Trona High School - Telescope Yearbook (Trona, CA)

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Bureau of Weights and Measures Students of Physics will all agree that the chapters, the tests, the term papers, and the problems were, after all, worth it. Mr. Franklin says that he offers an actual college-type course and any one of his students will back him up. Physics was more than just a year of hard work - it was also arranging the displays for Public Schools Week, it was the Physics Club with a wonderful trip to Los Angeles. Bureau of Invesfigafion Solid Geometry was really solid this year. Mr. Weymouth and friends, armed with slide rule and answer- book, dug deep into the mysteries of numbers, known and unknown. Bureau of Design Art this year consisted mainly of different types of craft ranging from finger-painting through stencil cut- ting and leather-work to stage make- up. Craft prizes at the Public Schools Week exhibit were won by Nadine Bishop, Richard Goss, and Gloria Cavazos.

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Bureau of Historic Research livery student g r a d ua te s from Trona High with a thorough knowl- edge of the history of his country and government. The reason for this may be seen by the accompanying glimpses of Miss Stewart's American History and Civics Class. Anglo-American Affairs Shakespeare shuddered and Keats and Shelley whirled in their respec- tive graves when the English Liter- ature elass took over last fall. But by means of Orson Welles' phonograph records and Mr. Rafferty's enthusi- astic leadership, these students gained a very real appreciation for the ling- Iish classics. Bureau of Biological Survey Major operations on frogs and countless drawings to be done kept biology students out of mischief this year. Mr. lfranklin and friends went deep into the mysteries of the life sciences and split bugs. if not atoms, in their research.

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Bureau of Commerce llr. fire' ' mi 'ht well have torn his .5-is ls hair at some ol' the brief forms dreamed up by perspiring students of Gregg shorthand, but before the year was over he would have heen rather proud of their progress toward be- COINIIIX SLIPCI'-SCC FCILIFICS. Bureau of Statistics Bookkeeping students hired out again this year to that famous and mysterious employer, R, A. Wtilkei ', in order to keep his boolts, Through the maze of balance sheets, debits, miscellaneous, current entries, and prepaid insurance, they plodded. to balance their edueations, if not their hooks, at last. Bureau of Sfenography The claek of lteys, the sound of groans, and the rattle of paper going into the wasteluaslset were common noises heard coming from the door of the typing room during this school year. Students avowed that someone should teach typing machines to spell, hut finally admitted that the fault was more usually the operator's, rather than the machine's. Mary Hurlocker placed highest in the speed contests held for Public Schools' NY'eelt.