Robert A Long High School - Lumberjack Yearbook (Longview, WA)

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Science Classes Challenge Students Acid is poured into a test tube and intent faces watch as it foams and bubbles. This is a familiar scene in a chemistry class at R. A. Long, one of the science classes. In incidents such as this, students learn more about their environment and the factors and sources that affect it. At R. A. Long biology, college pre- paratory general physics, and chemis- try give students an informal and prac- tical picture of science and its nimier- ous applications in our daily lives. . l ' They hve up to high objectives, and students find the courses stimulating and challenging. Working in the laboratory in chem- istry classes is part of the most inter- esting curriculum. Students become so absorbed in their experiments that often they unconsciously follow the sign on the wall saying, This is a lab- oratory. Please observe the first five letters and not the last seven. Physics, the study of energies, in- volves laboratory work, projects, and algebraic equations. Learning the anatomy of a frog and the strange process of evolution is a fascinating part of the biology classes. 14

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Applying Math. To Actual Living Is Goal To stimulate the minds of students and teach them to apply math to actual living is the desire of the math department. Algebra I-IV, Geometry I-II, senior review, industrial math, and math analysis were courses offered this year. Math analysis, the most advanced course, consisted of solid geometry, trigonom- etry, and more advanced topics. Accelerated classes were in geometry. Algebra III, and math analysis. A great deal of new equipment was supplied to the math, science, and language departments through a national government plan. ■ » Students learn use of the slide rule V M - i

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Industrial Arts Give Basic Training Every student who plans to follow any field of engineering, or expects to take advanced shop courses, work in industries, or become a journeyman in any of the trades and crafts should take courses offered in the Industrial Arts Department. Technical drawing, commonly termed mechanical drawing, is the lan- guage of industry and basic for engi- neering and trade courses. Two addi- tional semesters are available to seniors who intend to follow a trade concerned with industry. Woodworking is also offered six semesters and is a three- hour daily course as is auto shop. Both of these are the foundation and funda- mentals of the development of skills. Air craft is a general course available for one or two semesters. Not only is the Industrial Arts de- partment a basis for employment in industry, engineering, and avocational pursuits such as shops in the basement or garage, but it completes a full- rounded education and prepares stu- dents for future life. It offers the knowledge of ability to complete the many incidental tasks and minor op- erations found in the modern home. 15