Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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Chemistry (T. Andrews, A. Egan) BIOLOGY—from algae to trees, protozoa to man . . . the cell is the basis of all living things . . . C02 -f-H20 + sunlight — H20 -f Sugar . . . discovering life in a drop of water . . . Animals Without Backbones ... the smell of formaldehyde SCIENCE CHEMISTRY—the cookbook method of doing experiments . .. after school lab sessions . . . exothermic and endothermic reactions . . . memorizing valences PHYSICS—problems and period tests . . . how high is up? . . . fluids and footpounds . . . ergs, energy, and experiments . . . power, pounds, and potential Physics (R. Jensen, G. Rollins, . Zarren. Mr. Libby) a MATH ‘‘Know the difference between factors and terms” . . . fact from the given and a fact that follows ... Blue Friday, Bluer Monday ... the purpose of math is to teach you to think (R. Sepucha) (C. twasawa) (H. Koopmans)

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Lalirt (J. Putnam. D. Marlin. C. Starr) Sprcchcn Sic Dcutsch? . . . side lectures on English ... oh, those mimeographed GERMAN vocabulary sheets! . . . everything down to a system . . . memories of red pencils, secretaries’ reports, and discussions of culture LATIN—International language of the future ... “Vincit qui sc vincit” . .. From Caesar to Cicero . . . “Perfect subjunctive is a primary tense” . . . Miss Stcuerwald’s philosophical outlook Oui, Je Parle Francois—? ... in FRENCH the exception is the rule . . . troublesome accent marks . . . learning of French life through En Vacances Buenos dias, senor profesor ... in SPANISH the adjectives go after the nouns, not before . . . hablo, hablas, habla . . . let’s take T-formation, now . . . Vamos a leer, y a aprender y a hablar espanol German (J. Corneau in charge) French (S. Ullman) It’s il (eel) not ill . . . Oh, those conjugations .. . Vocabolarietto II Giornalino . . . discussions of mouth-watering ITALIAN dishes . . . looking for names of citizens of Italy The aspects of tenses and vowel mutation rules ... learning RUSSIAN by the aural-oral method ... Who’s secretary today? “Gospodeen Penta, oo myenya vapros.” Spanish (A. Egan, J. Stone, L. Rosenthal, Mr. Russian (H. Koopmans, D. Duca, J. Egan) Martellucci, K. Cowhig) Italian (M. Sammartino in charge)

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SOCIAL STUDIES United Stales History (Mr. Meyers) Our rugged Constitution . . . “My advice for the day” . . . Trace the HISTORY of slavery in the UNITED STATES . . . “Who hasn’t told me anything yet?” . . . informative mimeographed sheets . .. thesis blues No textbooks in this MODERN PROBLEMS class ... we learn to do our own thinking . . . notebooks, notebooks, and more notebooks . . . government and politics take on real meaning ... the funnies aren’t the only part in the newspaper .. . Reader’s Digest has articles on everything Please prepare an oral report” . . . “tests arc a learning experience” . . . another notebook . . . What motivates you? . . . we’re beginning to understand ourselves because of HUMAN RELATIONS Secretarial Practice (Miss Mathews) SECRETARIAL PRACTICE—“Take this letter” . . . Hands in position, eyes on the book, already—write” BOOKKEEPING—“A = L + P . . . “Always use your ‘T’ accounts” COMMERCIAL Bookkeeping (M. Arenge, C. Tardivo) WOR. .tl W- . A NO JOURNAL MCCNOMC. AOArt’X' UOW- !»'• ' • IM IN MA V1K CIO l«l»4tl On IN AlMWOk IIUNt ON IN W0«« INI