Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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TVVEIN Y QIX MEIN AND MACHINES Wlth the rncreostnq oe ond tor workers tn wc dustrres ond the mcreose pporttdntres for orrls tn 1 odstry the duto'not1ve on ochrne shop courses ore ottroctmq rnore students For he trrst trme slnce the shops were lnstolled rn the ne J ooorters qrrls ore tncluded m the odtornotrve closs os requldrly enrolled members rn the expectotron thot upon qroduotton they may serve m Wor rndustry The mdchtne shop courses are bernq put to very proctr Col opplt otton rn the Work they ore dornq rn rndkmq sorne ports for one of the locol wor plonts The courses not only ore oherlnq d very necessory trcnnrnq for the penod rn whtch we lrve but they ore also openrnq up new oppor tunrtres to more ond more students looth boys ond q1rls whose tnterests lte olonq me chomcol ltnes Reloted trom rnq rn theory moth ond s rence os Well os rnonlpu lot1ve skrlls drowrnq ond sdtety ore touqht rn outo rr1ecl'1on1cs ond ntochme shore fCTCl G T 4.1 xr 'YN l l fi - s .A C 1 1 ,, .. ' ,g 1 A vm v-vw ' .41 Y A . . s '7 .f 4 V 1 , rr . 1 4 4- . .A . . - Y . , . , , , A. , ,- so - , , . - A, p to . t

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The Schools At War Program Although the Schools At War program did not officially start until October 1942 the Findlay City Schools have had such a program organized and in effect since Decem ber l94l Since our schools have been par ticipating 1n the lunior Red Cross Serv1ce Program for a number of years this field quite naturally was the first field of service to be ex tended under the war program Our next step was setting up an organi zation for the sale of war bonds and stamps in the schools We immediately began to educate our teachers and students to the task ahead of us as a part of a gigantic war program This is done by means of staff and student meetings and a series of bulletins issued by the Su perintendent of Schools and the Na tional Defense Committee appointed by him These bulletins dealt with such subiects as the role of th schools in the national emergency obiectives of our national defense program war bonds and stamps organizations and drills c1v1l1an d fense organizations etc Findlay 15 a city of about 22 OOO population lt IS largely a farming community with many retired farm ers and oil workers l1v1ng w1th1n our community itself We have a few industries such as the Master Tire and Rubber Company the National Refining Company Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company Smith Brothers Manufacturing Company Remmg ton Arms Manufacturing Company Hancock Bnck 61 Tile Company and the main offices of The Ohio Oil Company Many of these plants are now doing war production work We have twelve schools one schools and nine elementary schools with a total enrollment of 3500 for the current school year Our students have been intensely interested in our Schools At War program and are to be congratulated on the fine piece of work they are doing It speaks Well for the citizens of tomorrow TWENTY FIVE , I I I I I - I I I - 1 v L 1 ' ' I I .' V . I f Y I 1 . ' e ' ' ' ' I I I - - I ' ' I ' I Iuf11OfIReId Cross' Sclvuqeg AIU Rmd senior high school, two junior high . . . Q- ' - I I I I , . - . ' I ' ' - - -

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STUDENTS TODAY SCIENTISTS TOMORROW' The Biology department is the door woy through which the scientifically minded student enters the held ot science in Findlay Senior High School Here he soon leorns to teel ot horre with snakes ond bugs toods ond frogs humdn onotomy and Vitdmins dino sdurs ond plonts He goes on field trios Gnd observes nolture in the row he leorns breeding ot dnimdls ond the lite story of the polliwogs All ot this ond more he does in his sophomore yeor From Biology to Chemistry while quite cr step in subiect rndtter is not so greot tor the boy or girl who hos ocquired the scientific attitude in Biology ond is now reddy for test tubes ond tormuloe goses thot dnnoy him hold him in their spell But not dll Chemistry students gre hedded tor the upper redches ot science For those who desire d work 1ng knowledge ot every doy chemist y there hos been developed d course in Household Science As cr senior he studies electricity rddio magnetism kinds of energy He is slowly equipping himself with tirst hand knowledge needed by tuture en gineers pilots scientists or mechanics His obility to cope with levers pulleys ond inclined slides is ledrned by dc tuorl contoct with these things He leorns by doing too TWENTY SEVEN Experiments with liquids, solids ond ' - ' 1'