Dominican Commercial High School - Angelicus Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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Cclhe wide and universal theatre. M ,Q T X f . Eileen Gorey checks the steps she will follow in her experiment with chemical compounds. A teenager stood on the threshold of adulthood and wondered about life, no definition of which pleased her until she took up the study of BIOLOGY. Here she observed and experimented and ventured into the morphological, his- tological, cytological and genetic aspects of the biotic world. Traditional prob- lems were interpreted in terms of molecular structure from the simple amoeba to the most complex metazoan-man. Theories concerning the gene, the cell, and evolutionary relationships were merged into a single inclusive idea dynami- cally defining life. Problems of nutrition, conquest of disease, theories of genetics and the study of anatomy pertaining to earthlings and outer-world creatures were investigated in the laboratory as Well as in factual studies. The laboratory program stimulated the student,s curiosi-ty leading to discoveries concerning molecular structures of elements to the complex structures revealed in the dis- section of frogs and fish. Journeys through the botanic and Zoological World culminated in an intensive study of God's greatest masterpiece in the living World-man. ? QW. .ry-QZ,fff 1. 52,5 Sister Melmarie, O.P. Science Department, Chairman Biology

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Research in MATHEMATICS, automation, new uses for mathematics scored more than passing recognition in DC's math classes. Algebra students bravely faced the Whole Wide system of numbers: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. Sometimes the elements were not numbers at all. With the emphasis touching the structure or pattern of mathematical thought, with repeated experience in both deductive and inductive reasoning, students took in stride each new algebraic experience. This experience continued in the Tenth Year Math course where the diet remained rich and challenging: basic structure of geometry, relationships among geometric elementsg lines, planes, triangles, polygons, circles. Then there was business mathematics Where considerable em- phasis Was placed on such topics as installment buying, borrow- ing money, home ownership and cost of public utilities, life in- surance, social security and income tax. Business graphs were given an extra look, they being a useful tool in everyday living. Self-reliance, a questioning attitude, and verbal precision all played a part in the development of the stud-ent's mathematical maturity. Sister Marietta Algebra Seniors: Joanne Ryder, Moyra Shields, Noreen O'Kane, Karine Massoni, Eileen Shea, Patricia Della Rocco, Maryann Bilello, Maria Morales, Diane Dillman, Justine Hayward, and Catherine Reilly find the answers more quickly when they pool their math resources.

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In their study of the anatomy of vertebrates, Noreen Duffy, Joanne Aidala, and Linda Rohdieck took to the dissecting of fish and frogs. Lois Nickel, Patricia Reilly, and Teresa Pelitsch use viewer scopes to broaden their knowledge of bacteriology.