San Fernando High School - Orange Blossom Yearbook (San Fernando, CA)

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UL SSIS MW new We MAYAN SCIENCES CI' HE ancient Mayans were great mathematicians and astronomers. Opposite is a picture of a Mayan ball court temple, copied from one discovered in Chichen Itza. This building indicates that, although the Mayans developed many of the arts and sciences to a high degree, they never discovered the secret of the rounded arch. They used a flat arch extensively, and it is because of this fact that few Mayan temples are standing today. The abstract sciences, such as arithmetic, chronology, and astronomy, were highly developed. It would take too much space to study these fascinating fields of an- cient Mayan lcarningj so it must sujice to state that their system of Igeeping account of past time-that is, their chronology-was more accurate than anything lqnown in Europe, Asia, or Africa before the time of Pope Gregory XIII. It is an open question whether Mayan chronology, in the field of elapsed time, is not more accurate even than our own Gregorian calendar. IOHNS HARRINGTON

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E THOLIAS IIVATA PARKER WARNER HARRINGTON IVIENDL BERRY PLUINIMER TOLAND JONES FIRST SEAVESTER SECOND SE.VEST.ER EVERETT THONIAS - Pnxidenf ol Student Body - - JOE WIENDL INTASS IYVATA - - - Vic!-Pruirlfnf of Student Body - JOYCE BERRY ARLE'I'I'A PARKER - PAUL WARNER - - IOHNS HARRINGTON IOHN FICK - - - IACK BROWN - - LESTER WALLIS - - Prnidrnt Girlx' Lmguz - - Przridznt ,-lmicilia Club - - A Chief Iurtirz - V - Srrretary of .lrtivitizx - - Secretary of Aihlrticr - - Srrrttary of Finance - EARL DANIELS - - Srrrrtary ol Public Relations MARY SINGER - ' Srfrztary Girls' Srrvir: Board HOWARD BENEFIEL - - Snrztary Boyr' Sznfire Board TOM DAVIS - - - - - Srrutary of Safety - LILLIAN PETERS - LEONA TYRRELL - FRED LANCE Q v Szrnlary of Publications - Srcrelary of Record: - - Srrretary of Uxllzrx - VERA ANDERSON - - Srrrriary of Tmnxportationr MARY LOU PLUMMER - - DON TOLAND - - BILL JONES - - NICK COUCH - HENRY ACOSTA EURDEAN DECKER - CALVIN GROSS - - IRMA BOYER CLARK POTTER - FRANK WALKER - - ANNA MOODY Q LEONA- TYRRELL GLEN ARROWSMITI-I - LENA ABRATE NDER the able leadership of two outstanding presidents, Everett Thomas and Ioseph Wiendl, the Student Body has progressed immeasurably during the past two semesters. Probably Everett Thomas's greatest undertaking was the revising of the Con- stitution. Ioseph Wiendl established Presidents' Day to be held each semester in honor of all Student Body presidents of the valley schools. He also worked untiringly to give track a higher place than it formerly occupied. Both of them deserve praise for their hard-earned success. LEONA TYRELL LILI.IAN PETERS F ijteen

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