Hagerstown High School - Epitome Yearbook (Hagerstown, IN)

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MR. EINSTEIINVS PALS Choose a Feature Here For Your Hobby Everything from radinnl to radishes is studied in the science department of the high school. In room 222 every day except laboratory day you could see students of the Physics Class feverishly trying to understand the theory of light or other physical phenomenon. Some were poring over the penciled agonies of former students, or others were studiously reading the explanation of the author. On days in the laboratory, the scene was quite different. Test tubes here, electric motors there, calorimeters, magnets and other scien- tilic paraphernalia were being experimented upon to see why they behave as they do, Students in groups of four worked at separate tables and under tl1e capable supervision of Mr. Heniser, looked forward to days in the Physics laboratory. The argument, that we have to liveg there- fore why not learn how to' live an enjoyable lite was carried out in the Health Education Class. This course deals with the structure. function. and hygiene ofthe human body. and special stress was placed on the prevention rather than tl1e cure of disease. From the laughs that issued from Room 21. this course which was also taught by Mr. Hcniser must have been entertaining as well as instructive. A reorganization of the Physical Geography Class took place this year. lt became a study of the physical, economic, and regional con- ditions of the earth and also included a sur- vey of the l'. S. Science in the study of na- ture. Since we are invariably associated with nature, it proves beneficial to have a knowl- edge of any phase of science. The students enrolled in the science courses in the high school will not, of course, all be future Edisons. Einsteins, or Burbanks, yet they will, in a measure, enjoy life more fully because of the fact that they understand what was for- merly unsolvable mysteries of nature. l Scwolzteeiz

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OUR BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN TO BE Accuracy A lways E'l1l1 bet our best hats that not a waste paper basket in tl1e sehool lills up as quiekly as the one i11 the typing rooni. If you should step lllfll tl1e l'O0l1l and see a stunlent eoinpleting an exereise, you would llllllli he was doing it for a slow 1notio11 picture. But we ean't even begin to describe ll1Clll when they're on the last line of the exereise and then make an error, Tl1at's when one's Span- ish and Latin COIHP i11 hainly. My, and the noise they do make! ln fact there 's so ll1llCll noise that one class didn 't hear the H1-e bell ring. But lfl1t'1'6'S 0110 good thing' about that. You can make a lot of noise and points aren 't taken off. Ready, go! Those were the words of Miss Van Horn when a eontest was held for the amlvaiieerl stualents in order that they llllglll show their ability and eiiieieney, Pins were given as rewards. l?uel954 Van you llllilglllt' soineone saying they Uilllil reall their own writing? NYell, itfs not s111-prisiiigr to the Sll01'tlHillll elass at all. You ean nlake the lillllllltsl looking' little Curly- iiigques and yet l'2lt'll one has a l1lL'2llllIlfI. The trouble is 1'l'llllfllllH'l'lllil' the 1l1OH1lll1Q' of the little clash, l'lll'Yl', ete. At the beginiiing of the seeoncl seniester. Miss Van Horn llietatecl letters to the a1l- yaneeil elass of 120 words a niinute. lt 1loesn't seein possible that yo11 eoulcl get every word that was said. XVl1e11ey'er you feel like doing' soinetliing' aee11r:1te. just do a little bookkeepiiig. lt's just loads of fun 11ntil you try to balanee your books and lincl tl1ey're out of balance about flil-13.27. You would think that some of the seniors were H1'Sl'-Q'l'2ltlG1'S wl1en you see them eounting on their l'll15.l'9I'S. But they usually get them right. unless they see double or Count one finger twiee. The one thing that Miss Van Horn stressed in Till' eo1n1ne1'eial eourse was ACCVRACYX Hrst. last, and always. Sirteciz

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HOW BEETHOVEN WOULD MARVEL Not jazz But Music ET tuned up 11ow ..... Szixoplimies, wc-'re playing! elassieal lllllSlC not jazz ..,.. get those tone volumes balzineed ,.... VVl1:1t .' you say you broke il violi11 string? XVell. now's at line time to have soniething wrong' with it. . . . . . All 1'pHlly 11ow. . . . . Une. two. one. two ..... A piereiiig ereseendo of violins joined by the lower 11ote of other Hl1'lllg't'tl and NYllld i11st1'11111ents. then the roll of il ll1'lllll and tl1at's an hour of orehestrzi. The eoni- bined 01't'll6S'f1'2l shown below consisted of thirty-six nieinbers, twenty-tive senior l1ig'l1 school members and eleven junior high school inemliers. The orchestra studied various i11- HHQI954 Hil'lllIl llf2ll selections iu an effort, to cultivate their llllltilifill outlook. The spirit ot' the elub was that of eoopera- tion and joy in working together and was perlmps the nuelens of their splendid prog'- 1-1-ss, The work has heen exceedingly interest- ing' for the 1111-111be1's. and their productions liavv been ll1llCll 2i1l15l'Pl'l?ltC'il and have no doubt 61lI'lL'llltCl the lives of the meinbers. This o1'1:l1est1'z1. an iniportaint activity of the 1-11lt111'11l L'll1'l'lClll1llH of the school and. under the baton of its able leader, Miss Flossy Nett, played on a number of Occasions for Farm .l'illl'l'2l1l ineetings, class plays, and chapel pro- grmiis, and tool: part ill the 11111111211 spring festival. 'tliiglitliei' move the niinutes edged with 11111sie. Eighteen