Feitshans High School - Log Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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G E N s E C R 1 A E L N CHEMISTRY Plug your ears cmd hold your nose, Sulphur dioxide-thcxr she blows! ls the school on tire? Who's burning rubber? These and various other comments may be heard when the chemistry class starts experi- menting. However, genius should not be dis- couraged. Who knows, maybe another atomic bomb will be discovered? Mr. Hutt and Mr. Wax do an able job of keeping explosions down to a minimum and student interest up to the maximum. C E t2il C H E M I S T R Y GENERAL SCIENCE Trams use coal, cars need gas. Explain how it's done or l'll never pass. Our science department consists of classes in general science, biology, and physics. Al- though general science is the only required subject, the other three classes are Well tilled because ot the interesting work done in them. lt is lett to tive people to see to that: no others than Miss Sutton, Mrs. Baumann, Miss Smith, Mr. Rowe, and Mr. Hutt. mm

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C O M M E R C E COMMERCE Would bookkeeping help me stretch my allowance? Somehow the thing iust never will balance. Would you like to become a secretary? li so, be sure to take our new Ciiice Practice course, which was taught tor the tirst time this year by Mrs. Erickson. ln this course you learn how to take dictation, how to file, and how to operate machines, such as the mimeograph, calculators, adding machnies, and the Edi- phone. You also learn interviewing. ln the commercial department you can take typing, shorthand, stenciling, tabulation, book- keeping to help a secretary hold a good busi- ness position. SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 Keep alert! Watch social trends! A world at peace is a world of friends. Social Science includes the study ot Amer- ican and World History, Government, Law, and Geography, all oi which are taught here at Feitshans. Why not plunge into these studies With all your might to help better social trends? Miss Pratt, Miss Cothren, Mr. Kenney, and Mr. Rowe will guide you in your attempts. Sf? O I L l2Ol Cs C A1 E N C E

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MECHANICAL DRAWING Thirty straight lines going forty different ways: Mechanical drawing leaves me in a daze. There are promises of future draftsmen and contractors in Mr. l-leiden's mechanical drawing and blueprinting classes. Some of these boys are just as much an artist as some of the stu- dents in the art classes, and they are just as painstaking. Some of the more advanced boys Work with the skill of a master surgeon as they deftly manipulate their pencils and compasses on one of their masterpieces or a tracing for a blueprint. W O O, D W O R K l22l M E gn AR NA IW C1 AN' LG WOODWORK Do you want furniture, modern and good? Here's where you come to make them of wood. Mr. Krebs encourages his students on to finer and more difficult pieces of work in his woodwork class. ln this class are future carpenters and con- tractors, and some boys who just Want to make some extra pieces of furniture for their rooms or for their bunkhouses. Many fine pieces of furniture are made in these classes. ri? ws i M r wins.