of everyday living. If you should visit the chemistry depart' ment for an entire day, you would find students in the laboratories busy at all sorts of work. Some pupils interested in antiseptics may be making iodine. Gthers working on plastics may be producing viscose, bakelite, or gun cotton. Still others may be investigating the content of various foodstuffs, soaps, or cosmetics. You will be struck by the fact that everything fiom foot powder to face cream, from the coal in the furnace to the paint on the house, is a subject for study in chemistry c asses. For those who expect to study nursing or medicine, chemistry is necessary. For those who wish to become dietitians or to specialize in home economics it is highly desirable. For the rest of us it is a very interesting educational experience. Physics This department offers to the student the courses in Physics I and II, together with courses in Astronomy and Geology. Physics is the foundation of all the other sciences and should be selected if only one science is to be taken in the high school. Few subjects touch a person's life so closely. No subject is better fitted to develop the reasoning powers or to stim' ulate that uncommon faculty known as Common sense. From the time the pupil opens the water faucet in the morning until he snaps off the electric light at night he is constantly applying or observing some principle of physics. These prin- ciples may be connected with the radio, television, the airplane, or the automobile, they may have to do with the common wheelbarrow, bucksaw, or garden tools, or they may be related to football, baseball, or some other sport. A knowledge of nature's laws lends much to one's success and pleasure during life. Astronomy offered in the fall is the oldest and most cultural of all the sciences. It is largely a science of observation and pertains to all the heavenly bodies. Parent of the sciences, it is the most perfect and beautiful of all. k'Contemplated as one grand whole, astronomy is the most beautiful monument of the human mind, the noblest record of its intelligence. Geology is offered in the spring. It has to do with the history of the earth and its inhabitants as revealed by earth features and fossil forms of past life found in the rocks. Today, discerning travelers are asking for explanations of many of these earth features and rock forms. A knowledge of geology lends much to the pleasures one may End in the great out' offdoors. Of all places on the face of the earth, the Pacific Northwest is richest in geological lore. . Natural Science In High School a student gets out of the time spent in Natural Science subjects only in proportion to his interest, his energy and his application. During this short period the school offers him an opportunity to extend his present knowledge. just how and in what direction will be determined by how it will make easier his solution to some of his own problems, relating tp the welfare of his own body, his health, his home, his community, his life work, his happiness, and success in genera . Solution to these and related problems will be much easier after he has studied General Science, which comes in the Hgst,AordFreshman year. In this subject of General Science an elementary knowledge of each and every one of all sciences is o tame . Botany and Zoology During the second, or Sophomore year the student is expected to extend his knowledge by a further study but in a more limited number of problems which relate to the various phases of Plants and Animals. General Science, Botany, and Zoology each continues for one year and if a passing grade of work is done, two credits toward graduation are allowed. A Page twelve

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A. L. PARKER FRANCES M. STUBBLEFIELD MYRTLE ELLIOTT BE-rry HARPER VicefPrincipal Girls Advisor Office Secretary Attendance Clerk W I -H if .QLGYV xgffaf' i aff' Z fiwv- Zia? 'If AQM-J 7 High School llffiee ,Q To discover a place in Lewis and Clark which has more Activity than the olhce would be difhcultg for it is there that many transactions are conducted. Girls find it comforting to present their problems to the Girls Advisor, who is always willing and ready to help them. Students End the School Secretary willing to answer all questions. Everyone knows the VicefPrincipal, for it is he who meets the pupils in their times of oiffside dispositions. Those who find themselves unable to attend school know the Attendance Clerk, for it is her job to send notices to these students, The Supervisors of the two study halls are busy keeping all students at work- The book clerk handles each book of our school. And so it is through the efforts of this group that our educational system runs smoothly. if if dvd .fig glgsjjssjf Q5 fs! Page eleven

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RUTH Wssr, Head X Louis S. LIVINGSTON F. G. NOGLE iw M l' NORMAN . PBRRING e Q f' l PERRY O. SANDERS l ,Q THOMA TEAKLE H. D. HOMPSON . . Tosvs M AN S. WHXTMAN ' ' IRENE ZIMMERMAN XSS S0cial Studies The term Social Studies includes a large field. Included are Social Living, Occupations, Psychology, Ancient History, Modern History, American Government, Current Affairs, and many others, Through this department new fields are opened to the students which enahle them to look at World affairs with a broadened outlook. While studying the History of the North' west, or current affairs in the Far East, students are learning to hunt for facts, report them, and, more important, use them. The eleven' teachers handle, altogether, 1250 students a day in fiftyftwo classes in eleven different subjects. , N , . g if .ff ..-- ff '7-fy-if lify-f' 7,fft'f'! f 7 . . t 5' , 5,4491 .Q f' ff ,.fw.fe-65 ,Qyfv PH.-zffhlfffen fy '-fnff ffwfzfaf 0 it Www