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

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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.

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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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Advising the Times , teaching journalism and English, directing the Times' Revue , and advis- ing Quill and Scroll don't leave Miss Olive Allen with a great deal oi spare time, but she'll drop everything to listen to a story about dogs, her favorite hobby. Behind the headlines sit Frank Neu, lune lensen, Al Schwab, Herschel Cap- lan, and Earl Dunne, striv- ing to bring order out of chaos in the Times room to make the deadline. A look of envy came in- to the photographers eyes as he, a mere hunt-and- pecker , watched Gayle Skipton's fingers dart nimb- ly about the keyboard. Hundreds of other girls get training in typing, sh-ort- hand, bookkeeping, and business correspondence in Central's business depart- ment. Creating another excel- lent World for us, Mar- garet Blegen and Marion Dornfeld confer with Miss Grace Cochran, editorial adviser for our literary magazine. English is pleas- ant under her, too. . x 451'