East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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L. BAIRD D. BROWN M. COMISKEY E. DOLLINS B. GRAMLEY J. HUN'll-R Addition, subtraction, Multiplication, division, The improper fraction, With good supervision ln Arithmetic is taught, Knowledge that cannot be Tapping and rapping And spacing and shifting, Constantly tapping, The sound is uplifting, As hundreds of hands in rhythm are going While type-written letters forth are flowing. Wiggly lines and eurlieues llave a very definite use. For speed this subject we prescribe. 16 1TOMMEllITlAl. One learns to write and to transcribe. The pride of an employer's heart ls a stenographer who knows this art. Profit, loss, and debit bought' Trial balance, credit - All in order, fall in line And present a page that's fine. ln business one may get ahead By keeping books out of the redf, Patents, eopyrights, and liens Are explained by simple means. Mortgages and leases, too, Are presented for review That we may know the laws that rule The activities of the business school. V. 0'NEIL G. PI'I'l'Z H. SPENCER

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MATIIEMATIITS Many a student is hazy And driven nearly crazy By the mention of the subject math.', But if he isn't lazy, It can be far from mazy For there is a simpler, easier path. Algebra - at first confusing - Deals with problems that are using Equations, radicals, and squares. But if you are caught napping, You deserve a thorough slapping. Let no problem catch you unawares. Algebra lll, though more advanced, Explains the things at which we glanced In our freshman year. Formulae immense we solve. If to study we resolve, Tests will hold no fear. From a different unique angle We our problems can untangle. Our heads in circles don't go round. We define the square and polygon, Work with secant, chord, and Octagon, - In Geometry with thought profound. In solid many things are shown About the pyramid and cone With formulae astounding. With the aid of thought and mind Any student soon will find IIe'll be accurate answers compounding. Trigonometry to the clever mind Explains the meaning of the sine, And how to use the slide rule. It is a course one needs to know If onward in math one plans to go When entering a higher school. For students who object to math Measurements presents a simpler path To the practical boy. For common use it is a treasure, One learns almost anything to measure With simplicity that is joy. :, ,lk E. FITZGERALD r9 R. MORRISON G. RUN NIN GER C. STUNKEL T. WEIDENBECK

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A. Al.l'lRIGll'l' R. DAVIS C. GUNDERSON G. MAASKE R. McAFO0S R. STUTI Environment makes us what we are And what we are to be, The things that grow around us The things we hear and see. lt treats of many a well-known art The things that are of life a part. So we our lives might better live Freshman time to science give. The study of environment ls broad and far from new, And in our General Science We get a bird's-eye view. Biology is the study of life, Of animals and plants, Witll many mysteries is it rife Your interest to enhance. So through the year we gaily go And watch amoeba quickly grow, And talk of moths and dogs and fleas, The flowers and the parts of trees, Of bones and skin, of hands and hair, Of food to eat and clothes to wear, Until the entire year is gone And a store of knowledge we have won. SCIENCE lf a student would a chemist be He must have curiosity. To him a strange adventure calls Within the test tube's glassy walls, For him there is a fascination In scientific contemplation Of strange names and stranger sounding phrases, Chemicals, acids, salts, and bases. The structure of our modern arts ls studied in its tiniest parts. Chemistry - the science fascinating - ls worth a thorough cultivating. Mechanics, heat, and energy, Sound, light, and electricity, Experiments and laws profound Make physics students' heads go 'round. When we with worry ill are made Our teacher hurries to our aid And straightens all our problems out So we know what it's all about. No one can grow very weary Of such an interesting theory. Physics is practical knowledge applied Its daily use cannot be denied.