Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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Walter Harrison and Leonard Stephens do their lab work in physics-good training tor war industries or ior use in the services. me fAemafiCian5 55 ANGE 10-347. Speed 27 knots. Without some scientific knowl- edge, a real grasp of ballistics is impossible. It is easily seen that in War- time science takes on extra importance. It does not seem so abstract when we hear every day of its actual and effective use. However, high school sciences are an ex- cellent basis for peace-time engineering, a field, which in the reconstruction period following the War, will be much broader and more important than ever before. Junior science is the initial science course. It introduces to the mind the sci- entific Way of thinkingfanalysis, cause and result, trial and error. ln general sci- ence this beginning is developed, and all fields of science touched on. It is, in this Way, a basis for any physics, chemistry, or biology. Biology, generally a tenth-grade subject, is a study of plant and animal life. Besides ordinary classwork, experiments and proj- ects are not uncommon. Chemistry is a study of chemicals, their properties and potentialities, While physics deals With the inorganic. Senior science touches on more everyday thingsffirst-aid, health, meteor- ology, navigation V- subjects that every- body can use. Victory gardening, now seen in all parts of this Fundamentals oi biology. physics. Senior science students, who touch area IS explained by Mr. LaRoge to and chemistry are studied biology in this varied course, watch bl0109Y students. in general science. butterfly emerge from a cocoon. ...Vee wzsrmwemxs-mraMwawwuumnm,rnmm4wwM,aawmww1mnxmvuwn .14

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Discussing the last World War are Don McKabney and Barbara Chambers as they compare the maps before and after. Social problems bring up a lot oi questions: some need proof Here Melton. Bergerdine, and Westaver check up. Studying United States history of today and yesterday, students read current magazines. In citizenship questions oi the day are debated by iunior high students. out an excellent knowledge of it, progress is im- paired. From sex euth through the twelfth grades. grammar. composition, and literature comprise the study of our language, hut classes along the way take up other phases. including library research work. current event discussions. story-telling, vocali- ulary drills. extemporaneous speeches. and old- fashioued spell-don ns. An English course is yery llexihlcz thus it can he of ex en more practical xalue than was originally intended. Besides heiug one of the most essential courses. it has lmeconie one of the most absorbing and valuahle in the high school curriculum. Training in social studies is necessary if we wish to prevent another war, for through history. psy- chology. sociology, and goxernment the basis of a peaceful world can be planned and executed. Sex with and eighth-grade social science and ninth- grade citizenship pave the way for broader studies of the human forces that make up the world. The generation now engaged in pursuing these studies will. in the future. he gixen an opportunity to put them into practice. Hon well they have learned their lesson may effect the fate of the world. Page Twenty-Three

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Ckemidfri, !OAgdici5f:5 If Ythl' ask any sc-rvim-c-:mln what he suggests you take in high svhool. he will inxariahly say. N lath. All you van get. ln voinplianve with tfllYt'l'lllll9Ilt suggestions. ilu- Nli'lllll'lllilllt'S llvpartnwnt. under the tlirot-tion of lVlr. William Chris- tian. has used new tnvhnique in teaching math. lfniphasis has been placed on thor- ough rlrills and encouragenient of vlear. pn-1-isv thinking hy the pupil. r-. . . . . llns process starts ln the junior high with junior math, practival math. and gen- eral inatlt. Algelna is the lwginning of higher lll2tlllt'tIlilllCS. Here again intensive clrill. searching quizzes, and oral questions are tht- methods. Plane geometry deals with two dimen- sional figures. lvithout geornetry. any oilircr 1-ancliclate is in poor position to sue- veetl. Solid gvoinetry, hasetl on a thorough knowlt-clue of plane geometry. cleals with the thirtl tliinension and is the hartlest of high sc-hool niathernatics. Trigononietry is the study of triangles. A working knowledge of this subject is ' necessary to he a gunner, honiharclier, or pilot in an airplane or ship. Ask any servivenian. Mathis the thing. K ,f 91 . , . g . 1 oesxlk i V me Qs: Trig students make practical applications of mathematical formulas in surveying. which is undoubtedly valuable in the armed services. o aid in grasping the third dimen- Algebra is learned through practice and Basic. essential mathematics is studied in sion in solid geometry. students correction. so students do much blackboard the iunior high. Students collaborate on make models of figures. work to facilitate learning. their work to attain absolute accuracy