New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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ESTHER STENSBY Head of Homemaking Department ? Keep the Home Fires Burning The proof of the pudding is in the eating is an old adage which fits our Homemaking Department. Here, girls learn, first of all, the fundamentals of cooking. Testing is simple, severe, and effective, for in this hot-stove league one must eat what one has cooked. A stitch in time saves nine applies to the sewing division of the Home-EC Department, for knowing how to fashion her own wardrobe can be a big asset to the young homemaker operating on a budget. A week in Personal Grooming Class shows that you've got to suffer to be beautiful. In fact, the apparatus and steps involved in manicuring your nails and drying your hair alone would stun the imagination. And last, but not least in Health and Child Care, where girls learn to be better baby-sitters by developing a keener understanding of child behavior - and battlefield tactics. It's easy to see then, that even though the role of chief cook and bottle washer presents many exhausting chores, Homemaking offers a chance to develop them into skills which make these duties a pleasure to perform. EERE , L As.8 gm s? gi rjfarfyigl -, . .f+, 4lE E5!ii Jie DOROTHY C. SPURGAS ORIANA L. PECK ISABEL F. PAGE BESSIE l. FOOKS Homemaking HOII1CII1akir1g Homemaking Homemaking RUTH L. JACZINSKI WANDA E. ONIFER IDA C. CROSS Homemaking Homemaking Homemaking 24

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From Aristotle to Einstein Intrigued by the structure of the atom, fascinated by the pendulum and perhaps a little squeamish at the idea of dissecting a frog, we delved into the mysteries of the universe. Oblivious to the pungency of chlorine, the delicacy of a scale, or even the thickness of our textbooks. No ordinary subjects these, here for the first time was something new and different. Now we could make gunpowder or build a better mousetrap. From dinosaurs to dynamosg it was a revelation. But looking just a little beyond the obvious, we saw the underlying reason for taking these courses. Science - plaything of the ancients, pretense of the medieval sorceror, and spirit of the Renaissance - is the basis of modern living. Without it, automobiles and television would be inconceivable, machines and tools unheard of, and even the wheel would disappear. g W This fact, plus the novelty that never quite wore off and an ever-present D terror of the one-legged r, were incentive enough. Vleyiworked, and worked hard - And yet, we liked it. L j JOHN TROLAND W Head of Science Department MILDRED E. ABBOTT STEWART S. CLARK MILTON E. FIKE SOLOMON H. GORDON Scienceg Audio-Visual Director Science Science, Bowling Club Science, Chess Club ALBERT E. NITSCHE WILLIAM F. O'BRIEN BARTHOLOMEW P. SCARPA Scienceg Projection Club Science, Varsity Club Science 23 ' or ltli -:P xfft ,fe - '--- -f .... A L QQ, V-. iiee i r H I 5 il' tzfiilfi U ftf A ttft X

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The Shorthand Way to Success Hieroglyphics on a scratch pad, blank keys on a typewriter, and endless columns of hgures in the big green book . . . To those of us in the Com- mercial Department, this was how it looked. It seemed to be a nightmare of broken pencils, clumsy fingers and sesquadigits that never balanced. Three years of Bookkeeping, two each of Typing and Stenography, and one each of Office Machines and Business Law . . . What? All this and English, too? Yes, it was a lot of work - but worth it. For without the clicking of typewriters, scratching of pencils and rattle of office machines, the hum of our nation's industry would soon cease. Huge corporations would fall over night without the benefit of competent bookkeepers, stenographers, and other office personnel. ' So just when the pangs of writer's cramp seemed unbearable and forty words a minute unattainable . . . behold, a silver lining! Finally keys began to flash, figures balanced, and Acme, Inc. showed a profit. At last, shorthand was really short - and faces no longer long. ,act if-1 , I f ' 4 13 , he .f , S assay- 1 ' -' - -,.f,f'1.-- .4 ,, l MARION G. ANDERSON JOHN J. CASEY LILLIAN KANTER HARLAN M STURGIS Business Business, Clipper Business Advisor Business Social Science qgw, YT FLORENCE MCLEOD NANCY P. WATSON DAVID T. KING Business Business Businessg Dance Club Ticket Club 25