Boone High School - Boone Legend Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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Sarah Clark H. Lynn Hardy Richard Jolley Leland Kirst Emory O'Neal BLOOD! That is the substance under the microscopes that holds the attention of these biology students. lT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE to biology students to 'find at least one ofthe five pairs of hearts in an earthworm. Sandy lbarguen looks on while Coleen Johnson does the dissecting. X 30 lntriguecl Students Probe Scientific Mysteries To help meet todays need for better trained scientists, high schools throughout the country have added advanced scientific subjects to their curricula. These courses, in addition to the regular subjects, are offered to promising young scientists to give them a strong foundation in the scientific field. Frequently the piquant odor of formaldehyde drifts through the school as sophomores diffidently dissect various lab speci- mens. These biology students examine parasites and bacteria under the microscope discovering much about the mysterious make-up of the universe. Individual field trips and reports on nature also help nurture the scientific interests of the students. Those whose reports and projects are best-proudly exhibit them for competition at the Science Fair in February. juniors and seniors receive a basic knowledge of chemistry by learning fundamentals in the classrooms and practicing them in the laboratory. Daily classwork, reading assignments, weekly experiments and lab Writeups help the students learn. New to Boone this year is the special chemistry class in which qualified boys and girls delve further in the wonders of modern chemistry. Each pupil has two periods a day, spending one in the laboratory. In addition to studying sound and light in physics, students spend several weeks learning the principles behind radio, elec- tronics magnetism and television. To teach the l'how and why of the mechanics of everyday life is the primary aim of this class. Through these varied courses, the school trains the alert students of today to become the adept scientists of the future.

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Herberl Henley J. Bales Johnson MR. HERBERT HENLEY proudly displays 'lhe new +rac+or given lo his F.F.A. Chapler by a 'Former sludenf. The boys realize how much +ime and hard work 'lhe new piece of equlpmenl' will save. lEd Colvin, Mr. Herberl Henley, Mall Harringlon, Ralph Burchard, Roberl' Loy, Bill Burlon, Mack Young.l CORN, BEANS, s+rawberries and many olher crops grew in fhe F.F.A. gardens las+ year due 'lo +he hard work of Mr. Wilson's siudenfs. Because of +he cold wealher ihey were no+ able lo conlinue 'lheir experimenls in farming lhis year. Vern Wilson Future Farmers Display Green Thumbs Cn Campus Who provides much of the food for the tables of America? Very few people consider the farmers and the jobs that they do in supplying food. To stimulate interest in the field of agriculture, Boone has developed a three-year course for any boys interested in farming. In these classes the boys turn in home projects, care for the shrubbery on the campus and are responsible for the upkeep of the orange grove behind the school. Because of their interest in dairy farming, the students have visited several dairies, studying the techniques of the various farmers. The boys gladly accepted helpful hints from guest speakers on the different types of farming and the developing of each type on the land available. To help the classes understand how to plant and grow various types of food, each boy was issued a small plot of ground in which he grew his own food. He was then able to take home all of his produce. In order to make it possible for the boys to learn farming on a larger scale, a tractor was donated to the agricultural department. The students now are able to till the soil, to plant the seed and to harvest the crop. Through all of this knowledge the boys can plan and operate a prosperous farm.