Fargo Central High School - Cynosure Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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lion 1 li l' kziiegei. Miss Alue Tilu-it. ll. Ii. lliitle-r!iii.f lion 1 l li fXI5i'iiteheoii.l ll Usnziixl' I' Schiiiilieigfi, ll C' Xi wx lliiu i H X1 Ii iliznsi-ii. I' l N lii.s. ll I S1'ii'f Science and Mathematics With slide rules, test tubes, compasses, and pickled frogs, the faculty memlters shown here are engaged in teaching the more or less exact sciences, The curriculum inf cludes plane geometry. solid geometry. trigonometry. advanced algebra, hiology, chemisf try, and physics. Seniors who graduate this year will enter a world which is becoming increasingly aware of the need of scientists to defend itself against those who have pervert' ed science for the devils own ends. Future citizens of the peaceful world to come will need knowledge of lsoth natural and physical science to aid in recouping the vast amount of natural resources lost in this wasteful period. The exact sciences teach knowledge un' biased by emotion, nationalism, or demagoguery. While the world struggles against these everfrecurring human weaknesses, Fargo High is patiently instilling in its students the scientific spirit, that objective reasoning power which is proof against false propaganda. ln this democracy, we are certain that science will never be debased, but will lie used to make the future brighter for all of us. Still, the present emergency makes a necessity for high school graduates trained in the fundamentals of science so that they may be quickly adapted to services requiring a knowledge of such fundamentals. Science is knowledge and knowledge is culture. Let us hope that in some future decade. science will l'e permitted to flourish in a peaceful world beside its fellows, the rine arts. to give to all the world .1 richer and more universal culture. i. .al--H Getting under a grasshoppers hide An experiment in optics. Tm' icrv: ...Z fist

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Misses lfllna Nelsuzn. ljfninl l..I,l'.X'1Q. Christine liulloek. Laura kiffflllljff. hir: Delia Cfrutliers Foreign Language 'ivsllly study language'7u solneone inay ask. It IS not lneans hy which to inake ,l llX'il1g1 it li not that they expect to speak the language when they trayeli neither IS it hecause it has long laeen a part of the traditional CLlITlCLllLllU. Rather it 15 a forin Olwl1lCllI.ll discipline which requires exactness. A leackground for the understanding of the English language is received only ffOlU the study of other languagf es. Slxtyfslx per cent of the English words are derived from Latin. Thus the study of language goes hand Ill hand with sciences. law, and lnediclne. The world IS continually growing sinaller due to the llUPI'OX'Ckl inethods of transport' ation. Thus it hehooyes us to try to understand people of other COKIHIVICS. their customs. ideas. and ideals. This we are alale to do when we study their languages. For instance, a person has a distinct advantage in doing lfusincss with South American countries if he understands their language. Besides the practical advantages. we should not forget the cultural lvenetits to lee gained from the study of the literature of other nations. After we have attended to the practical husiness of making a llying, we wish to have also the ilnplelnents with which to enrich our llyes and enjoy our leisure. For these reasons, Fargo High School offers Latin, French, Spanish, and German. Wllell the world is again at peace, new problems will present thelnselyes which will require an understanding and knowledge of the other countries which can lfe ohtained through the study of language. Differences in culture have made a COINIDOII understand' ing dithcult. The l'est way to secure lasting peace for the present generations 15 to Olwf-llll a colninon culture. O Tannenhauln. O Tannellhauln. Ta fir ft- -, - '-1'4'1 t., A -e' V etkiryl .vigil-51-'f-h Q :e -4 ,tx

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1 1 Hi S521 G. B. Horloeker. George Kester. Tore Allegrezza. T. -I. Vavrina c yrtle Okerlund. Edna Akre. Stella Weaver. Mary Nowatzki. Mary Fowler Often you have heard the statement 'iHistory repeats itself... Never lias this seem' ed truer than at the present time. Social Sciences NNI SN To the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome we owe the reginf nings of our knowledge and culture. A study of these developments is received in World History. After a course in Moderii History, it is easy for one to understand the comparison between Napoleon and Hitler which is often times mentioned. As yet Hitler's Wziterloo has IiOt heen reached but perhaps it will be in the near future. So that one may hetter understand his privileges and ohligations as a part ofa great democracy, a course in Civics is offered. It is your duty to have a knowledge of your government and to fulfill your place in it if democracies are to remain supreme after this war. We can neither hope to discuss the causes of the present war or the peace to come later unless we have some knowledge of Economics and Sociology. It is an economic war that is being fought now. Such wars in the future can he eliminated only by social and economic changes in some parts of the world. Qur studies in history are only fundamental facts which are preparing us for our part in the future world --'whether it he peaceful or warring. Trying to keep pace with the map of Europe. ii' . Fla.-rem ' V ,Q 35.45, ggi as '. -T' if--5 2 1: - if 4 'VEJ FLEIQLKL . ,s,.x. X: f ,lf S X A