Ensley High School - Jacket Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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The Science Department of E. H. S. The Science Department of our school observed what we shall call “Science Week’' during the month of January. A great deal of interest was created; so much, in fact, that the literary editors of “The Gleam” decided to interview Mr. Sechriest, the head of the department. This is what he had to say in regard to science work in E. H. S.: “The Science Department of Ensley High School is trying to keep in touch with all the modem developments of science. To do this, clubs in radio and photography have been formed for the amateur. At present the school has access to two large radio-receiving sets and now has under construction a fifty-watt radiophone broadcasting station which will be located in the science laboratories. “Our photographic laboratory has been put in first class condition and the photographic club will do color photography by han4 as a special feature in its w’ork this semester. “The Science Department is working in close cooperation with the Department of Visual Instruction at the University of Alabama and with the National Non-Theatrical Producers of New York. With this aid it is possible to announce the largest and best collection of educational pictures for class-room work that has ever been undertaken by any school in the South. “Educational tests are now being given in connection with the Lincoln School of Columbia University of New York City. WTien we are through with this work, our school will have had a part in standardizing tests for Chemistry and Physics for the schools of the United States. “Although science is elective, the growing interest in this subject is showm by the large number of people that elect it each year.” :o:- Survey of Science I—A Theme Science has been one of my most interesting subjects. From it I have learned many things w'hich were mysteries before. The first thing we took up was experiments with gases. In this we delved into oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen, and their peculiarities. Convection, conduction and radiation next yielded to our minds, heads, or whatever part of the body they enter into. With some of us, they didn’t enter at all. Look at your finger tips. They look innocent, don’t they? Rub them

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THE G L EAM 13 The visitors included: Prof. Keith E. Powlinson Messers: O. S. Gandy O. R. Farr Clarence O’Brien Henry Richard Dave Evans Edgar Eliott Holmes Turner Robert Rowe Vem Mabry Charles Craven Benton Harrison S. T. Kimbrough Marvin Jones Porter Florence Jack Stuart Wm. Jenkins J. R. Thompson R. X. Saunders P. M. Jones Fred Lovett Howard Clark Frank McConnell W. C. Howell John Slaton Charles Ash wander Frank Yeilding Paul Greene C. J. Brown Thad Ferrell Vernon Kimbrough Carl Moore Rice Howard Misses : Louise Averyt Leona Lewis Inez Fritts Alice Zuehl Gladys McConatha Charlotte Dugger Gladys Godfrey Flora Roberts Marianne Lyles Director O. Gordon Erickson Messers: Wm. Coggins Eldridge Huffman James Shelton 0. R. Grimes Malcolm Watkins J. C. Hall Harry Seay Ben Dismtikes Albert Blaylock Herbert Osborne Richard Whittle John Hanchey Julian Anderson Joe Whiteside Billy Mattison Taylor Kirby Howard Ellington John Jenkins Sam Berry Mike Norton Andrew Smith Raymond Hurlburt Wilbur Brown Wm. Tatum Sidney Morris Otis Kirby Warren Kelley J. M. Gibbs A. W. Vamar Hershiel Van Sandt Lewis Mvatt Rush Collins Bailey Misses: Etoyle Heitlinger Elsie Landers Amelia Montgomery Marguerite Keonon Lois Sackrider Myra Beal Mattie Rutledge Sarah McKenzie Ruth Williams

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THE GLEAM 15 on a dish of sterile agar-agar and leave the dish in a warm place for a week. You’ll be astonished. Colonies of bacteria will burst out like fireworks. We found from experiment that there were hundreds of colonies in the dishes exposed in the picture show, the street car and the lunch room. The next course on our science menu was foods. We found that foods are divided into five classes—carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, and water. ’’Ain’t nature grand?” Those were our sentiments after studying the human body. We found that we had things in us which we never suspected. The senses of the body came in for a good part of our attention. We found out how we hear, smell, taste, feel and see. ”Is there anything inside of me that looks like that?” This was a comment when we were shown a calf’s heart by our teacher. A local sheik made a comment to the effect that it is used for deep feelings. However, the only use Miss Grayson gave was that it was used to pump blood. An eye and a lung from a slaughter house added to our interest in these organs. The other organs of the body were explained to us. These included the stomach, liver, and glands. We studied the skin, also. The needs of the body are good habits, plenty of sleep, a balanced diet, and healthful exercise. Alcohol, tobacco, and drugs are habit-forming and are injurious to the health as well as the pocketbook. First aid was one of the most practical things we had in science. The treatments which we learned for fractures, sprains, dislocations and bums, and the different methods of bandaging which we learned were demonstrated in assembly by Science I pupils. To me, science is a very practical subject. WALTER BROWN, 27 -----------:o:---------- The Music Department The music department consists of piano, private voice, vocal music, violin, harmony, appreciation, band and the orchestra. Piano is instructed by Miss Hanlin and Mrs. Redbum, voice by Miss Troutman and Miss Hayes, violin and orchestra by Miss Warner, harmony and appreciation by Miss Wakeman and the band by Mr. Davenport. At least once or twice a week special music is given in the auditorium by pupils of the music classes. A number of programs were rendered the past semester which were thoroughly interesting and enjoyable. One in which the boys sang, ”Go Ask Papa”, and “Sorter Miss You”, and the girls sang, “O! Come to the Fair”, “The Miller’s Song”, and the “Little Girl with a Turned Up Nose”, was especially good. The girls and boys repeated this program for the Kiwanis Luncheon and also for the School Improvement Association.