Central High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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CentraI's Contribution To Science Centuries ago, science and its properties were considered to be bits of mysticism only revealed to a chosen few. Today the explana- tions of scientific actions are more and more being understood by the civilized world. The age of mystics is just a memory of the dim past, but the visions of the future are powerful and thrilling in their near- ness. It is the work of the science department of Central to bring about a desire in the students to promote and help in the visions of tomorrow. The science department of Central is under the direction of George T. McKinney, who teaches an excel- lent course in high school chemistry. The chemistry laboratory is equip- ped with the modern apparatus necessary to conduct the experi- ments, and the students spend sev- eral hours a week in the lab. Deter- mining the weights of various sub- stances, and the durability of them lr-ad to surprising discoveries. In physics. the students learn the more technical side of science, and are taught more about the mathematics involved in weights. For those boys and girls who want to be the future chemists, doctors and research work ers of tomorrow, the science depart- ment of Central is striving to pre- pare them in the Work that they have chosen.

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Languages Are Practical Being able to speak several foreign languages is a mark of cultureg so Central High school has a special department in this line. Excellent two-year and four-year courses are offered in Spanish and Latin, respectively. Latin, which is the oldest of the romance languages, gives the pupils a definite idea of the life and activities of the early Romans. It presents a background for other languages, as many words are derived from On the other hand, Americans are becoming more and more closely associated with Spanish, the language of the Latin Ameri- can and provincial Spanish people. Central's foreign language department has as its head Miss Bonna H. Miller, who also teaches the Latin classes. Mr. Aubrey Paden directs the Spanish classes. In many professions Latin especially is quite necessary. Doctors find it instrumental in their work. Those who are interested in research in the future will see that many manuscripts are written in the ancient language of the Romans. Students can take two years of Spanish which will give them a good foundation for any work in that field they wish to continue. It is, therefore, impor- tant for the above reasons that the study of Latin and Spanish be stressed in the schools.