Lake Forest Academy - Caxy Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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CIENCE DEPARTME Chemistry, physics, biology, general science, chemistry-physics, tutor- ial physics, and tutorial chemistry are the subjects which come within the province of the science department, headed by Mr. Edgar N. Sanford, physics teacher. The other two members of this department are new this year-Mr. George H. Blackwell, teacher of chemistry, and Mr. Bert H. Grove, teacher of biology. This year was the beginning of a new science program which is de- signed to coordinate with the new curricular program. For the juniors who plan to take chemistry and also physics there is offered a new course which tends to unite the two subjects-chemistry-physics. Other newly inaugurated subjects are tutorial chemistry and physics. All of these new courses were initiated chiefly to further student understanding in normally diliicult subjects. A further addition is the new biology laboratory which is modernized with the newest equipment available under the current conditions. The physics and chemistry laboratories have also been modernized by the purchase of new materials so that now all laboratories have available practically any equipment desired. All of this work would have been impossible without the combined effort of the members of the depart- ment working together, and a debt is owed to this group as great as to any organization of the school. Mr. Blackwell, Mr. Grove, Mr. Sanford.

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Mr. Riechers, Mr. Kinsman, Mr. Cahill. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMEN Upon the men of this department rests the responsibility of teaching the fundamentals of mathematics, higher and lower, to the entire school. With the increasing role that mathematics is playing in the present generation, the responsibility is greatly increased. Radar, logistics, and all the other various phases of wartime mathematics have their fundamentals in everyday algebra, geometry, and trigonometryg and much of their successful usage in LFA students can be traced directly back to these members of the faculty. - Under the leadership of Mr. Hubert H. Riechers, the department has func- tioned elliciently, offering new courses such as elementary radar. Aiding Mr. Riechers are Mr. Carl VV. Cahill and Mr. Blair Kinsman, both of whom have contributed to the program as much as the former. To these three, the Academy owes much, for in their respective phases of the program each excels, and in their excellence have shown Academy students that mathematics is not the lifeless subject as formerly believed.

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M r. W alsh, Mr. Appleby, Dr. Hartman, Mr. Delano, The language department of LFA offers to the student body German, French, Spanish, and Latin. lts members-Mr. Richard H. Delano, de- partment head, Dr. Robert S. Hartmeng Mr. Clarence Appleby, and Mr. Frederick A. VValshfform a very efficient and capable staff. ln these days of world disorder a knowledge of different languages is invaluable in armed services. The world is growing smaller as each year sees new and different inventions which tend to bring together the nations of the world. W'ith a growing awareness of international relation- ships which will soon prevail throughout the world, we, as Americans, have to make a sincere effort to establish a precedent for trying to under- stand our fellow countries. By what better method can we accomplish this than by learning the language of these countries? Cognizant of these facts, the department has strengthened its program and now offers a large variety of languages. There are so many different reasons why languages are important that everybody realizes the necessity of a workable knowl- edge of at least one, if not two, in addition to English. LFA has taken all these facts into consideration, and the result-a definite emphasis on this material. ln past years the language department has stressed the study of a language as learned from a textbook. This year, however, under a program sponsored by Mr. Delano the department has worked with each student in the oral use of language. The student makes records and he' ' ' Thus he learns to speak the language as well ' ' ars iecords. as to read it.