Hot Springs High School - Old Gold Book Yearbook (Hot Springs, AR)

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Clawiui Most of our time is spent in classrooms- six hours a day, specifically. So perhaps you'd like to hear more about some of our class activities-what we study and why and how. While the soldiers of America are tight- ing to protect a progressive, enlightened coun- try, we are studying to assure its remaining that way. Let us show you how the English depart- ment is helping. As taught by Mrs. Una Mc- Crory, Miss Elizabeth Sloan, Miss Louise More- head, and Miss Anna Roberts, English is not rust the simple study ot parts ot speech, diae ,qrfxtttf ttf gl :'Tf'Ll?lifT stiuittgre, l.'fl.51t we learn li is f t,':i'1y ' 'ie English includes read- ' 1 1 A ' will The -ESSZVJ, Sftfllij- A.-itlisli ' .Atf e collett '15 '-'rt1.3:ifilcgy if were are HUXTIQTY DISCUSSING THE DESIRABILITY of a student council are Raymond Lawson, Bobbie lean lohnson, Arthur Ray, Vir- ginia Outlaw, Walter Sanders, and Lula Pappas. LA LUZ SEEMS INTELLIGIBLE to Spanish scholars lack Knox, Dick Tee-cl, Madeline Lockwood, Frances Benton. Wanda White, Norma Adamson, Iimmy Vann, Mary Beth Meeks, and Wanda Lee Miller. ous panel discussions, too, with a variety of subjects and sometimes interesting conclus- ions. Then there is expository writing with its insistent demand for more flexible vocabular- ies-the despair of most pupils. ln the foreign language field Mr. R, E. Walker-un maestra muy bueno-reigns alone. His three Latin classes and three Spanish class- es keep him busy. Latin consists chiefly of vocabulary study and translation oi Roman myths and histories. Spanish includes infor- mation about our good neighbors, Mexico and South America-Pan-Americanism, you know. The second-year class, who supposedly read and speak the language with comparative flu- ency, subscribe for a Spanish newspaper and also correspond with a New Mexico high-school student. EASE LC

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Where they sit down and peck away indus' triously. Their concentration seems remarkable when one considers the time of day and the tempting aromas that flot up from hte cafeteria. Finally the hour is over, and the students rush down the stairs in search of food. After a delicious lunch Wheatie watches luan and Patsy give shiny noses a final pat be- fore the bell Warns that fourth period has come. The day is not exactly typical in this chem- istry class, where, instead of reciting from the book, students experiment in the laboratory. The experiments prove reasonably successful. At least no serious mistakes occur, and one hour later the building is still standing. During the fifth period our trio attends civics class. Wheatie reports the latest political moves in Washington, and a heated discussion develops. The library is a place for study, Miss Clifton reminds as the three file into senior study room for the last period. Wheatie gets out his books and settles down to serious study. Why, Wheatie, we know she said study, but don't you think she meant academic sub- jects? Leaving the library an hour later, luan and Patsy join six hundred other students in the usual struggle with lockers While Wheatie joins the rest for fifteen minutes in seventh period. Then, homeward bound, our typical students Walk through the halls, proud to be part of a wonderful organization-our school. PAGE 19 Period IV-Chemistry. Period V-Civics. Period VI-Library.

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ln the scientific field we are usually first introduced to biology, the study of plant and animal life, which explains the why's and wherefores of nature and methods of coping with its problems. Under Mrs. jesse Con- nell's alert supervision we apply our newly-ac- quired knowledge practically in the everyday world. Chemistry and physics are Mr. B. C. Gwinn's domain. Chemistry is a study of the properties of chemicals. We spend most of our time experimenting on major and minor scales -with sometimes major damages. Physics has five main divisions-mecharv ics, light, sound, electricity, and heat. lt teaches how various machines and instru- ments work and how We can get the best re- INTERCEPTING A SHORT-WAVE MESSAGE in aeronatics class, lohnnie Bryant and Charlie Bob Goslee ignore Bev- erly Shuman's signaling. INSPECTING THE TOOLS of solid geometry seems interest- ing to Frances Benson, Mildred Emory, Arliss Ray, and Graham Duncan. sults from them with the least amount of trouble. Students of aeronautics investigate the basic facts about flying-for example, at what rate of speed a plane can fly against the wind for a specified distance. They also learn the Morse code-semaphore and wigwag. ln the realm of mathematics Mr. O. P. Wilhite and Mr. T. E. Forrest valiantly strive to impress upon their pupils the difference be- tween a triangle and a parallelogram. Practi- cal math, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry now deal with down-to-earth problems. Mr. Raymond Clinton's auto mechanics class does just what the name implies-studies the parts of the modern automobile. The boys try out their knowledge by tearing cars apart and putting them together again. BlOLOGY SPECIMENS seems to fascinate Catharine Arm- strong and Betty Meadows. EXPERIMENT NOT SUCCESSFUL, reports Betty Petrarca and Steve Pfeiffer after trying to blow up the chemistry lab. 1 785. skwq- 1 PAGE 21