Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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Students Fascinated By Scientific Marvels fl On November I0 Mrs Esther Hand discussed vuth the Science faculty tentative plans for thc week of the Traveling, Science Teacher Program Our photographer caught a shot of 'Virs Hand telling., Fathers Kexm and Bernard about her interesting demonstrations with frogs and turtles pw! Xmrg Nftifrcilg s n li NA st sux mttrut in tht cxjcrlm . . 1 ' , ' , , ' A V X . Y v. . . . . ..- we-1 - . 1 .W Q K PQ A a ,lim Capes stares in wonderment at the chenuital reatriun raking plate in his test tube as . '. 'Alltl Mr. lla tl 'ke is ,l it ' - A ' A ent.

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Terry Short and Mike Walker, along with their companions, attended the last feature of the Homecoming features, a dance sponsored by the sen- ior boarders. Among the many alumni who were present for the day's festivities were: Tony Komlanc, '39g Frank Watson, '31, father of academy students, Mike, Cy and Harryg Edward Cranley, '28, father of academy freshman, Brian. Mrs. Leo Waligora prepares the dessert for the Homecoming Supper, sponsored by the Mothers' Club. Bedan tacklers close in on a Marquette back in the fea ture attraction of the day.

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N- Jm Naglc learnrng Bob Kau7lar1ch shows that the rate of combustion rs mcreascd tremen htm to traxel rn space vnth dously as mort surface arca of a combustlblc matcrral 15 ewcposcd Sawdust a gyroscopc a btcycle wheel sprayed mto a flame rgmtes much mort qurckly than thc log from vehrch t with handles came because of thc exposure of more surface area Students were fascmated by the screntrfrc marvels of Mrs Esther Hand who lectured durmg her usrt to St Bede, December 711 She IS one of twenty travelmg scrence teachers of Mrchtgan State Untversrty whose mrssron was to strmulate student tnterest 1n scrence and screntlfrc careers A former teacher of hrgh school math tn Hammond, Indrana actrve rn sclence farrs and several sc1ent1f1c and educatronal soctetres Mrs Hand holds the bachelor of sctence degree from the Unnersrty of Ill1no1s She has attended Indrana Untversrty Car negle lnstrtute of Technology Purdue bnnersrty and Illrnots Instrrute of Technology Durrnv her V1Slf arranged by Fathers Theodore Frank Drasler and Chris Funk demonstrate Nevntons lavs Fxery actron has an equal and oppo srte reactron The tvxo boys mounted on skate cars apply a force to each other C-hrrs cart rs acceler 4, ated irlore bccause hrs mass IS less than Franks Physrcs students mll recall that F1 ml F 7 m2 Mrs Hand antrclpates tht success of this cxperrment and Bernard Mrs Hand demonstrated latest teach mg technrques to scrence and math teachers Her vxstt also gave students an opportunrty to vrew ex pertments and demonstratrons e1ther too recent or too expensrve for the average sctence classroom Mrs Hand lectured to drfferent student groups on mathematrcal and screntrfrc top1cs and also preslded at a general assembly program for students and a specral program for parents and the general publrc She put on a xerttable one man scrence show wrth the varrous projects and experrments many of whrch she and her Mrchrgan State colleagues bu1lt them selves from srmple rnexpenstve components -wav' Q t f x I 1 is K- X ,lfjl X , lg 1 , , V . . l . - i a is . 1 . . . . L l ,, .V ' Y ' U ' . ' . , , ' i V' ' . , D . . , . , hr , . - V , ' 3 - 7 , . . , . Q 7 ' - f 1 ' ' I V 1' V ' . A - I 1 N, N .