Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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MDW . -JM . Top Left: Carl W. Staples, fairies l Cotter, Pearl Busy day in a Sopli biology class. Sgualus acantltiasf Or perliaps weld better ask Mr. A Nevmrrli Fflrlc S. Anderson Anderson. Making peanut brittle again, Ieep?f', l'Well, Galileo says it works. The Science Department lfeaded by Mr. Carl W. Staples, and cone ducted by Miss Maynard, Mr, Mockler, Mr, Cotter, Mr, liennelly, and Mr. Anderson, the science department undeniably possesses several of tlie scliools most popular classes, Students, armed witli notebooks, aprons, ieszt treks, and tlie desire to find out some ai tlie Secrets of tlte universe, attack tlie laboratories daily to delve into tlieir inysf tener: for tlte duration of one or two periods. Xfeelily exploration into tlie unknown, by NlIlY't'l! 0I1lCifflOI1 on tlie part of Clieinistry and plivsics students, and by examination on tlie part of botanists, altltougli often sornewliat revolting to tlie sense of smell, provides unsurpassed fascination and def light. Fully equipped laboratories furnisli nec- essary material, wliile actual exliibits and models are also on liand, Visual guidance, aided by :-eientific films and special oral topics, furnislies up-toftlierininute informa- tion from tlie world of science. Each course develops a firm foundation in its respective A-'ubiect and, in College and Toclinical di visions, is tlte basic preparation for college entrance examinations, Page Seventeen l -l 11-i-1-l-.1-.-. 1-1---11 1-11-qlil .17

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...avi Thgiyfi Ulm UnOth9f prolectton qone lO Center Top: Earl G. Boyd, I. Frank Herlihy, Scene from the mfmlty' qmpg Mr' Lowell' William A. Lewell, Francis D. Garvey. GOITUUCI Class Recitation in lU4. The Mathematics Department Due to the tremendous increase in the employment of technical machinery, a sound mathematical knowledge has become of increasing importance in this present day: for positions in the manufacture of technical machines can of necessity be open only to those who possess a broad background of mathematical knowledge. The Courses in the department range from General Mathematics, which, as the name implies, offers a comprehensive understandf ing, :sufficient for a pupil who does not expect to employ mathematics directly in later life, to Math. Gamma, dealing in Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytic Geomef ix ge Sixteen try, and Differential Calculas. ln between, courses in Plane Geometry, Algebra, and Mathematics Beta are offered, especially for students who intend to obtain a higher education than that offered in the public schools. Ordinarily a pupil fails to realize the practical value of mathematics, much the same as he saw no use for Arithmetic when in grade school, But like that Arithmetic, in later years it will become a necessary part of his everyday life. True there are higher branches of the subject with no practical value as yet, but as progress is made in other sciences, it will be these forefrunners that will lift civilization to a higher plane.

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.V Social Science Only soc1al study requ1red of every stu dent before graduatlon from the hlgh school IS Umted States l-ltstory The Ob16Cl1V9 of th1s course 13 to create an appreclatfon and understandmg of our democracy today ln term of the struggles of great men and women of the past A knowledge of h1story and of our Constttutton tn parttcular makes for better and more mtelhgent c1t1zensh1p greater tolerance and a nch cultural back ground m wh1ch are found the beglnnmgs of all other sublects Geography offered only to those who choose the Commerclal Course ln thetr sophomore year ts nevertheless a sublect wh1ch IS related to many others Every con sumer IS m need of some knowledge of food clothrng shelter and the marketmg problems of many products Every person may fmd not only much that IS practtcal 1n everyday hfe but also somethlng of the aesthetlc m a study of geography Economtc may be def1ned as the sctence of the productlon dtstrtbutton and con sumptton of wealth ft ts concerned w1th the actlvttle of man tn the process of earnmg a llvmg and of applylng h1s mcome to the satlsfactron of hts wants Economtc progress ment of economrc thought and the rtse of new theortes The development of thought shows progres tve comprehenston of eco nom1c phenomena and a steady develop ment 1n sc1ent1f1c treatment No democracy can become greater than the people who make up llS majonty Great statesmen may polnt out the rtght paths but 1f the matortty 19 not enhghtened there IS ltttle hope of progress lf future Amerlcans Top to Bottom Reference work Corner ln E o nomtcs Four score and seven year rc blerns and a problem Chlld Pacllf s . L , C , sg . . .. S . . has been accompanied with the develop' . 4 . ! t : . , , ,, . ' lc: - W ' ., p , s. , NP ,- lah een