St Agnes High School - Spires Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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IN NATIONAL DEFENSE The science sfudenis are righ+ ouf in Ironf. In odd momenfs, befween ascerfaininq The ad- vanfages of Ihe indudion coiI and Iesfing The vibra- Iions of sound, The Physics cIass Consfrud Ieiegraphy se+s and pracrice sending and receiving messages in The Infernafional Morse Code. Sisfer CI1arIoHe fransmifs a message in lnfernaiional Morse Code I members of fhe Physics class. Ralph Heil waiches wifh inharesi as Wayne Devine charges an elecfroscope by inducfion. MATHEMATICS is so essen- Hal in many phases of indus- Iry Ioday Iha+ Sainf Agnes' offers eighf semesiers in The subiecf, inc:Iuding courses in Algebra, Plane and Solid Geornerry, and Trigonomerry. I-Iere we see Ar+ O'Leary soIving an infricaie probIem in SoIid Geomefry.

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iasses in session Helen Naughfon, Judge of ihe Girls' Couri, assisfed by Cleric Mildred Downey, fries Eileen O'Mara for a minor siudenf body offense. Tom Farrell graphically narrafes fhe sfory of sugar fo fhree inferesfed lisieners, Lois Moore, Mariorie Miller, and Mai McDonough. Freshmen Margaref Gafz, Dolores Cernin, Yolanda Elizando, Jeanne Viau, Rosemarie Ronnie, Grace Naoum, and John Babcock compile anfhologies of modern Caiholic poeis. Wakefield Evereif conducfs a Quiz Program in which Mary Teresa Egerer and William Gran? carry oFF ihe honors. Ofher parficipanrs are Charles Davis, Lupe Macmanus. Rosemary Lavery, Mildred Downey, Paul Kennedy. and Helen Naughion. V YY A,-J, r0lFbv-Mn' 73 'D

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Alice Annand and Joe Sloclcemer do fhe heavy loolcing on while Fred Lopreslo makes nifric acid. Fred Lopresio malres bromine, a consfifueni' of fear gas and of efhyl qasoline. Evidently lhe unpleasanl odor is noi' yei discernible, for Fred and Joe look comforfable enough. 30 'A' 'A' 'A' ELEMENTS, compounds, and mixlures combine lo mysfify and iascinare rhe Chemisfry class. They gasp in amazernenf as a mixrure of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide changes before Their eyes info ordinary drinking waler and sall. They discover for lhemselves fhe effecls of acids and bases on melals and, sonnefimes, on fingers. They make soap, elch glass, prepare gases, lhus acquir- ing knowledge which will prove uselul lo Them in exams and afrerwards.