Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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MaThemaTics and science courses The moThemoTics course 0T WolnuT Hills rewards hard work and sincere inTeresT wiTh powers of obiecTive reasoning, onolyTic Thinking, and a disciplined mind. The extensive program, beginning wiTh The mastering 0T TundomenTcls in The sevenTh 0nd eighTh grades, goes on To include The beginnings of The COmprehensive courses OT oigebro 0nd plane geo- meTry offered in The freshmen and sophomore years respecTiveiy. Following These basic: courses, sTudenTs may conTinue wiTh one year of oigebro 0nd 0 year of TrigonomeTry, advanced algebra, and solid geo- meTry, which Teach The advanced skills as well 05 precise colcuioTEOn 0nd accuraTe organionion applicable To every phase lof IiTe. HobiTs cmd knowiedge gained frorn The moThemoTics curricula as a resulT of conscienTious sTudy 0nd epplicoTion comprise only 0 perT of The impor- Tonce of This subiecf. MGThemCiTics makes possible brillicmT discoveries in such Tields OS medicine, chemisTry, physics! and osTronomy. The Trained mind, which Ci sTudy of such exocTness produces, aids any en- deavor we may underTer. .aoclcttli' BELOW, ROW '1: Mrs. Fannie BarneTT, MaThemaTics; Miss Marie Becker, Mathematics. ROW 2: Mr. Howard Black, Muihemafics; Mr. Richard Bourn, Mathematics. RIGHT: Mr. Den- zil Carpenter, Mathematics; Miss Janet Kemme, Moihematics, Spanish; Mr. Stanley Leeds, Mathematics. BELOW, RIGHT: A proposition of solid geom- etry is discussed by Math IV sTudenTs. 18

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LEFT: Miss Helen Pelton, Latin; Mrs. Laura Renfrow, Latin; Mrs. Marie- Louise Creelman, Spanish. ABOVE, ROW 1: Miss Irene Steinem, French. ROW 2: Miss Martha Kitzmcm, Ger- man. ABOVE, LEFT: Members of a German class study the construction of c: sentence. Common languages span differences The extensive program of modern longuoge ovoiloble cat Walnut Hills proves very beneficial to students of varied purposes and interests. Those planning to enter The fields of medtctne and science soon discover The importonce of German. Interest in international business ond foreign ottoirs stimulates enthusiasm for Spanish and French. Besides these motives, the purpose of 0 great number of pupils who are studying mod- ern languages is to understand the people and customs of other coun- tries. With the serious problems confronting the world ot present we must cooperate with other countries in o sympathetic 0nd intelligent mon- ner. The benefit from the knowledge of a common language is o feeling of intimacy which makes possible closer and simpter relations. Thus modern languages are truly 0 factor contributing To the development of o more prosperous and peaceful civilization. To supplement instruction received in Classes, clubs have been formed in which pupils learn more of the background or details involved in the study of the different Ionguogee 17

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Teach logical approach To problems The Technical developmenfs of The world of Today hove broughT wonder- Tul beneTiTs To all of us. Science, The heorT of This ATomic Age in which we live, Therefore forms cm imporTonT port of our curriculum GT WalnuT Hills. The ouTsTonding guidance of our insTrucTors plus excellenT equipe I menT offers us The opporTuniTy for a broad development of our sciene g Tific InTeresTs. For more imporTcmT Then The mere acquisiTion of knowl- edge is on undersTending 0nd epprecieTion of The scienTiTic meThod of I observing, comparing, and drawing conclusions. Science has made greoT progress in 1T5 knowledge of diseases by sTudying The microscopic creoTures ThoT we can observe in our zoology classes. From The basic Jews and principles ThoT ore sTudied in physics men has creeTed The machines and insTrumenTs TheT seT The poTTern of our lives. The sTUdenT who Turns up his nose 0T The H28 odors drifTing from The chemisfry lob should remember ThoT from such vile smelling concocTions scienTisTs often discover wonderful new medical aids. In The science leboreTories lies The key To The world of Tomorrow. LEFT: Mr. Kenneth Scheurer, MaThe- medics; Miss ETTa Elberg, Science; Mr. Howard Fletcher, Biology. BELOW, ROW 1: Miss ChrisTine Heis, Science; Dr. Raymond Lambert, Physics. ROW 2: Mr. Jacob Skilken, Chemistry, Math- ematics; Mr. Thomas E. Welsh, Chem- isTry. BELOW, LEFT: Botany students learn by observing an experiment. 19