Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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enerccl Science canal wealth 'F The aims oT General Science as TaughT by lvlr. James Maurey are To give The boys a gen- eral baclcground in all phases oT science under The Tollowing Topics: lvlaTTer and iTs composiTion. chemical changes in organic and inorganic maTerials, living Things vs non-living Things, digesTive sysTem, simple anaTomy, communicable diseases, weaTher and iTs changes, waTer supply, simple machines, and naTural resources. The l-lealTh Program has The Tollowing course oT insTrucTion as TaughT by Mr. lvlauroy also: Personal grooming, belTer dieT, caring Tor The body, anaTomy and physiology, geTTing along vviTh oThers, being a good consumer, personal Tinance, owning and living in your home, principles ol marriage, and Wwe and our neighborsfl

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qfnccthematico Malhemafics. as +augh+ by Mr. Prosper Hill, is noi' limiled only ro vocarional fundamenrals buf also includes algebra, Trigonomelry, geomelry, and lhe direcl uses of lhe slide rule. All srudenls musr lake malhemarics. Formerly, E+ was laughr mainly lo non-high school grad- uares. Wilh lhe passing of lime, rhe demand is for beller slcilled lradesman wilh more 'rhan ordi- nary rraining. Vocalional malhemafics is rhar parr of Jrhe course lhal presenis problems and solulions lo sludenls which 'rhey may or will encounrer in Their life work. To expecl To be a good lradesman wilhoul maihemalics is iusr as foolish as expecfing 'ro be an ellicienr workman wilhour The proper Tools.

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ogoluancecl Science Some of 'rhe riddles of ihe universe are unravelled in Mr. Ernesl l-lower's laboralories by his embryo scienlisls. Some enlering sfudenls believe +ha+ Jrhey have aciually seen eleclricily, buf They soon learn +ha+ man sees only fhe effecis of eleciriciiy and learns io observe, measure, and use ihe powerful forces of naiure. As Sophomores, ihe siudenis sludy Physical Science which includes subiecls lilce fire, fuels, heal, malerials of conslruciion, sound, wealher and climaire. The Juniors siudy Chemisiry which includes lhe hisiory of chemislry, elemenis and come pounds, ihe alomic weighls, balancing equalions of compounds, acids, bases, salis, and organic mailer. Smells ihai please and odors ihal nauseaie iloal down lhe second floor halls a+ Times. As Seniors, 'rhe boys siudy Physics. They learn aboul densiiy and specific graviiy, power, principles oi machines, air and liquid pressure. Fulcrums, levers, pulleys, mechanical principles- all mean more lo lhe young lradesman as he sees more uses for The praclical knowledge he learns.