Port Arthur High School - Sea Gull Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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ll n H 57 lz'mm: ; u: 1 hi H il Jr i ., :l ?.I t.. 1. gheAy.-- WALT 155$ . V . 1.7 f 4 gen. V BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS +c- Not many schools have the efficient and modern equipment of the High School in this line of work. Among the apparatus in the Anatomy class is a skeleton. Far from keeping girls away; they flock to the class. The study in these two courses embraces all the lines of Physiology and Bi- ology. The classes in Physiology of course, study the human body, bodies of animals not human and hygiene and sanitation. The Biology classes take up all the phases of the relation of nature to man. J5 Kar- Under the tutelage of Misses Greenlee and Jones these two depart- ments are the most popular in the school. One year of Science in the first F. two years is required here and this requirement is met by the students by V7. entering classes in Biology, a one-year course, Physiology, a half-year sub- i F ject or General Science, a whole-year subject also. F! k x The one who enters the laboratory of these two departments unawares will be astonished by the array of birds there. All kinds, species and fam- ilies almost are represented in the bird gallery. Those who are entering $ High School will do well to take both these subjects, as they are both inter- esting as well as instructive. E

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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT The Physics Department has grown very much in the last few years due to the new laboratory and added equipment. Under the supervision of Mr. Kelly DeBusk the students receive instruction in practical problems of elementary physics. The work in electricity, sound, color, pendulums, simple machines and other things is illustrated in class by experiments using the equipment offered. Interest is especially keen in the work done with electricity in the laboratory. Machines for generating electricity, a Leyden Jar, Crooks tubes, electric motors, and other such devises are used by the students. Study in light is another part of the work which is marked with with the interest of the students. Prisms and whirling machines are used to illustrate the composition of white light and the uses of mixed colors. Mr. DeBusk, although a newcomer to our school, has won the coopera- tion and good will of all the Physics students. Well versed in his subject. he is always ready to help anyone with an unusually stubborn problem. In his work this year Mr. DeBusk has made himself a place in the affection of the students who have come in contact with him in the classroom and on the campus. It is hoped that he will return next year.

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ARTS AND CRAFTS DEPARTMENT Under the supervision of Miss Pauline Dunstan, this department has been doing excellent work. Drawing is taught to the different classes by the use of living models and copy prints. The pupils are taught the use of charcoal, pencil, pen, and water colors in the principles of drawing. MUSIC DEPARTMENTS The classes in Music are all very well attended, and good work is ac- complished in both classroom and in outside work. This outside work is an important bit of the school life, and consists of major parts in Opperet- tas, plays, and other parts of the school life.