San Francisco Balboa High School
Galleon F1959 S1960

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT—

First Row: (left to right): Mr. Allan Hummel, Miss Francis Todd, Mrs. Gertrude Hasselbrock, Mrs. Ruth Mitchell.

Second Row: Mr. Raynond Valdez, Mr. Samuel Risken, Mr. Howard Jeter, Mr. Selby Morse.
Foreground: Mr. Arthur Taylor, Science Department head.

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"It's a dandy," joked the crew-cut Science Department head when , asked to sum up his feelings about his department.' Clad in his inevitable tweed coat, Mr. Arthur Taylor, the chief of the department was not too far from the truth. Balboas science program offered everything from disecting a rat to see: what made it tick, to searching for fossiles along the coast line of California. ; ,: Even a two period class in Horticulture, which used the facilities of City College, was included in the science offerings of Bal, one of the few high schools in California to offer such a course. With the challenge of Sputnik facing them, high school students have leaped into the breach, with an increased enrollment of 55 per- cent in science courses since Sputnik. The government has supported the "gung ho" spirit in science by sometimes paying one half of all college expenses in the test tube and math fields. According to Mr. Taylor, nearly every college in the U.S. is enrolled in this program. CHEMISTRY STUDENTS hurry to finish their tests. Success means a good chance for college acceptance.