Boston Latin School - Liber Actorum Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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GUIDANCE First Row: Messrs. Dunn, Doyle, O’Leary. Second Row: Messrs. Neville, McLaughlin. PHYSICAL EDUCATION First Row: Messrs. Thomas, Kelley, Patten, McCarthy. Second Row: Messi ' s. Lam- bert, FitzGerald, Fielding.

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MR. CARROLL Hrad of I U jxtrtmcnt SCIENCE Four years of science are offered at Boston Latin School. In Class VI, science is mainly physiology and hygiene. Topics considered are composition and struc- ture of the body and the hygienic principles and prac- tices of good living in school and at home. Science, offered also in Class V, is usually called Gen- eral Science. The subject area deals with the materials and forces of Nature and Man’s utilization of them. Lec- ture demonstrations on such topics as air, water, weather, climate, heat, light, and sound illustrate basic principles. In the Senior year both physics and chemistry are offered. Classes are held five periods per week, including one devoted to laboratory work. Topics considered in physics include machines, heat, electricity, light, and sound. Chemistry deals with matter and its changes. Fun- damental laws and theories of chemistry, metals and non-metals, acids, bases, and salts, certain organic com- pounds, and related mathematical problems are some of the areas considered. IModern life and jirofessional training requires a good background in science for proper appreciation of prog- ress and invention. In fields such as medicine, dentistry, and engineering, scientific background is a prerequisite. B.L.S. students who hope to enter these vocations get good training. In addition to formal courses, the annual Boston Sci- ence Fair, IMassachusetts Science Fair, and similar activ- ities give students great oi)portunities to develop projects of their own intere.st and design. The Boston Latin School Science Club is an organization which permits students to discuss, consider, and demonstrate many subjects in which they are particularly intere.sted.

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Masters of the Senior Class P’ ' rst Row nunn. Van Steenbersen. Pearson. Kozodoy, Doyle, Levine, Irons, Weinert, J.. Carroll. Hopkinson. Second Row: Messrs. Marson, Dobbyn, Cleary, Dolan. IMcCarthy. O’Callahan. Murphy. Russo. Xeinzoff, Sheehan, Gordon. Third Row: Messrs. Thompson. Shea, Locke. FitzGerald, Callanan, Bergen, Boylan, Liberfarb, Rosenthal, A., Miller. W’e, the clas.s of 1956, are gi’ateful for the good fortune to (lave had a.s our ma.ster.s during this past .rear men who have not only taught us academic subjects, but have been counselors and friends. Their advice and precepts have helped us through a most trying year, jind their understanding and insight have enabled us to overcome the many obstacles of our senior year. Without their help, our task would have been immeasurably greater. For us to repay them in some material sense is, of course, impossible. We can, however, do this by living up to the high ideals and principles which they themselves have exemplified and set before us.