Baker High School - Buff Yearbook (Baker, LA)

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The inclined plane presents a confusing problem to physics students —Ronnie Baily, Curtis MeGrew, Philip Hagan, and Woody Felps. Dyan Laird and Elizabeth Taylor discuss what apparatus is needed for the experiment testing the reaction of potassium with water. Kenny Sandifer. Darlene Seguin, and Johnny Wales know that the best way to learn the properties of hydrogen is through laboratory experiments. Using X-rays, one of the miraculous discoveries in medicine, Mr. Bacot lectures on bone structure and on bone fractures. 29

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B.H.S. science classes snowball Science is snowballing — from the first scientific milestone (the invention of the wheel) to the latest (the many orbits of Gimini 6). This indomitable snowball, as prolific as a fruit fly, forms not one enormous mass called “science,” but an astronomical number of “sciences” called zoology, metallurgy, electronics, oceanography — to infinity! Just as this snowball gets constantly bigger and increasingly specialized, so does Baker High’s science department go from Louis Wilkinson wonders how electrolysis can separate water into two teases, hydrogen and oxygen. generalities to specifics. With three years’ background of “general science” (a bit of every—ology and —graphy) comes an understanding of our solar system, our earth, our flora and fauna, and ourselves. Onward to specificity—to dissection of frogs in biology, to diatomic molecules in chemistry, and finally to disintegration constants in physics. Science courses at Baker are among the most challenging, because the student learns by experimentation—proving to himself and for himself the laws of nature. Howard Chancy and Bruce Bcateau find that understanding the rotation of the earth on its axis and the subsequent change from day to night is not hard, when its is demonstrated. As part of her Science Fair Exhibit, De De Pugh demonstrates how a submarine floats, while her Looking at microscopic organisms with a micro-projector gives classmates watch. biology students a more complete understanding of microbes. 28

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Bobby Tourere adds the finishing touches to a still life done in chalk, just one of the many forms of art he has produced. The fine arts cultivate creativeness. Speaking extemporaneously, Neil Lloyd, Susan Cox, John Davis, Tom Stewart, Tommy McVea. Glenda King, Tonee Tyler, and Randy Cox discuss some of the problems of compulsory arbitration. “Fine Arts” cover a wide range of subjects: impressive speaking, angelic singing, mellifluous music making, and creative drawing. It aids the student in developing his artistic abilities and his creative imagination for his future life. In both chorus and band, the teacher tries to expose the students to the greatest possible amount of good music, awakening an interest in and appreciation for such music. From a knowledge of methods of acting, the speech student proceeds to the portraying of Emily in Our Town. By being aware of the principals of design, the art student works out a cover for this year’s handbook. Chorus, band, speech, and art hold hands to make up that four-leaf clover — the “Four Lively Arts.” 30