Eastern High School - Echo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Show Scientific Detachment Standing: Mr. Harvey Wiederick, Mr. George Beechener, Mrs. Mary Fisher, and Mrs. Alice Myers. Seated: Mrs. Virginia Levin, Mrs. Kath- erine Stritehoff, Miss Helen Lentz, and Mrs. Naomi Donker. Whether working in dark laboratory rooms or teaching in lecture rooms, members of the sci- ence department strive to ignite sparks isome- times literallyi in the minds of their students. They courageously attempt to make molecules come alive, to make levers and pulleys fascinat- ing, and to establish the social standing of the frogs. Like the Red Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass, they run hard to stay in the same place trying to keep up with modern science. Head: Miss Helen Lentz Standing: Mrs. Henrietta Fallin, Mr. Harvey Weinstein, Mrs. Mary Ellen Lilley, and Miss Elsie Hudak. Seated: Mrs. Elise Dudley, Mrs. Mary Pickel, and Miss Janet Stritehoff.

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Proof, Practice Among slide rules, compasses, parabolas, and theorems, the math department transforms an ' exact science into a lively and varied one for hundreds of students. Girls may study geometry- , traditional or SMSG,-calculus and analytics, l and algebra and Trigonometry. The teaching of these complex subjects is directed from a small office tucked away on the ground floor. Head: Miss Margaret Menton Multiplication is vexation to Brenda Bullock. l Standing: Miss Carolyn Crosby and Miss Margaret Menton. Seated: Mrs. Eleanor Waters. Standing: Miss Beverly Switzer, Mrs. Barbara Medcalf, and Mrs. Ada Sneeringer. Seated: Miss Jeanette DeRan. 2 l l

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Standing: Miss Vera Dorn, Miss Carole Artigiani, Miss Sophia Jaffe, Miss Beverly Speight, Mrs. Maudre Bliss, Mr. James Sanders, Miss Elizabeth Boyd, Mrs. Rosalie Hardesty, and Mr. Donald Wilson. Seated: Mrs. Elizabeth Nester, Mr. John Jones and Mrs. Louise Bareham. Wars, peace treaties, statesmen, new govern- ments, and new ways of life-these are the topics history students discuss in courses ranging from the history of western civilization to a study of modern problems. Students learn to use maps as they locate remote spots, till in outlines with lovely shades of purple and green, and recognize dozens ot emerging nations. Head: Miss Mary Parker History and Standing: Mrs. Deanna Miller, Miss Nellie Mackall, Mrs. Anne Smith, Miss Roberta Carnes, and Mrs. Patricia Cooper. Seated: Miss Mary Parker.