Grosse Pointe University School - Pericon Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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HI TORY DEP RT MENT JOHN M..GRAHAM MARY J. PERKINS Chalrman . B.A., M.A.-Mount Holyoke LL B Harvard University Radcliffe Cgllege Columbia Law School 1956 1956 o o , : VX'A ' 'V eff, 5, PATRICIA DOW ASHURKOFF JOHN W. BEYER B.A.-University of Michigan B.A.-Carrol College Wisc 1957 1959 This History Department offers an introduction to the further study of some of the factors--geography, the great ideas, human character-that have influenced western civilization, and the factual evidence that there has been a connection be- tween these factors and the individual and collective actions of men. Stress is placed on the importance of a critical approach to the facts, and practice is given in analysis, logical thinking, and the presentation of the conclusions in well-written, correct language. To provide students with these tools of learning is, in general, the aim of the History Department. In addition to our curriculum of history, current events, problems of democracy, and geography, we offer an Advanced Placement Course in American History. This course is a challenge to those seniors who have the intellectual curiosity, and the time and interest to pursue such an intensive program.

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MATHE ATICS DEP RTMENT MARGARET K. HARVEY Chairman HAZEL C. BRAMLEY GRAHAM S. CRAGG B A M Ed,-Hood College B.A., M.A.-Elmira College B.S., M.S.-University of Michigan Temple University Columbia University 1953 1947 1945 wufw' ,rar CYRIL H- SIMMONS MARY HELEN SIMMONS MARY T. DIEKOFF B-A--B0Wd01f1 College B.A., M.A.--Bryn Mawr College B.A.-Wellesley College 1956 1957 1959 With the increasing belief that a truly liberal education is necessary today, mathematics has ceased to be a course for engineering or mathematics majors only. Above and beyond the required courses. there has been an increase in the number of students studying mathematics as an elective. Especially interesting is the fact that a major part of this increase has been girls. This year the Mathematics De- partment has included a two-period per-week Solid Geometry Course for seniors in addition to their Trigonometry and Advanced Algebra, which now comprises the Senior Math Work. While it is necessary to adjust the high school program to in- clude new principles and techniques, a change of curriculum is appearing on the Lower School level to lay a better groundwork for the more advanced studies.