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

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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

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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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--5 . ,t .X ,W I ,,.,,,:i'5,--if Qt f fr f Q t .4 , 7' 4-i t E7 ' NVLV I , , Z' Mg f WHAT IS THE OUICKEST WAY to a man's heart? Vir- ginia Parker, Dorothy Emerson, Carolyn Wheatley, Leora Cary, and Virginia Scott ought to know. NOT WHAT YOU DO but the way you do is the important tact in sewing-so Georgia Fay Rogers, Inez Radford, and Marie Buttrum found out. PRINTING-THE VOICE OF THE SCHOOL-is put into type by Wallace Taylor, Andy Iett, Bobby Mann, and Herman Howell. lUST NAME IT, WE'LL MAKE IT, say Richard Stauder, Norman Westerman, I. D. Burch, I. B. Will, Bob Maus, and Wilson Brown-manual training students. We have a number of vocational subjects. Home economics is one. This includes two sep- arate units, sewing and cooking. The former ranges from complication to simplicityg that is the girls are taught to add to and replenish their own wardrobes, even though the first at- tempts may be guite unprententious, Style shows, which stimulate interest, are given at intervals for the student body. As to the culi- nary ability of this department, the report is that it's practically unlimited. We have first- hand information from Mrs. W. W. Turner, the instructor, and confirmation from other faculty members who have been their guests that the girls can prepare a meal in good order-and with due ceremony, too. The printing room is one place that's near- ly always rushed. The students here have a host of things to dog for one thing, they print the Torchlight, our school paper. They also print tickets and posters for class plays, con- certs, dances, book reviews, and anything else calling for publicity, print report cards for all the city schools: and make illustrated booklets and teachers' manuals. Wood shop, taught by Mr. Wilhite, is sim- ply carpentryeee cabinet building, for example. PAGE 22