Cardinal Dougherty High School - Eminence Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Preparing for life in an atomic age - fl i.-Q ,....r F 1' Q : -- , Science marches on as a worried Father Benischeck points out a mistake to three of his scientists in Junior Chemistry. Biology students concentrate on the microscope to examine the simplest form of animal structures the amoeba Sister Virginia Marie shows the girls how to record their observations in a biology manual

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E' 'xl' Having a specimen under the microscope and being able to see it are Iwo different things. Father Wasas carefully explains the intricate workings of the instru- ment to some interested sophomores. In the fore- ground. one of Fathers lollipop trees. Events in the world about us have pointed out the urgent need for qualified students of the sciences. These men and women must be people of high ideals. for the destinies of nations. humanly speaking, are vitally af- fected by the achievements of the laboratory. The high ideals are the overall aim of educa- tion in general and Catholic education in particular, The qualified student is the aim and product of the high school classroom and lab. Here the vital foundations are laid, the fundamental knowledge taught. Seel It's as easy as that! declares Cecilia Doyle, as she and Marie Pollick demonstrate the electrolysis of water for a group of budding chemists.

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The chemistry course open to juniors gives the student a general knowledge of the chemical nature of substlnces a knowl edge of s ientific terms and of labornto x techniques and an appreciation of the seruce of chcmistrw to societx through its rontrihutlon to health lo industrx and to agriculture Here Carol l-orbes R111 Long and Carol Menna set up their ap paratus for an experiment on the purinca tion of liquid by distillation X is It may not be good, but at least it's funny. Juniors Joe McMahon and Steve Meehan try at little of this and a little of that in an attempted experiment, We are in orbit with .Lf S SCIENC 5 W Sister Regina Alma, I.H.M., and the Chemistry 'f Club listen attentively as Miss Rose Mary Boyle. 155 R.N.. tells the girls of the vital importance that chemistry plays in thc nursing profession. 2 4