Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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,CEARNED UO MEASURE QT Mathematics T This deparfmenf boasfs an imposing array of . unknown facfors, cosecanfs, parallelopipeds, ' and dihedral angles. We firsf make ifs ac- quainfance in Algebra I, and meef The eminenf Mr. ln fhe following year we come fo lcnow him infimafely, and soon are fasf friends. This friendship is inferrupfed when we go off on a iourney fhrough fhe flaf land of Plane Geomefry. lf foo has ifs guainf charm, and we spend a few ferms bisecfing angles, finding loci, and becoming experf af wielding a pair of com- 'jf passes. ' Him: Then we come upon our old friend X again. X lf is nof long before some radicals appear on fhe scene, and fhings become rafher agifafed, buf everyfhing sfraighfens ouf in fime, and we pass on fo fhe hearf and iaw brealcing perils of Solid Geomefry and Trigonomefry fhaf lie in waif iusf around fhe corner of fwelffh grade. Such is fhe grand finale of fhe mafhernafics deparfrnenf, and we leave owing a debf of grafifude To fhe feachers who franslafed whaf originally loolced lilce Greelc fo us. Reading leff fo righf from fop row: Miss Elilabefh Wood, heady Miss Mary Consfable, Miss Helen Shollenberger. Miss Marie Wilhelmi, Miss Kafhryn Clark, Miss Evelyn Owen: Miss Clara Kehler, Mrs. Anna Grimsley. Miss Clark leads fhe search for X and Y. Miss Wilhelmi: I wish l could give fhem all I0O .

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WE UJONDERED AT . fl ' ? 2 sf 3 4 4. There was a lime, lhree or four years ago, when a drop ol muddy waler meanl nolhing more lhan iusl lhalz a drop of muddy waler. Then we mel lhe science deparlmenl, and 'rhal muddy lillle pool became a new world, alive and fascinaling. Wilhin ils narrow limils, we walched 'rhe amoeba, lhe mosl primilive bil ol life, move sluggishly along. We walched ils growlh and division--lhe crealion of ofher life. We lraced lhal drop of waler on a long journey: lhrough 'rhe pores ol lhe earfh lo become parl ol a planl-lhrough lhe planl lo become parl of UI-IE WORLD Science Top row: Miss May L. Laramay, head: Miss Helen Boofh, Miss Aileen Kirkpairiclm. BoHom row: Miss Mariorie Roberis, Miss Rhea Balmer, Miss Elsa Berger. a man-lranslormed inlo heal-inlo energy- inlo blood. We evaporaled il-analyzed il- learned ol The worlds ol aloms wilhin ils mole- cules-weighed il in a scale pan--endeavored lo discover wha'r? and how much? So we worked lhree years wilh lhe science deparlmenl, and gained a lorlune in inlangible Treasure, for we had learned ol lhe slrange, wonderful, and uncomprehendible somelhing called life, and discovered a microscopic bil of ils immorlalily. Chemisfry classes inspire many girls 'lo choose scienlilic careers

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Dr. Fousf coaches classroom acfresses. Mrs. Brisfol fo fhe seniors: Li+era+ure and Life . UO SPEAK GUR MOTHER UONGUE Inslruciion in English as if should be spolcen and in lileralure as il should be underslood is a monumenlal lask. The English deparlmenl has employed leaching mefhods which could eminaie only from undersfanding and sound, experienced iudgmenl. Tacliul buf poinled crilicism and guidance, so necessary in classes where conversa- lions rellecl many varied environmenls and Traces of former moiherffongues, have been I graciously accepfed and assimilafed in+o our speech. Long aller The lasf grammar boolc is closed, and One Girls Credol' has become a realify, Jrhe leachings of 'rhis able deparlmenf will con- linue 'ro pay dividends +o a graduaiing class which can now express ils apprecialion in beller English. English Top row: Mr. Jacll Edelson, head: Miss Margaref E. Dungan, Miss lrene Eldridge, Miss Mary Baylson. Second row: Mrs. Helen Brisfol, Miss Dorofhy Noe, Dr. Clemenf Fousf, Dr. Rose Glay- men. BoH'om row: Mrs. Selina Adams, Miss Margarel Sullivan, Mrs. Harriei Morgan, Miss Ruih Dean, Librarian. Noi picfuredz Miss Eloise Bullman.