Pensacola High School - Annona Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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New Version of Physical Science Is Available Students usually become acquainted with the biological division in their sophomore year when they take Biology I, the only required course in the department. While physical science deals with inanimate objects, biology takes up the study of living things: from the tiny protozoa to the homo- sapiens, algae to gymnosperm. Most of the emphasis of Biology I is placed on the lower forms of life. Biology II, the study of anatomy and physiology, is available for those students desiring to delve further into biology. It is a course which explores, in detail, the workings of the human body. The annual Science Fair held once a year offers the students a chance to combine their own ingenuity and creativity with the knowledge they have gained in class to produce complicated and unusual science projects. This fair is created to act as a showplace at which the student body can enjoy and study their projects. The winners of the fair are entitled to place their projects in the Northwest Florida Regional Science Fair. The Science Department at Pensacola High School, by offering these various stud- ies, is trying to do its part in promoting heightened na- tional interest in scientific technology. ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM EDITH HARLING JIMMY HAYNES ROY HYATT JAMES SMITH MARJORIE STOCKDALE CHARLES WEBSTER Bewildered by the new methods employed in the Chem- istry laboratory, Beth McMurry and Warren Wolfe try to get the reading on the scale as accurate as possible. Students in Mrs. Harling's biology class are involved in studying these insect collections. This particular phylum -is made more clear-cut with these collections. 19

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MARVIN BECK EDGAR BRAGG REGINALD BUTLER Mr. Butler, chemistry teacher, simplifies for a group of students the experimental course which was intro- duced this year. Only a few schools employ this method. Occupations in Science Are Available to All With the present world emphasis on the rush to reach the vast uncharted areas outside the earth's atmosphere, much more pressure has been placed on the nation's schools to produce the scientists and technicians required to fill the ever expanding national need. Colleges and universities are constantly raising their require- ments in the fields of science in an effort to promote a larger interest in scientific technology. The science courses at Pensacola High School are predominantly directed to afford an equal opportunity for all students to acquire a better understanding of the world in which they live. These courses are divided into two different sections—Biological and Physical. Basic courses in General Science and Physi- cal Science are offered for those who are inter- ested merely in obtaining a general foundation in science, and also for those students who wish to use these courses as a foundation for the more complicated subjects. Chemistry I, which is the first big step in the physical science division, is being offered this year in a new course compiled by the Chem- ical Material Education Study. No matter what approach is used, it is still a subject which stu- dents find requires a good deal of intensive study and hard work. The deepest and most detailed science Course available at Pensacola High School is Physics. The main purpose of the course is to teach the hows and whys of the world of inanimate objects through the use of logic and observation. The mechanism of motors is simplified by Mr. Bragg while he explains the principle of internal combustion to phys- ics students. Cliff Frances and Charlie Griffin. A scale model of an engine enables the teacher to present new ma- terial in the most interesting way. The science department also provides a refractor wheel for use in Physics lab. 18

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Social Studies Courses Designed for All Interests In these troubled times more emphasis has been placed on social studies. Each of the courses in this department, in one way or another, gives the student a better understanding of his respon- sibility as a citizen. In the history courses at Pensacola High School, the American heritage and the everchang- ing world, is made to live. The principles stressed are made to speak to the student. The govern- ment courses seek to instill in the pupil a working knowledge of his government. The study of psychology enables the student to understand more clearly the whys and the wherefores of human behavior. The student's first three years of high school are spent in completing the required social stud- ies courses. As a freshman, in Civics, the student makes a detailed study of his government. In this course the three branches of government are taken at the three levels—local, state, and national. In his sophomore year the pupil observes the history of the world from its beginning in the three river valleys of Africa and Asia to its existence now. The ancient customs and ways of life are only a minute portion of study. As the study progresses, the effect of the Renaiss- ance and the numerous wars is analyzed. BILLY LOVETT ALEX McLEOD ELIZABETH NILES ANN OWENS HARRELL PARKER MELBA PARTIN The memorable speeches of encouragment by Sir Win- ston Churchill-during World War II are reproduced on record to acquaint pupils with conditions in that era. These U. S. History pupils learn about the origin and history of the Constitution from this film introduced by Alsfair Cooke and narrated by lawyer, Joseph Welch.