Central High School - Cehisean Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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,ws fr th -. 353, rits. Bettie Hanson and Ver- non lohnson are only two ot the many Central stu- dents to receive their first introduction to chemistry's mysteries, from titration to hydrogen sulphide, under the expert supervision of Mr. Alfred Buser, genial laboratory professor and first vice president in charge of boosting athletics at Central. 1 3 , There's a problemy now solve it. Philander Durkee is doing well on the arcs and angles, but it he slips, Miss Helen Heck sits ready to help him. Next in line will be Mae Mains. Inter- ested spectators are Mary Ellen O'lala, Beverly Dunn, Constance Butwin, and Ed- ward Frank. msawmm r Tney peer through microscopes and see things like the enlarged photomicrcqraph of cz' fly's wing seen in the cir- cle Dissecting frogs collecting butterflies, and inspecting leaves are also favorite pastimes of these biology students, Donald Smith Byron Hueller, and Howard Frost,

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Miss Florence Baber and Miss Daphne Schaull are deep in conversation about the latest Latin club pro- duction. Presenting a varied and complete curriculum to 2800 students, the faculty of Central High School, numbering nearly ninety instructors, has achieved a reputation for careful, effective, and advanced methods of teaching. History, the Written record of man's doings from early days to the present time, is offered at Central under the classifications world, modern, American, English, eco- nomics, and Civics. Requirements for graduation in Minn- esota make the study of American history and civics com- pulsory, and these subjects, as taught under the history department, are among the most popular in the school. Latin, French, German, and Spanish make up the for- eign language department. ln addition to the mechanics of these languages, an attempt is made to acquaint the students with the customs and peoples of the various coun- tries. Carrying classroom studies into extra-curricular ac- tivities, language clubs have been formed which make the foreign tongues considerably more interesting. Holding on to the end of the stick that keeps the band in unison, Mr. Frank- lyn L. Blume starts the day in the balcony of the girls' gym trying to keep the school band playing the scrrne key. Teaching mathee matics takes up the rest of his day. This is no artist's diloni- ma, just Susan Peterson and Helen Gorman show' ing Ken Wujek how funny he looks in a bowler. All three were indispensable on the production of the Cehisean.

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Biology, physiography, chemistry, physics, and mathematics constitute the very comprehensive science course offered in the present curriculum. Fully half of Central's students study one or more of these subjects under a depart- ment of nearly twenty capable instructors. With at least two years of high school mathematics required for college entrance, plane and solid geometry have the largest enrollments, with only a decided minority continuing into higher algebra and trigonometry. Due to the crowded conditions at Central, classes in physics and chemistry are limited to juniors and seniors and are always filled to capacity. The labor- atories connected with these courses give students an opportunity for actual experimentation and research. Actual dissecting of animals as well as the study of the makeup of the body features the biology course. Physiography, the sci- ence of the contour, makeup, and changes of the earth's surface, is a popular subject, and its study is enhanced by the glacial deposits and varied features of this section of the coun- try. Interspersing p h y sic s with witticisms and para- bles, Mr. Clarence Eastman has a minor claim to fame in his classic remark, lf a dry cell is dry, it won't sell. Here we see him taking a temperature read- ing, but elsewhere he'ad- vises the Camera and Ra- dio Clubs and is just as in- terested as his boys. , , . ..-., A n ' jf,--, 1J ili. .54-'nO J 41, f.: T ' ' I It'1boks like a hxaze hf gadgets 'to . . 4 , us, but joel johnson, Robert Ganzel, and Barbara Goodsell, physics stu-' 'J' ' dents, seem to be able to find the focal length of lenses from it.