Bronx High School of Science - Observatory Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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AD HBS Our school is particularly noted for the courses offered to interested students in the advanced sciences and mathematics. Advanced General Chemistry, for example. capably taught by Mr. J0S6Pll llhffffY and Michael Werblow. keeps the students busy with sundry experiments in making soap. fermenting alcohol and determination ol' the atomic weight of oxygen. The latter experiment often leads to complications. with each term one student empirically arriving at the novel fact that the atomic weight of oxygen is 26.75. Analytical chemistry. supervised hy Dr. Joseph C. Harwell. is designed only for those students immune to good concentrated odors of hydrogen sulfide. The course is comprised of students receiving a small bottle of some mysterious fluid and then they spend weeks trying to determine its contents. A course in the fundamentals of radio gives students basic understanding of the operations involved in the use of radio circuits. The course has become a glorified radio repair shop. with students carting their parents' broken sets to school to utilize Mr. Donald Dowis freely given experience and equipment. In the automotive physics course. one usually sees only a pair of feet sticking out from the undersides of an engine. The largest ol' those feet belong to Mr. Joseph Heitner. while the rest belong to the boys. and especially girls. who are learning the principles not only of automobile engines. but also stationary and airplane engines as well. If you see a student running out of a class room holding his nose or applying a band aid. you know heis just emerged from Mr, Edward Frankel's clinical biology course. This course, covering blood analysis. urinalysis and glass slide specimen staining. is one of the most popular in the school. A combination of keeiinff rats and cooking cakes is the curriculum of the home P t tech Girls. under the tutelage of Field Bio. the third liiolooy elective under Klr. Sol T' Z' F. Hudin. is comprised mainly ol students taking trips to parks and study specimens of plants and animals and their ecology. The course is especially valuable for training as a nature counselor. Advanced Mathematics covers a smattering of calculus. analytical geometry and topography. together with a little bit ot' Mr. Samuel Greitzeris philosophy and idio- syncrasies. Mr. Sidney Dushmanis course. the History and Development of Science, is intended for students who are interested in the trends and logical processes that led towards the development of modern scientific thought in such fields of astronomy. nuclear physics and theories of light motion. As a rule all the students who took these courses found them not watered down college courses. hut instead as stimulating and enlightening as any given tw the universities. 28

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X --S sms Q. 43 E x CURTAIN CALL X1 47 fusa P 'C M ' wo hundred and ninety-two inemhers ol our class simul- x ' ieouslv entered the ranks of Sl'fI'III'l' alumni at the semi- ' nual school graduation. ,lanuary fill. Parallel with llllr Jmentous event. however. were the traditional specclies. P ' ich stressed the impact of the impending world situation V ..1 ll 'tg X-- I .vt X 3 ix X. if ft '5 Q -A - 'tinge' Q X Y .tu- . 1 .Z s 12 : .fexi I 1 if : x,!, X ' . 1, N I 5' ' L I tai I ' an nn 3' wh upon the graduates. Dr. John H. Dunning. the guest speaker and a noted nuclear physicist from Colum- hia University. discussed the topic. The Young Scientist in the National lfmergencyf' He emphasized that the state of the world was not the fault of atomic scientists hut the result of the failure of the masses to utilize technical knowledge for peaceful purposes. Ronald Rieder. valedictorian. explained that while the farewell address usually con- cerns itself with the advantages of a 'tScienceu education. he could not choose such a topic because in doing so he would he avoiding the important issues of the day. He therefore discussed our foreign policy. helieving that in order for success we must give additional aid to the rising political aspirations of the Uriental masses. Rita Zucker. who greeted the guests. recalled some of the interesting moments of four years at Science while Ronald Kent. who delivered the science valedictory. dis- cussed the relation between fluorescence and ultra-violet tight. a project which he entered in the Westinghouse Talent Search. He particularly appreciated the aid he received from the science teachers hoth hy verhal guidance and loan of materials. I herehy present the class gift to Dr. iVleister.'i exclaimed Stan Luhman. and hope that it will he used where it can do the school the most good. With those words the senior President presented the gift. and then he look the occasion to single out several faculty memhers who deserved special thanks hecause of their interest in the seniors. Among these were Dr. Mantel. lVlr. Sellinger. Mrs. Davis and the elusive Nlr. Henry Jackson, all of whom were heavily applauded. The musical accompaniment was ably played hy the school orchestra. while the senior chorale and several individuals handled the vocal chores. llill .-Xngelos. accom- panied hy Alan liohan. sang the Lords Prayer while later on the Senior chorale joined in with G'Graduates lfarewelli' a song from the pen of Alan. Arnold Nlaxie. accompanied hy his sister Sondra. played a violin solo. lN'leditatiou from Thaisu hv Nlassenet. i Numerous students also received honors and awards. some distrihuted hy the various departments while others were earned hecause of general excellence and character. Samuel J. Klein and l'eter ll. Schapiro attained six awards apiece. All in all this final graduation assemhly. filled as it was with the uncertainty of the world situation. manifested many a tear coupled as it was with some emotional recol- lection of an event within the portals of Science. 30