Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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REV. CHARLES P. DONOVAN. C.S.B. Director of the Department of Mathornaiics MATHEMATICS Menfol Discipline 'Harough equafions, proposifions. logarifhms, and permufofions. In ihe developmeni and progress of +oday's complex world, maihemaiics plays an im- poriani pari. The sciences of asironomy, aeronauiics, neuclear physics eic., all have maihemaiics as iheir basic foundaiion. Even ihough ihis would be reason enough io promoie The siudy of maihemaiics, There is +he iuriher ideal of inducing ihoughi ihrough clearer paiferns of ihinking. Anyone who has had some coniaci wiih maihemaiics will readily siaie Thai i'r iaughi him io ihinlc more clearly and more quickly. The mos+ irnporiani reason for 'rhis pursuii is ihe fad +ha+ 'rhe siudenl' can gei' a glimpse of G-od's plan in creaiion fhrough ihe siudy oi 'rhe logical order and consisiency of maihemaiics. The course a+ Aquinas includes elemen+ary, inierrnediaie, and ad- vanced algebra: plane and solid geomeiry, and plane irigonomeiry. li is 'lhe hope ihai ihe siudenis through ihese will begin io acquire a greaier knowledge of lhe world, and iis relaiionship wiih God. Hard af worl in Sr. Suzqnneg Elementary Algebra class. g'll Fr. Carter explains a spherical polyhedron in Solid Geomeiry. B Fr. Donovan's math wizards. A new proposition in Mr. McCarthy's Plane Geomeiry class

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ff' C- N REV. JOHN M. WILSON, C.S.B. Solubility ot certain solutions Director of the Department of Science demonstmted 5Y F Wilson' 22 Lfwigdf-tw '7 Experiment in density in Fr. Poluilris' physics class. SCIENCE The glory of God revealed by science. The universe is charged with mysteries. The more we thinlc about it the more will we realize that those things which we otten talce tor granted are wondertully complex and in- tricate. Obviously such pertect complexity and order could only be the result ot an intinitely beautitul plan and design. lt is the purpose ot science to open the door behind which stands the plan ot God in great glory and maiesty. Thus the first aim ot the science course at Aquinas is to malce man more tamiliar with his Creator. Secondly, the study ot science, lilce all other studies has a practical purpose. Primarily to teach him how to thinlc, and secondly to prepare him tor a calling in the scientitic tield it that be his vocation. S. rs iff The process of electrolysis explained by Fr. E. O'Reilly. Fr. Abend explains the structure of the fish. Within a period ot tour years the student has the opportunity to come in contact with General Science, Biology, Physics and Chemise try, together with the time science clubs which operate in these tields. Although these sciences are tundamental in nature, they otten lead to a desire to comprehend more tully the operation ot the universe. Ultimately this desire leads a man to God, the Divine Planner who designed it in l lis Providence and keeps it in existence.

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-,ar Aggressive feaching in Sr, Hildegarde's Social Siudies class. Fr. Elli 3- ' REV. ARTHUR R. LOOBY. C.S.B. Direcior of fhe Department of Social Siudies Down in South America in The finger of God wrifing in fime. l-lislory is primarily a slory, a very inleresl- ing siory ol wha? man has Jrried in rhe pasl and is now frying, wha? he did and wha'r he failed lo do, where he progressed and where he regressed. lr is hoped 'rhar 'lhe sludy of hislory will help man lo profil' by whal he has learned from 'rhe pasl. The hisrory course here is exrensive, rouch- ing pracrically all fields of human endeavor bofh in lhis counlry and lhroughour fhe world. Social Sfudies, World l-lisrory, American His- rory, Problems of American Democracy, and American Governmenr give The sludenr ln- sighf inro 'rhe rnoiives of people, rhe iunclions of government and mosl imporlanl, lhe providence of God. A young Carholic is berrer able lo inlerprer lhe modern world and his relarion +o ir when he has digesied 'rhe iacls of hislory, l-le is capable of be- coming a good cirizen only when he under- srands rhe duries ol a cirizen, and lhe rela- rionship oi a cirizen 'ro 'rhe srare.