Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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i r Uft: Mr . H. Pink. Mi i M. Power . Mi» L lobdell. Upper t: Mr. C. Addington, Mr. O. Kueniter. Mr . F. Brice. Librarian. Social Studied In 384 B.C. Aristotle was born, and in 1943 A.D. some 250 sophomores entered the world history classes of Mrs. Pink, Mrs. Drechsler. and Mr. Addington, confident of learning the facts of Charlemagne's rule and Napoleon’s wars. In two semesters, over 5.000 centuries were covered—from the cave man to the present day. These students studied the beginning of the old world and carried through to the colonization of the new one. In 1789 the Constitution was ratified, and in 1944. 308 juniors ventured into the United States history classes of Miss Lobdell and Mrs. Berg. Here they studied the Embargo of 1807 and the Battle of Vicksburg. Little did the unsuspecting juniors realize what a large store of information there could be found in the innocent-appearing blue history books, which required many weary hours of study. In the 38 weeks of American his- tory they follow the colonization of the new world and the growth of the United States. Two years were over, but this was just the beginning. As seniors, they entered the modern problems classes of Miss Powers, Mrs. Pink, Mr. Kuenster. and Mr. Hawker. This title now covers the field of sociology and economics. Here, to quote Mr. Kuenster, they studied math, science, spelling, first aid. Latin, and modern problems, and to quote Mrs. Pink—Bank!! ! In reality they study the problems confronting the American people today and in the coming years. Future citizens should have a complete knowledge of local, state, and national government. and modern problems gives this foundation. The three years of high school social studies warn of the pitfalls of the future by showing the mistakes of the past.

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Upper left: Mr . M. Seller . Mitt L Utley. Mr . I. Whiting. Mitt L. Mitt L Groti. Lower left: Mitt H. Miller. Mr . H. Gamble, Mitt Met. Upper Right: Mitt C. Bell, Mr. J. Mulligan, Mitt G. McDill, I. Perkoll, Mitt A. Fo«. Lower right: Typical Englith clatt—teit time. Cnglidk After completing a year of American literature, principal clauses, and infinitives, with the assistance of Miss Miller. Miss Bell. Mrs. Gamble, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Whiting, the confident juniors-to-be look forward to newswriting with Mr. Mulligan, creative writing with Miss Utley, and Shakespeare with Miss lies and Miss Grosz. By the less courageous members of the I IB class, the 11A Shakespeare course is looked forward to with great fear. After 6 weeks of ' To-be-or-not-to-be, these students realize that their fears were—justified. Two-thirds of their senior high school English behind them, the newcomers to English 5 and 6 are welcomed by Miss Fox. Miss McDill. and Miss Parkell. They are kept busy with a year of English literature, iambic pentameter. and participial phrases. It would be inappropriate to leave the English De- partment without mentioning the task of taking the minimum essentials tests. The purpose of this test is to determine the ability of the student to understand and to write the English language, but to most of us it is something only to look forward to with anguish. As a highlight of the I2A term, comes the Gale Prize Essay contest, in which all graduating seniors participate as part of their senior English. The three prizes, consisting of dividends from an endowment fund, are given for the three best essays written. Radio workshop was introduced this year as an advanced public speaking class, and is under the able direction of Mrs. Sellers. English is a vital part of our high school years, a subject we shall always concede is most practical and usable.

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Science and Aiatlt To those who have not experienced being in a class of Miss Nickerson, Miss Docken, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Kitcher. or Mr. Thoreson. x and y are simply two letters of the alphabet, and a trapazoid is something belonging in a Greek or Latin class. After stumbling dazedly through the first trying weeks of elementary geometry and algebra, x and y now become those once mysterious unknown quantities, and the trapazoid resumes its customary place as a geometrical math figure. To students of higher math, there is opened a new world of greater understanding of both mathematics and other studies. Remember those logarithms, co-tangents, and sines of trig and advanced algebra? Students in science know that valences, protozoa, kilometers. and chlorophyll are more than words requiring a dictionary definition, although access to one really helped at times. The sophomore or junior always enjoys the slight adjournments to the great out-doors for the spring and fall sessions of the botany class, and the bug chasing sprees of the biology class. As juniors in a physics class, we learned of the resultant of forces and solar spectrum. (We did?!) Many were the sad tears that were shed in the senior chemistry classes over chlorine, bromine, and the remaining halogens. In addition to laboratory work, the electron theory and the theory of ionization proved stumbling blocks for even the most ambitious student. The natural sciences and mathematics are two more essentials of a weil-rounded high school education. Upper left: Something different then 2 2—Mr. Thomson's ad- left: Seated—Miss R. Wilton. Mitt F. Koritte. Standing: Mr. R. venced algebra clast. Upper right: Seated—Mrt. N. Johnson, Miss Rohde, Miss E. Edlund. Lower right: Modern science class. E. Nickerson. Standing: Miss E. Docken, Mr. A. Pihtstrom. Lower