Dominican High School - Profile Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Science Equals Rocks, Levers, Microscopes, Beezkers Imagination Aims at Discoveries Between the hectic moming and the chaotic aftemoon, the play-poised Dominicanites absorb an hour of science. To keep pace with the rapid strides of science, Dominican's courses recently have changed radically to include the new BSCS and Chem Study. Earth science fascinates freshmen by showing the con- tinual metamorphosis of the universe. Biology inspires sophomores by presenting the scientist's slow path to know- ledge through independent research. Physics confounds juniors by proving the causes of common physical occurences. Chemistry excites seniors by presenting the beauty of con- stantly changing matter. Science consists not of discovery only There come countless days and untold nights when, instead dreams of Prince Charming, the girls suffer science fair nightmares. Then straggly hairdos, the results of nocturnal scientific pursuits, mark the avid seekers of absolute truth. Each day, however, compensates for these pint-size calamities as it brings the modern Madame Curies closer to seeing and understanding the wonders of creation. Only three months, three months, three . . . As Terry Vanden- bosch, warned hy previous experience, works on her science fair project, the inner voice of diligence prods her onward. Stacks of slides, colonies of cultures, hours of research, and initial erroneous conclusions lead to well-earned scientific laurels. In a nocturnal earth science project, Gail Fallon and ,loyce Grzybowski touch the stars with their fingertips and hear the eternal silence of the galaxies - all with a little imagination and a big telescope.

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Lingnists Emerge Frorn Latin, Spanish, French Classes Paris in the spring? Rome in the winter? Madrid in the fall? With today's methods of transportation and the accent on more friendly foreign relations, the possibility of a student's visiting another country is in- creasingly imminent. For the romantic goal of preparing for such a venture and for the prosaic purpose of perfecting their English, Dominican students take advantage of Latin, French, and Spanish courses. From the maze of elementary terra, terrae, terrae of Latin I, Latin II students proceed to discover that Gaul is divided into three parts. After Cicero's legal discourses of Latin III, the scholars of Latin IV experi- ence Virgil's story of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid. Juniors and seniors study French and Spanish through the new, direct oral method of learning whole phrases and sentences, rather than grammar and vocabulary. Thus, initial struggles with irregular verbs, forgotten accent marks, and misplaced articles produce accomplished linguists. l ii l rl almtelisit has Ivana arm 4 f ' Pilot to co-pilot, quips Irene Tomaino to Georgianna Bosch and Lois Clary. Spanish class permits no siestas as Dominicanites, aided hy the helpful language lab, master the language of the Latin Lovers. Dominiqanites entertain In the French Style. Christmas spirit enlivens Mary Ann Young, Margaret Flynn, and Gretehen Theile carol O Canadian convalescent homes as French students Kathy Nimke, Pat Holy Night with Parisian flair. Young hearts Join old in the mean- Fallon, Cathy Clark, Pat Spinski, Ann Shepherd, Connie McDonald, ingful recitation of the Christmas gospel. 36