Hempstead High School - Colonial Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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Left to right, Row I: Robert Hayes, Robert Ayres. Row II: Carl Holtz, Robert Keenan. Doctor Layton helps a geometry student. OUR Mathematics Department is organized to serve those students who intend to use this valuable subject in their vocations and those who desire to gain practical training for everyday life. For our future scientists and mathematicians the department offers a strong foundation. This year it has been decided to enlarge and improve the upper class mathematics curriculum to afford our mathematically inclined students an even bet- ter background for college studies. With the new curriculum, the teachers are instructing our stu- dents in more advanced mathematics in the same length of time. It will certainly help the students to meet keener competition in technological and scientific fields. It is in line with a nation-wide renewal of interest on how to provide this coun- try with more and better mathematicians and scientists. The students of Hempstead High School have gained many values from algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. We have been taught how to think and analyze, whether we are having dis- cussions with friends, solving problems, or form- ing opinions. The ability to organize our thoughts has been developed by doing word problems and by graphing and solving equations. Belonging to the Tupiar Club is a way for interested students to pursue their studies. Every- thing the department does is toward the goal of interesting more students in higher mathematics. Left to right. Row l: Gerald Lacombe. Row II: Dr. Edna Layton, Albert Smith. 17

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SHRINKAGE of the world due to the invention of the airplane has made it more important than ever to speak one or more foreign lan- guages. Students at Hempstead High have an opportunity to learn French, Spanish, German cr Latin from highly qualified instructors. The study of a foreign language does not only mean learning its grammar and vocabulary, but also includes teaching the culture and history of the nation. Those really interested in the lan- guage can learn more about it through one of the foreign language clubs. Through the teachers of the language department, the student can vicariously experience a visit to a foreign land. Filled with the enticing aroma of foreign dishes, lively colored costumes, and mysterious sounds echoing through the streets, these new enchant- ing lands radiate a never ending story of peo- ple and places. When one can speak a foreign tongue, it makes him more eager to visit the country. Mod- ern transportation makes it easy to travel abroad. A visit to another country would be much more enjoyable if you had some understanding of its language. Espanol with Mrs. Stilger. 16

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Left to right. Row I: A. Franklin Faust, Tord Beck. Row II Daniel Beckett, Margaret Beighley. Row III: Royal Benner. Mr. Schuessler’s Earth Science class learns about geology. science SCIENCE students have experienced a much tougher course this year, according to Mr. Franklin Faust, director of our science depart- ment. This is because of the higher requirements of the New York State Board of Regents. The general science course in particular, has become more difficult. Today, we are living in the atomic age, an age of science. The future of this age is in the hands of the scie ice students of today. From our science classes we shall find our future geologists, doctors, and biologists. Courses in physics and chemistry will help prepare students for futures in the fields of engineering, atomic energy, or chemical research. From our well equipped lab- oratories will come the experimentalists of to- morrow. Our science courses also enable us to better understand the world around us. The fu- ture of America is in the hands of the youth of today, and science is the future of America. 18 Left to right. Row . Viola Dendy, Maurice Levin. Row II. Martin Lind, Harold Lints. Row III: Robert Schuessler, Luke White.