Granite High School - Granitian Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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PERPLEXING SUBJECTS NECESSITATE KEEN MINDS ...Q- LANI' LOMPTON LEGRAND DYKMAN KENNETH ALLRED Lcometry Mechanical Drawing Algebra - Trigonometry Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewilderedf' to quote from a popular refrain, is precisely the way I felt after being exposed to the elements of trigo- nometry and solid geometry, not to mention Algebra C and D. To me words like sine, tangent, secant, and cosecant are merely words to further complicate the English language. After class I paused to chat with Mr. Allred, the intelligent instructor of these engrossing subjects, who claims that interest in higher mathematics has picked up since the threat of war. After visiting Mr. Dykman's mechanical drawing class, where I found ambitious future contractors and engineers busily turning out drawings, which according to Dyk are better than ever, I was scurrying along, when I perceived a group of students across the campus. Wcwndering what they were doing, I decided to find out - and of all things, they were measuring the width of the Fifth East River and the length across Great Granite Lake! A good imagination pays for alert geometry enthusiasts. Overhearing a conversation between two of these students concerning some sort of class that was to be held before regular school convened, I determined to find what subject could be so intriguing as to get students out of bed an hour earlier once a week. Arriving promptly at 8 a. m. the next morning, I jumped upon an unsuspecting sophomore's books, thereby avoiding the arduous climb to the top of the iff This extracurricular class, I discovered, was to teach the students how to manipulate the slide rule. Ah! Whiit my fellow scientists back on Utopia would give to possess such an instrument and the knowledge of its use. Before my sojourn was over, I hoped to find a rule small enough to fit in my pocket. I9

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XVILLIAM HUTCHINSON if if X science Pnosrs Aviation BRYANT BURNINGHATA IRA PETERSON Phygiplggy 1 Lugcnics - Psychology IZETTA BENNIUW I Biology PLLSWORTH CLARK i Biology - Botany - Zoology ROY BAKER Biology Well, as l live and breathe, a common expression among Granitians, l discovered aptly applied to the science department. As l strolled down an upper SU corridor, an acrid odor assailed me. To detect the source, l ventured into the chemistry laboratory. Here l was informed that this odor was a part of Granite's effort to improve youth - a chemistry experiment to test the properties of sulphuric acid and its effect on precipitates Cbetter known as rotten egg gash. In a journey from one branch of science to another, l chanced upon the intricate dissection of a cat, in a physiology class. To my amazement, I witnessed fainting girls, bulging eyes, and experienced a slight queasy feeling in my mid- section. ln biology the marvels of the insect were pointed out to me by students who were making a collection of the various species. Grassf hoppers, beetles, ants, and bees - the school abounds in them. 20