Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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David Schoen reworks some math proh- Quiet concentration seems to he lenis in the lunehroom while saving his Susan Celleris method of study- peanut hutter and jelly sandwich for ing math. math class, Lost in thought, Philip Berel- Arlene lmhrioscia finds a source of son widens his mathematical private amusement in her homework. horizons. lay Atlas explores the symmetry of a geometric figure with a fellow student. Mrs. Sylvia Somerman explains the fundamentals of solid geometry to a senior class. Mathematics Throughout our four year stay, one phase in the pattern of Erasmian routine remained constant-students always took notice of figures and shapes. Under the direction of its teachers, the Mathematics Department offered students excellent opportunities to study hoth. Elementary algebra introduced novices to the fundamental principles in- volved in the lives and labors of A, B, and C, and provided students with practical skill in hasic algebraic operations. The design of two dimensional figures and use of logic in solving proofs were stressed in geometry classes, where the congruence and similarity of triangles and the properties of circles were some of the major fields. Intermediate algebra delved into such topics as literal equations and verhal prohlems. XVe grew more intimate with those diligent souls, A, B, and C, and those who found their antics particularly hafiiing may have found solace in reading Stephen Leacock's imaginative essay, The Human Element in Xlathematicsf'

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Sidney Levitun. Clmirman of French, Latin, Ilclzrwic. and German. language. The reading of foreign plays, books, and stories , X t acquainted us with the literature of the country. Other as- Nl . I l Pects were by no means neglectedg Customs, historY, contri- 0 0 t N hutions, and geographical features were stucliecl in tletail Q A 5 with interest and zest. X G ' X. Nlr. Cahriel Cusscn enthralls a Latin class with Rl llrzirncll exposition on the grancle-ur that was Ronin. l '-54,1 The ancient language and culture of the Hebrews is very much alive in the classroom of Mr, jacoh Soshulc. Mr. Levitan and his fourth year French Class supplement textbook work with informal conversation. el n- I li -

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plates calculus. Ncxt on the riiutliviiiuticul ugviiclu wus trigonoinvtry, which cle-ult mainly with the c-hamlctc-i'istics of ti'iuiiql4-s, lla-re-. thc old Erasmus clicc-11 i'Sinc cosine, cosine sine, took on meaning and bccuiiit- il useful tool in thc solution of problems. Graph paper becuim- u fiuniliur sight us K'X'l'I'Y studs-nt grew adept in rcprcsvnting inaltllcinuticul tc-rms pictoriully. Thosv who wort' cspc-cially tulcntvcl, cspvcially lnaivc-. or vspvciully foolliurcly wt-nt on to uclvairicctl math. Spine-chilling equations we-rv clisscctt-tl uncl stuclivtl in clc-tuil in utlvuncecl algebra. Solicl geoint-try vxtmiclc-tl pri-vious studios of shapes to u three cli- mensional Ht-lcl. Cfulculus. tlu- lc-gvmlurx' horns-cl clvvil of riiutlivriiutics. rc-- walotl itsvlt as an intriguing combination of LlllLC'l7I'2l, graph work. uncl geometry. One important acc-omplislimvnt of tht- Xluth Dt-purtnicnt wus that mzuiy' stuclvnts lcurnccl to rvgurcl tht- worlcl of uunibt-rs us un ilitt-llc-ctiull cliaillcnqv rzitheir than us un urmi to he- ft-urn-cl uncl uvoiclvcl. Nlr, Louis Nlosl-4owitz's cool. vzilni, .intl t-ollvt-tl-rl mirth tvum cluss cuiificlviitly contrni- N .f 1 -fr 4- 4? J' ji'-:LE-L! Dr. Ellis Iohnson Chairman In his own inimitable' way, Nlr. lost-ph Fishc-r 1-xplzxins il problem in solicl gc-func-try to his clisc-iplcs. p Y 4' 6