Western High School - Westerner Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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SOCIAL STUD! if if--. . FQ' 'ibn' 4 l. 5, , 'g4. '?1 .y E' ,'u..'-' Mrs. Mary Kochka Miss Margaret Metzcrorh Sue 0'Brien, Westcrlfs representative for X Speak for Democracy. tests her nrzltorical ability before a law class. ES PROMOTE PATRIOTISM I know the nnswcr, Miss Mel- zcrozhl cries Bobby Lumax. springing from his sent. jean Meyens and Maynard Phillips receive social studies hooks from Llob Collins in the bookroom.

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We wcnt down to the courts today, anti it was really interesting. The trip to thc Disl trict Court, coupled with an intriguing as- sembly on jury trials, highlighted the courses in government and law. For the first time in their lives many of NVcstern's young people saw the 'dry facts, which they had studied. translorined into living drama. While this was going on in the senior clas- ses, many more students were occupied in other branches of the school's social studies department. in the sociology classes the worlds major religions were reviewed. The pupils also examined the desires and motiva- tions of themselves and of others. Many underclassmen were seeing the events of our era through new eyes as they saw these happenings anticipated or paralleled in the early days of our country. These students in the United States history classes were build- ing up the fund oi information about Amer- ica which is vital in the political conflicts oi today. Many other students avail themselves of the driver training course to learn sportsmanlike driving. What do you think makes a good citizen? is asked ol the government class. Mr. Patterino teaches civ- ic dttty through driver training. Mrs. Mary B. Bish Mrs. Cecelia Jewell Mr. Charles Pattcrinu Jill ff Jfff 1 . fluff f

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SCIENCES CO HAND IN HAND TO DISCOVERY :ff 4 's2' , . ffl rt WN nik, y I y - .ara 4- - , I J . l A 692 A .Q I - -:ix , 'gn-it .Y ' sggg-'31 iiws? . Mrs. Madeline Curtis Stewart Denenberg, demonstrating the principle of the pulley in physics class, wonders whether he will return to the ground in one piers. Bill Falrrney looks on. The nmst difficult nmthenraticnl pmblcms seem easier after receiving Miss I.ung's instruction on the use of the slide rule, Mr. Ben Scekford Miss Clare Driscoll Mr. Robert proves to jane Daylmlf, Jody Combs, and that dissecting at cruyfish is not such a