Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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( onlenls INTRODUCTION FACULTY SENIORS JUNIORS SOPHOMORES ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES FEATURES

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HAYSTACK ROCK When this 1940 Zephyrus will have come off the press, another group of seniors will be graduating and stepping forward into a new life and into new activities. In producing this annual, primarily for them, it has been our desire to pre¬ sent an adequate picture of school life during the year, to provide a rem- brance for the graduating seniors whereby the year 1939-1940 will un¬ fold itself in future years. Throughout the construction of this book, we have endeavored to devise a layout which conforms to modern magazine practices. KENNETH MIDDLETON r , r , Editor GRACE GIMRE, BILLY ASPFORS , , , Assistants TOIVO LOUKKOLA, ALBERT AHO ✓ r Art Editors HELEN SKILLE i r Business Manager ZEPHYRUS , Page Two

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MR. L. P. THOMPSON SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Dedication This year ' s Zephyrus is dedicated to that department that is one of the most interesting in the school—the science department—and to its head, Mr. L P Thompson, who has taught chemistry and physics in Astoria High since 1926. Eighty-one students were enrolled in the science department last fall. Under Mr. Thompson ' s direction, the chem¬ istry classes met in Room 22 twice a week and in an atmosphere redolent with formaldephyde, they turned theory into a pungent reality that often times permeated the entire junior floor. Technical terminology occupied the attention of the hungry book learners for the remaining days of the week. Then there is Room 4, the home of the Physics lab, where photography bugs and radio fans tracked down their peculiar rays. In both courses Mr. Thompson em¬ phasized the practical aspects rather than the theoretical approach. PHYSICS