Brearley School - Brearley Book Yearbook (New York, NY)

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,gwawiamxwy X PHYSICS LABORATORY BIOLOGY LABORATORY K 65 I

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BIOGRAPHY OF - QFor the convenience of those who will have to write Biographies of everybody who ever did anything for Ancient History next year we have inserted this form which, when filled out will do for any General in the History book., 1 was the son of his parents, --, a nobleman of -- and his wife, --, who died before he was born. He was born in -- B. C. In his youth he was a very remarkable child. He soon became quite import- ant and fought in the battle of Ti beside -, his faithful friend and teacher, ---. Soon after this he became commander in chief of the whole army. He soon ran the whole show. Soon after this he devoted his immense energies to driving the --s out of --. He made speeches before the: a. Senate, b. People, c. Assembly, d. Comisha Centuriaytaf' The mighty Hood of his stupendous oratory completely overwhelmed every- body. His speeches were good. His policy was to always win his battles. He first fought the battle of --. He then fought the battle of ---. Soon after this he completely destroyed the -1 army at --. Then he was acclaimed by the people. Everybody liked him. Then he went home to live with the people and everybody got very sick of him. So he took his army to --- where he was hit by a falling tile and killed in -i- B. C. Plutarch says that he cut off his dog's tail just to show off. Livy says that he had more than: a. Roman, b. Greek, c. Egyptian, d. Punic perfidy. Herodotus says that he was so great that when he played marbles in the middle of the street the chariots turned out of the way, but Thucydides does not say this. ll was a great man and a brilliant general. He contributed a large amount of civilization to the world. VGICES CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS Miss VAN BIBBER: Use your mind! Think! Think! Miss CAREY: Shall we sing hymn 1669, all the verses? Miss FOWLER: You poor darling lamb, do you really mean to say you've never heard of Mt. Parnassus? MISS LITTELL: I will not have that word used in my laboratory. MLLE. CHAMPRIGAND: C'est bon pour vous que j'ai un sens d'humeur. Miss SHIPPEN: I do wish you'd do your history in history class. l64l

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PHYSICS Impormfzt Laws and Prifzcipler KIDDER,S LAW: Every cc. of water weighs the same as every other cc., and they all weigh 62.4 lb. MANSHIP,S PRINCIPLE: The ocean does not freeze because it is kept above o'C. by the heat generated by the friction generated when the fishes wave their tails. VEEDER'S THEORY: One is uncomfortable on a humid day because you can't evaporate. SOMERVILLE'S STATEMENT: Energy goes off in little pieces called quan- tums, called quantums in honor of the scientist of that name. Procedure for Experinzefztr This procedure will do for almost any experiment, but for example, take the HEAT OF FUSION OF ICE. I. PREPARATIONS 11. Look up number of experiment to find out what it is all about. 6. Ask Miss Van Bibber what it is all about. t. Ask Miss Van Bibber for apparatus viz.: ice bag ice mallet axe steam shovel, etc. J. Ask E. Gould ffor a changej, where to find more apparatus, viz.: calorimeter thermometer paper towels water i66l