Tenafly High School - Tenakin Yearbook (Tenafly, NJ)

Page 23 text:

H. . . ON BRIEF CANDLE . . . As his students examine slides prepared from grasshopper dissections, Mr. Oldford prepares to replace a microscopc lightglobc. gases and even an introduction to atomics com- prise the Physics course. Every unit is accom- panied by tricky chapter tests, questions and problems, work-book exercises and experiments from the over-popular, often misplaced lab man- ual. XVith the new laboratory gradually ac- quiring new equipment, class experiments are becoming more and more important. Controls by the amazing master control panel in the front of the room, each lab table is fully equiped with AC and DC current, besides the elaborate rigging devices so helpful in the illustration of forces and motion. Providing students with a real opportunity to show their scientific skill is Chemistry, in which good lab technique and accuracy are indispensa- ble. Elements, compounds, acids, bases and salts are the basic content of the chemistry course, with bits of atomic structure, chemical analysis and chemical mathematics thrown in to stimu- late intellectual curiosity about more advanced principles. Most of the course is devoted to inorganic chemistry, with a unit included at the end of the year on organic fwhich the student discovers to mean containing carbon, after believing it to mean nlivingv ever since taking biologyj. Manufacturing horrid odors, small explosions and innumerable uncle-anable pieces of glass equipment occupies students on days when labs are in progress and future chemists are striving to figure out just why these awesome reactions take place. DR. FLINT'S FRIEND XVith a chuckle, Dr. Flint shakes IIcnry's skclcton hand DEGREES M. BRUCE OLDFORD B.A,, M.A., Montclair THELMA I. FLINT B.A., Bamard M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

Page 22 text:

SCIENCE Tomorrow's Technicians Trained at THS ANALYTICAL QUESTION . . . ANALYTICAL BALANCE Mr. Baecht and Annie Stark anticipate a serendipity. ,GC . . F 1 .4 , A WEICHTY PROBLEM Visual Aids, such as weights, are used by Mr. Tew. . DEGREES DORIS E. KIEVIT B.A., Montclair HENRY TEW ,. B.S., Guilford M.A., Columbia WARREN E. BAECHT B.S., M.Ed., North Carolina TITRATION SIMPLIFIED Miss Kievit's endeavors are well proved by Kay Fields Starting with biological functions and prin- ciples, progressing to physical laws and forces and Winding up with chemical analysis and properties, the scientifically inclined at THS have access to three fascinating, fact-filled years of explanation. Biology, the Sophomore course, is roughly divided into two parts-plants aid animals. The study of plants includes structure, functions and the mystery of chlorophyll, the substance which somehow combines with sunlight to give plants their green color. Lab projects consist of peering through microscopes at fungus, algae, spiragyra, etc. Forages to the woods also ac- company plant studies. Most memorable in the animal kingdom unit is the dissection of for- maldehyde-soaked worms, frogs and even an occasional cat. For the more squeamish, the study of the human is safer and more interesting, at least until the entire class tests samples of its own blood. Ending the year is an introduction to enzymes and glands. Included in his stimulating Physics lectures are Mr. Tew's famous experiments, often resem- bling magic shows fthe disappearing gold leafl and occasionally resembling comic routines fthe explosion of a manometer, spraying the classroom with water like a veritable, geyserj. Physics, a more technical and theoretical course than bi- ology requires a good math background and a practical mind. Matter and energy, electricity, accelerated motion and Work, solids, liquids and

Page 24 text:

INDUSTRIAL ARTS Nothing Like a Little Grease EXPERT AT PRECISION Mr. Plante checks a minutely detailed blueprint made by his outstanding Mechanical Drawing Studentf' Ken Meyer. STRIVING FOR ADEPTNESS Students practice typing from a dictation by Mrs. Scott. Pursued by non-college bound THS,ers and any college prep students who have enough time to be well-rounded, the commercial course at Tenafly provides invaluable training in auto- mobile fixing, wood-working, blueprint drawing, typewriter manipulating, shorthand taking, and office functioning. The language of industryf, mechanical draw- ing, stressing the graphic representation of form and proportion, enables students to visualize clearly in space and develops accuracy and man- ual dexterity, using such fascinating pieces of equipment as the T-square, French curve and drawing board. Typing and shorthand, while basic skills in themselves, also train the fingers and the brain, developing close co-ordination between the two. Well versed students having mastered typing and shorthand are able to take at least 60 words per minute for five minutes in shorthand and type over 25 w.p.m. for five minutes on unfamiliar material. Auto Mechanics and Electricity offers boys who are so inclined an excellent chance to get their bombs, in top-notch running condition, as they can drive them right into the school and go to work with grease guns, hydrometers, valve compressors, electric drills, and all the other vital equipment. Similarly, in General Shop, any project, approved by the instructor, may be carried out, including the construction of boats, bookracks, tables, lamps and other projects' requiring adeptness with high powered tools MOTOR MAESTRO It is a challenge to master the intricacies of an automobile engine, says Mr. G. Nylin, instructing Anthony Andujar.