West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Page 10 The familiar cloud of chalk dust, the bang of rulers, and the murmur of “‘ciphering’’ students gave evidence of the math classes. MISS BERNICE FITES and MR. CARMEN FABIAN took turns in directing our paths through the intricacies of geometry, advanced algebra, and trigonometry. Logarithms, square roots, sines and cosines took new meaning when we realized the important part precision instruments, en- gineéering projects, and global airways will play in winning the peace.

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Long speeches and short ones, debates, and discussions, orations and phonetics—these re- hearsed in the classes of MRS. HARRIETT MUELLER helped us to gain confidence and poise. From quivering knees and stammering tongues we gradually became able to speak in public without a flutter. Then the art of dra- matics was introduced to us the second semes- ter, and memorizing lines for one act plays become daily routine. Indians and frightening old ladies met in the hall were merely the result of our lessons in make-up, while stage crews and technicians learned the fun of back stage duties. To climax the semester’s work we wrote and produced an original one act play. Page 9

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As sophomores we passed the science labora- tories with sidelong looks of awe, but as juniors we boldly entered the physics room to learn about heat, light, sound, gases, and such under MISS MARY BUSHONG. When we were sen- iors, the mysterious “‘smell’”’ that issued from the chem lab no longer filled us with terror, and we smiled wisely when questioned and replied, “Oh, that? Why that’s just some hydrogen sul- fide. ’ The study of chemistry and its by prod- ucts is especially important to us in these years of synthetic substitutions.