St Stanislaus High School - Stan Em Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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They hope that they do not chance upon something like an atomic bomb! lt is interesting to watch life in various forms. Physics It is difficult even for a scientist to keep abreast with all the discoveries. It seems that man has harnessed nature and makes it perform wonders. Science no longer is discussed by scientists in the sanctuary of a research laboratory, but it has even crowded out stories from the first page of a news- paper. Even a iournalist today has to have some foundation in scientific education. One is iust not educated without at least some courses in science regardless what field or profession he follows. The world just waits with stified breath for the possibilities derived from atomic theory. Radios with television are to be on the market at a rea- sonable price, within the purse of moderate fami- lies soon after this book comes out of print. ln- deed, this is a scientific world. An ordinary boy or even girl needs very little encouragement to study the laws of nature in physics class. The embryonic scientists revel in the capabilities of light, heat, energy, electricity, magnetism, and force, trying at least to grasp the fundamentals underlying these laws. Page 37

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.Srien,cQ, 94 gmp We live in a science-conscious world, where test tubes, beakers, microscopes, and the like are the most important tools of advancement and progress. The la est addition was a guinea pig, Genie , which became the pet of students and teachers. Page 36 General Science . . . is a subject in which the freshmen are initiated into wonders of God's world and the mysteries of nature. lt is an orientation course with bits of everything which will determine whether the freshmen will drift with the tide and become very scientifically minded. .lust watch their serious faces which bespeak of their import- ance as scientists as they march from the lab to their classes. Biology Lab . . . was always an interesting room, where swarms of iuniors pass in and out from early morning till fading dayl A regular menagerie of animals, snakes, frogs--they even raise them- and unidentified creatures was housed there, charts traced feeding experiments, births and re- actions to various stimuli. f

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jim Learning To Work and Live With Others I The present iumbled world is really a challenge to modern youth. There is so much happening. There is a new curiosity about the geography, re- sources, science, industry and political theories ot the entire world. Recent events have emphasized as never be- tore the tact that the history of each nation is intimately linked with the history of all nations. On all sides we hear that the weltare of mankind depends upon the ability ot people in all lands to understand one another. Science diminished distance, the relations with our neighbors are closer. It is quite a big order for the social science teacher. The responsibility, however, is there. They certainly with the will know how to live on budget after they get through intricacies of a trial balance and balance sheet. It is the social science teacher that must guide the youth in discriminating between tact and tancy, prophecy and coniecture, opinions and propaganda. The boy or girl sees and hears more than he understands and needs careful guidance in screening the essential truths from the fictitious and superficial. problems to solve in every history class. Page 38 There are many vital questions to discuss,