Regina High School - Tiara Yearbook (Hyattsville, MD)

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Students may study botany in detail in the front sec- tion of the sunny biology laboratory where the terra- rium and the various plants are located. Catherine Murray accomplishes the daily duty of watering them. N .xgfomic nergy X as 7 3 ? 'l elencds M9011 fo jieai 0 .gbience Lourdean Schroder and Charlotte Holland investigate the crayfish during a laboratory period. In other classes they will examine the starfish and clam. During lab period held twice weekly, Carol Oulahan and June Chicoine obtain the necessary chemicals to test mercuric and sulfuric oxide for solubility. .loan Roderick, Karen Resnicky, and Constance Piquado experiment with the chemical activity of sodium and iron and take notes.

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,,0,,,.,N....n1-vs Algebra seems to puzzle Patricia Thorn- ton, a freshman academic student, but through patient. persevering, hard work. even quadratic equations could he easy. Pondering a problem involving loga- rithms are Delores Hall and Elizabeth Ford. Mrs. Liard instructs the seniors in trigonometry three times a week.