Boonton High School - Echoes Yearbook (Boonton, NJ)

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Senior Shayne Russell records results of an experiment testing the tropisms of plants from a clinostat that rotates the test plant. Mrs. Palmieri Douglas College Mr. Petrein Bloomfield Col. Montclair State Mrs. Pisano Jersey City State Fairleigh Dickinson Mr. Newman Paterson State 27

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The Need to Know The Science Department offers a variety of courses enabling the student to develop an understanding and awareness of the world around him. In addition to the conventional Biology. Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science courses, the teachers continue to keep their knowledge up to date with the latest issues of scientific interest. The division of the Ecology course made possible the study of two views of the environmental problems with which we are faced. Taught by Mr. Petrein as a science. Ecology deals with the causes of these problems. As a social science. Mr. D’Amato discusses their possible solutions. (Above) Rocks, rocks and more rocks. Freshmen James Dock. Thomas White and Mary Ann Jones try to identify the various minerals through a series of specialized tests. (Above center) Working with chemicals can cause some dangerous temptations. Perhaps the wrong amounts or mixtures could result in . . . Seniors Sue Snider and Sue Rebele carefully rinse their solution of silver nitrate through the filtered funnel in a hopeful attempt to correctly conclude their Chemistry lab. Mr. Wittman Department Head City College of NY Rutgers University Miss Allen Montclair State Rutgers Univ. Mr. Plain City College of NY New York Univ. 26

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Today’s Current Events . . . Tomorrow’s History As happenings continue to appear around the world, history continues to expand through the years. Fifty years from now the people of the United States will look back upon today’s energy crisis, high cost of living and governmental disasters of Nixon’s Administration. The History Department relives the foreign and domestic events of past till present and anticipates those possible in the future. Mr. Meryweather East Stroudsburg St. Mr. Berryman Syracuse Univ. Syracuse Univ. Mr. Hino Moravian College Seton Hall Univ. Ms. Krouse Upsala College Mr. Scugling Fairleigh Dickinson Jersey City State 28