Gabriels High School - Trumpet Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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Opposite: Debbie Golata carefully adjusts her balance as she painstakingly weighs a substance for her chemistry experiment. Below: Under the watchful eye of Sister Andrew joseph, Mike Radelet prepares to undertake a physics experiment. Left: During the study of photosynthesis in bi- ology, Virginia Dionise gets a first-hand view of the microscopic structure of a plant leaf.

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Experimentation leads to scientific understanding 26 Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, Physics . . . all are science yet each opens up a new and unique Held of study. Dis- enchantment occasionally sets in as the sophomores become lost in a maze of amino acids and DNA, juniors nurse burns inflicted by mishaps with the Bunsen burner or hydrochloric acid, and physics students discover that their experiments have failed after weeks of hard work. As the year progresses, how- ever, disillusionment vanishes as basic concepts are finally grasped and laboratory skills are mastered. Study and experi- mentation are no longer tedious ordeals to be endured or avoided, but the tools to scientific understanding. At yearis end, science students emerge with a sense of the complexity, yet basic simplicity, of the universe.

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1-2-3 The count goes on in Physical ducation Physical education is usually associated with ex- ercises and sports. But this year Mr. Greenwood the boyls instructor, established a concept of per- sonal achievement. Early in the year the President's Physical Fittness Test was administrated to all classes, with a modified version for the girls. The individual's average was measured up against na- tional averages indicating strengths and weaknesses. Clad in new uniforms of white shorts and green sweatshirts, the girls gyrated to Mrs. Reed's mega- phone, aching from their endeavors. But what they lacked in brute strength they compensated for in competitive spirit and braved such trials as push- ups, 600 yard runs, even a simplified chin-up. These accomplishments were aptly demonstrated during the end of the year test, as there was marked improvement. 1 This isatypical scene at the beginningofany gym period. Mrs, Reedls bull- for pushups but nothing can overcome the groans of these tired young horn, which keeps the girls stretching, tries to drown out the boy's count men. 28