West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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ARTHUR l . NORTON . . . Chemistry . . . Physics . . . Camera Club . . . National Honor Society; HENRY W. DUEL . . . Physics . . . Tests am! Measurements; HUGO W. WICKSTTIOM . . . Biology . . . Swimming . . . Baseball Driving info Science The chemists and physicists of tomorrow will look hack upon their first explorations into the realm of the scientific unknown. They will recall their early laborious efforts to understand the process of photosynthesis, the satisfaction of mastering the names and elements of hundreds of compounds, the jubilation of having completed their first successful chemical experiment. Nor will the patient efforts on the part of the instructors to unravel the profound mysteries to painfully obtuse students ever Ik forgotten. The men and women of the future whose lives will be spent in the quest of securing health and happiness for others will realize that it was in the classrooms and in the lalxiratorics such as these that their careers began. It was here that the thoughts and ideas, which would later find fruition in successful realities, had their inception. Two Parts Nitrogen, Three Parts Glycerine ... H m, It Doesn't Look Dangerous... Scientists at Work

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Advancing in Figures Mathematics, the science of perfection, the language of inventors and mechanics, business men and architects. We recall our advancement through algebra, geometry, and the higher studies—developing the mind as well as teaching us this ancient and fundamental art: the art of finding what one wants with the knowledge that is at hand. This is the basic science—one upon which tall buildings, electrical knowledge, and swift moving trains depend. We look back anil remember numbers evolved through laborious processes, until the answer, the one correct figure, has taken its place upon the paper. Now we may look forward to bridges, airplanes, and telephones, which will some day result from our study. Without this knowledge our modern age would be no more advanced than the age of the cave man. Knowing the language of figures and perfection, all things may be brought alwut. THOMAS P. GRUWF.LL . . . Solid Geometry . . . Plane Geometry . . . Trigonometry . . . He pcrian; ALBF.RT I). NELSON . . . Algebra . . . Bj'krtbjll . . . Golf; THERKSK M. GUDF. . . . Plane Geometry . . . Facultv Red Crow Chairman Why Arc Those Angles Equal? ... How Quickly We Forget Our Geometric Theorems and Axioms

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WII.BUR PALM . . . Chenmtn . . . Biology . . . Botjm . . . Sophomore Football . . . Wrestling . . . Boxing: DONALD A I lOl'C K ... Biology . . . Baseball; JOHN E. MORRIS . . . Biology Botany . . . Athletic Manager Natural I’lioiiomona One of the first wonders ever incurred by man was that of natural phenomena. What was the sun? Why did things fall toward the ground? What made plants grow? These questions were handed down through the ages, and explained one by one; but the wonder still remained. Some of the explanation theories were scoffed at and their originators punished severely before they could prove that they were right. As time went on. a great many astronomical, biological, and physical truths were revealed, until today a large part has been diagnosed and recorded for one to learn. Here at West many students have become familiar with such weird and foreign sounding phrases as metabolism, protozoa, and oxidation. The sciences of chemistry, physics, biology, and many others arc plumbed to their depths; their carefully hidden secrets are drawn from dark recesses into the light for all to see, understand; and through this understanding, perhaps some day they may add to the knowledge already compiled.