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

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History broadens undersTanding In The sTudy of hisTory our undersTending of people, places, and evenTs is broadened To 0 wide scale. From Egypt The cradle of civilizeTion, Through The UniTed STeTes, wiTh The highesT living sTcmdord ever known, we Trace The rise and fall of noTTons and The developmenT of poliTicczl beliefs, soc'rel sTonderds, economic Theories, and philosophies. As a background for high school courses in hisTory, The sevenTh end eighTh grades sTUdy worfd geography and American hisTory. The mysTeries of Greek, Roman, and EgypTien civilionions are revealed To older sTudenTs in cmcienT and medieval hisTory. This, followed by modern hisTory and American hisTory, Terms The foundeTion for The sTudy of Today's world- wide problems. In economics and sociology Through The sTUdy of The causes of infloTion, depressions, labor difficulties, we gain boTh cm insighT end an awareness of TodoyTs corTTroversiol issues. The ToTol of all These values is 0 penetreTIng, InTregreTed undersTanding of human evenTs, which can be The key To free ourselves from misTekes of The posT and advance individually and collecTively in solving problems. BELOW, ROW 1: Mr. Dean GiacomeTTi, History; Miss Dorothy Levensohn, Economics and Sociology; Miss Helen Sanford, HisTory; Miss Margaret Schwenker, HisTory. ROW 2: Miss Elda Boechle, History,- Mr. Horo!d BuxTon, Hisfory. ROW 3: Miss MorgareT Dunphy, History; Mr. Raymond Furnhom, History. BELOW, RIGHT: Mop work provides opportuniTy To history studenTs for greater understanding of world affairs. 20

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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

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STudenTs develop skill in The arTs A deeper undersTending and appreciation of The arts, crofTs, and music are developed under experienced supervision 0T WalnuT Hills. Those 0T- troCTed To The canvas and brush may Take courses ranging from The one period a week alloTTed T0 sevenfh 0nd eighTh grades To The five period work of special erT. By working wiTh ceramics, oil poinTs, 0nd crayons, orT sTudenTs learn The Techniques of sculpTuring 0nd painTing along wiTh The patience and core on orTisT musT puT inTo his work. A Coppello Choir, Glee Club, and OrchesTro provide channels of expression for mu- sically TolenTed sTudenTs. Freshmen Chorus, EighTh Grade Chorus, and Junior Chorus uncover The TalenTs of The lower school which will be uTiiized in The senior orgonionions. In home economics Classes iunior high girls discuss such Topics 05 deTIng, baby siTTing, and family living 05 well as learn The TradiTional skills of sewing and cooking. The indus- Triol orTs courses Teach lower school boys proficiency in The use 0T meTcIls, wood, plosTics, 0nd prinTing end elecTricol equipment. BELOW, ROW 1: Mrs. Anita Beach, Arts and CrafTs; Miss Nancy GeisT, Art; Mr. Glenn Volz, ArT; Mrs. Nelle C. Murphy, Vocal Music. ROW 2: Miss Patricia Schramm, Vocal Music; Mr. R. Earl Snapp, Instru- mental Music. ROW 3: Mr. Muriin Peterson, Industrial Arts; Miss Mary Jane Junk, Home Economics. BELOW, LEFT: Studenfs express Themselves Through creoTive work in sculpture. .l flflo' ' ,