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

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..-1-. 11- X 1. 5 f OI t 8 fCll ff AUTUHUTIVE it' PHYSlCS-y- 'l their hunt for specimens. The Field Biology , x 7 classes. led hv Pioneers Ko Jelman and Wvein- 1 X' 5, - - i berger. tramped to this rlfvthm as thev ex- F . ' , ' 'Esau J - -V plored the mountains and valleys of the - ga. countryside lincluding the museums. on nasty 7 -9 W-mm., dayst once a week. ln class they studied the more fascinating aspects of nature-leaves. twigs, leaves. animals. leaves. 1 .Vet Cain: Excess leaves. .Vet Loss: Excess weight. Mrs. Sehlanger and Betty Crocker got together and cooked up a course for girls called Home Technology. Wvith apologies to Julius Caesar. these females took it upon themselves to hnd out why Yon Scienceifes have a lean and hungry lookfi After six months of experimenting with undernourished rats, they have mastered the technique of hoiling water. The answer to the main question is still unknown. - .Vet Cain : A well- balanced diet. .Yet Lo.s.s: A well-balanced figure. This subject also has a college course. Quoting from the College Biology text: 'l'hus. a sexually produced mycelium may he called a diplomycelium. in contrast to the common type. haplomyceliumf' Need we say more? f .Vet Loss: Simple vocali- ulary. .Vel Cain: Simply nothing. For those students who passed elementary chem. the doorway was open to lmigger and hetter explosions in .-lnalytical Chem. Unfortunately for the rest of the fourth lloor. the aromas that were created hy Doc Harwellis mad chemists bore a striking resemhlance to those of a rotten egg factory. Aff Net Guin: Self-destruction. .Yet Loss.- Self-confidence. Nlixing. calculating. checking. and reehecking was all the .4dl'llIICl'd General Chem classes seemed to do. Weighing and measuring to such minute details caused some students to lose their minds. This course tespecially Mr. Cherry's testsl is highly recommended for future pupils who find their averages too high. and wish to do something ahout it. No wonder we say: .Vel Cain: l,ow average. .Vet Loss: Average intelligence. Chemistry too. had a College Course for those students who enjoyed hard work. They used many different chemicals for strange purposes. Although they learned that mercury is poisonous. strangely enough the class grew smaller rapidly. as did the supply of mercury. .Vel Cain: liare gases. .Vet Losx: Rare students. Students of lladio Physics hecame well-acquainted with electrons. ln their class- room. they learned all ahout those little tuhes and wires in a radio which puzzle most

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lillrnllgli our Senior Iflertizes uml l.nlle,L'e Courses zu' hure lfegun .NlllfSfIl1F rarecrx llm! 1I1l'!lfl us. o accept our fate or not to graduate-this was the question we pondered as we saw the intriguing list of senior electives that we were to choose from. Yfhether 'tis worth it in the t 'sf ,g. 'L it bbqtm., end to stiffer the pricks and stabs of outraged fingers. or to take arms against the frogs and bugs that seemed already to be greeting us. was indeed a problem. To workvto sleep no morefThis was our Destiny . . . There seemed to be no possibility of our graduating with only three majors. So. for the less scientifically inclined students. math was the overwhelming favorite. Six hundred ten prospective Pythagoreans taking .4dl'llIICl'd .-llgelzra were taught numerous fascinating applications of slopes and derivatives by Nlr. Alexander. Mr. tllicksman. and Mr. liuderman. Six months of calculus gave us our own ideas of its invaluable uses. lust thinkl If one is ever bored on a dance floor. he may spend his time figuring out the rate of speed of two energetic dancing partners or calculate the slope of his partner's head. -A Net Cain: Useless calculations. Ne! l,oss: Useful time. There were a few versatile souls H6 boys and l girly who were interested in both math and science. They found themselves in Dr. Greitzeris lllutli ll-4 class, learning the probabilities of winning at dice or whether life on Mars can exist. Twenty years from now. one of them may own the whole of Las Vegas through his winnings: another may be constructing a Science annex on Mars. -f Nc! Cain: Probability of failure. .Vet Loss: Probability of graduating. lfveryone these days is trying to get ahead of his neighbor. ls it not understandable therefore that a class called College Mall: was invented? Dr. Dodes taught this course by drawing pictures of stick figures sliding down negative slopes. while his protegees concentrated on integrating frustrated pyramids. f .Tel Cain: An art course. ,Yet Loss: Sleep. of course. Not everyone is interested in math so some foolish students. ignoring the warnings of last year's Advanced Biology classes. bravely ventured into the unknown realms of corpuscles and bacteria. They were promptly handed a six-inch needle and told to remove some blood from their hngers. For those too squeamish to perform the minor operation themselves. Mr. Weinberg acted as Chief Puncturerf' Popular cries of Look lla. no blood or Kline is redder than yours filled the room. -f Ne! Cain: Human pineushions. .Yel l.o.v.v: Human blood t2 pintst. Xt-ither rain nor snow nor dark of night shall stay these faithful scientists from u'arl.'ing llllfllftl our nun personal

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