Provo High School - Provost Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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4 V 4 A R T M E N T S WJ UNDER THE SUPERVISION of Mr. Albert Johnson, Mary Hintlmarsh and Bob McGee learned the names of all the bones, sockets, and joints in the human body. AT SEVEN-THIRTY in the morning few students thought about or even wanted to think about the fact that in their daily routine of classes they were building one of the most important parts of the Spirit of the Green and hitc. To most of the fun-loving people at P. H. S. history was a confused mass of names and dates; chemistry meant hours upon hours of balancing equations and writing formulas; English consisted of endless drills on grammar and vocabulary. But one by one students in these classes began to realize the importance of learning, and they discovered that growth, the Spirit of the Green, and achievement, the Spirit of the White, were essential to a meaningful life.

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Some of the most important people in the school were those who pre- Wanda Johnson, Maureen Christensen, Pauleen Thorn, Fay Roundy, pared lunch: Mary Lynn Peterson, LaPearl Roberts, Emily Liddiard, and Mary F'arrer. These cooks worked many hours to prepare for 11:25. Keeping all of the corridors and classrooms of Provo High School shining and clean were Ralph Scott, Grigory Antijuchow, Glen Moulton, and Arch Ward. Bus Drivers Earl Peterson. Jim Staten, Glenn Lee, Delmont Law, Richard Thaync and Orson Ball co-operatively drove most Provo High students to and from school every day. —15

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REES E. BENCH — Vocational and General Chemistry. Radiological work, civilian defense, U.E.A. Board of Trustees FRANK WITNEY - Biology, Wrestling, Competitive Sports. Football, athletic insurance, sponsor Boys’ Organization. IVAN YOUNG—Senior Science. Senior Class Parties and Assembly, American Education Week, and Boys’ Organization. Sciences Taught Art Of Logical Thinking Kay Hawes, Gary Boyack, and Ron Hatch watched while Mr. Bench assisted Alan Stakcr in making a test to see if calcium hydroxide was ionized. ALBERT JOHNSON—Biology, Zoology, Botany. Jazz Appreciation Club, Ski Club Boys’ Dance, chairman science dept. A PEEK INTO the biology lab revealed students observing the microscopic world of the amoeba and paramecium. From microscopes they turned to plants and animals until finally they could identify every part of the human body. Botany and Zoology was not for the lazy or squeamish. Armed with dissecting kits and stacks of books, students probed the technical organic world. ONE MORNING MR. BENCH opened his door to find Mr. Adams’ physics class running up and down the stairs. Their motive — to figure how much horsepower they had. After a year of study, students had a maze of formulas running through their minds and were masters of the slide rule. CHEMISTRY STUDENTS AGREED that taking a class from Mr. Bench was equivalent to a college course. Often the whole class went into the laboratory to perform experiments. The highlight of the year was the annual Science Fair, where the year’s work was displayed and judged. A SCIENCE AS DIFFERENT as it was interesting was the study of the mind. After taking field trips, writing term papers, and discussing the causes of schizophrenia and alcoholism, the students realized the importance of psychology. —17—