Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Upper picture, standing: Rahn, Vader, Sousek, Brandt, Blessman, Ardell, Spencer, Court, Coley, Sigl, Krueger, Van Ryzin, Henke, Hoffman, seated, Schrimpf, Balza, Mauthe, Mr. Gygi, Smith, Hickinbotham, Riska . . . Lower picture, standing: Leisering, Mead, Schlintz, Phillips, Farnum, Piette, Gallaher, Watson, Dogot, LaPlante, Gerhauser, Deschlerg seated: Hedberg, Buluheris, Rehfeldt, Van Dyke, Iury, Krause. Nature Lovers The Nature club has accomplished a great deal plant life, etc., to the lives of various animals. The in this past year. They have finished a dark room members feel that they not only enjoy their meetings, for the personal use of all the Nature club photog- but they also obtain valuable information and ex- raphers. All of their equipment is kept there, and perience which they can get in no other way. the windows are blacked out. The club is divided into two parts. Everyone is considered a mem- ber of the Nature club, but those who are pri- marily interested in photography deal specially with that subject. They take pictures, develop them, and enlarge them. Some members also take portraits. This year the club had a very original and patriotic idea. Instead of making the usual round Christmas wreaths, they made them in the shape of V's, and decorated the doors of all the classrooms. The club now consists of fifty members. Each year since the club began there has been a decided increase in members. One of the dis- tinctive features of the Nature club is its field trips. Practically any nice day you might see the group starting out to Center Swamp, their favorite outdoor meeting place. The members have their share of good times. They are noted for their frequent parties and pleasure jaunts. For club meetings they discuss subjects ranging from the formation cf rocks, taxidermy, hm, Vice-president Don Jury, Secretary-treasurer Eleanore Van Dyke, and President Roland Rehfeldt look over the books in preparation for a meeting. Page 25

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Paul Verhoeven, lanet Hinton, and Maiirive Grieshach discover what actually goes o11 111 11 test lube. , . Who is this guy, aiiyliowl? Frank Nowak, V11'g111111 Sc:l11'1111pt, and Lynn M1lle1'11i111 to take h1111 apart and lind out. ll a pupil graduates with a l1r111 basic loundation in mathematics and science, the school is well satis- tied. lt knows that the pupils will receive the more complicated reguirements guickly. The army, navy, and marines are looking lor mathematicians and scientists with outstretched arms, Math and science illustrate a new mode ol thinke ing. lt is the science ot accuracy ot mind, ot pre' cision by the use ot delicate instruments, and ot exact measurement. Experiments are the things that liven the chem' istry and physics departnioiits. They give the stu- dents a better understanding ot the work. ln the chemistry room the students work with the little glass tubes and experiment on the chemical content ot matter. ln physics the students are taught the laws ot gravity, theories pertaining to ligl1t, the laws ot heat, vacuums, and numerous other phe- nomena. The basic training i11 111atl'1e111atics and science in our school and i11 other schools is the foundation tor the lear11i11g that pupils will 1'ut'eiv11 in lite. HARVEY GYGI: Biology, Nature club . . . HAZEL DULING: Mathematics . . . ETHEL CARTER: Matheniatics head . , . CLEMENT KETCHUM: Science head, physics, algebra . , . ESTHER GRAEF: Mathematics, Clarion, Quill and Scroll. Page 24

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Bill Raney and Donald Letter are surveying the school grounds as an exercise tor their math class . . . Carl Dohr, lohn Wallen, Alan Mory, and Bill Schuh delve into the mystery of the slide rule. Ground Work Une ot the new war courses introduced this year in the high school was aviation science. lt is sometimes called pre-induction aviation. The course was handled by all tour consecutive teachers. The tirst three weeks ot this course were handled by Mr. Helble and Mr. Witte who taught a little ot the his- torical background ot aviation and the social aspects ot the new global geography. They demon- strated how aviation has attected the world in general. Then Miss Carter took over tor about eight weeks. She poured torth into the minds ot the stu- dents a mathematics review, mathematics ot naviga- tion, and trigonometry ot aeronautics. Mr. Cameron took care ot the next tive weeks and demonstrated Barbara Harkins and Helmut Kruger are calculating with a caliper. Page 26 the construction and operation principles ot air- plane motors and ignition systems. Last, but tar from least, Mr. Ketchum had the class tor the remainder ot the year. He split his course up into tour ditterent parts. The tirst was aero-dynamics or a study ot the physical parts ot the airplane. The second was the study ot the principal instruments used in tlying, and thirdly the study ot the practical uses ot meteorology. The last ot the course was the tinal completion in the study ot navigation, or aerial navigation. Through the integration ot science, mathematics, geography, and history, the 'aviation science stu- dents were able to grasp tully the scope ot avia- tion. To them tlying became not a mere thrill to be enjoyed as a novelty, but they discovered that the commercial and social aspects ot avia- tion were unfathomable. By means ot an over- view ot the whole subject, these students will be able to make not only intelligent pilots, navi- gators, and crew members, but even it they never enter the tield ot aviation commercially, they have attained an understanding ot the prob- lems tacing a world in which distances have been so greatly curtailed. Students who finished the course felt that they had had a thorough review ot all the funda- mentals in mathematics, science, and geog- raphy as well as learning a staggering amount ot new material. This course has been one ot the most direct contributions made by students toward not only the war ettort but also the peace to come.