Hales Franciscan High School - Spartan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Willie Evans and Bruce Bradley were highly encouraged by Fr. Terry Niebrugge to com- plete their experiment in the dissection of a rat. Many of us had the traditional problem of biology before Lunch. Biology is a branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and life processes. Our studies of biology enabled us to observe the fundamental basis of being-life itself. From the smallest form of life, the amoeba, to the most complexed form of mammal we observed its life process. Chemistry' enabled us to break- down these living organisms into structure, composition, and properties of elementary liquid, solid, and gaseous substances. Biology and chemistry together with physics, a study dealing with the phenomena of inanimate matter and motion, constituted the advanced courses of science available to us as students at Hales. i'

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it we .al ,L st, H- it in is Fr. Melchior Toczek explained to us the use of percentages in chemical mixtures. With the continued development of the scientific fields of today and the advances resulting from in- dustrial and governmental pressures, Hales placed an important emphasis on the scientific courses available to us. Both general science for the freshman and biology for the sophomore were required courses of study. As we became more sophisticated and more prepared, we could choose to continue our study in science by taking chemistry or physics-possibly both. Mr. Pliska taught us the general principles of science when we were freshmen. Fr. Terry enlightened us of his advanced knowledge in dissecting a rodent. Fr. Melchior has yet to forget our breaking his self-made solar battery. And, when we had him in chemistry the next year, our cook-book reciped experiments rarely met expectations. Mr. David Pliska returned the results of one of our first general science examinations. -- fs- sa CIE CE

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DU TRIAL ART -Mechanics Many would say that boys, in general, are mechanically in- clined. Apparently we areg most of us njust want to know what makes that clock tick?', Under Fr. Joseph Hemmer's direction, Hales provided those of us students interested in auto-mechanics a number of courses which orientated us adequately to fulfill re- quirements in securing a mechanical job. Auto-mechanics has been continuously popular with the majority of us. With the increasing amount of tools and equipment which we have to work with, we found jobs more complete and more readily ac- complished. 6 It was a common site to see many of the industrial arts students working around the school. Fr. Melchior continuously aided students in teaching them how to run the different implements. '-mi hc, 4 . i fn, -EE? .a..- IHIQ - 1-was ,qu 1 Y-sewn rg ,Q V ,ff , , . ff ' uf 4- tra LT , .EV an .' f- 2721 , rf: A -- .4 Q, ,X ..f,1-P, ,e. ff. ,