Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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Fairmnntnnians are Mathematicians Students at Fairmont enroll in mathematics courses which terminate a plan of study begun in grade schools. An investigation and comprehension of higher mathematics is gained by students. Well- trained and qualified teachers illustrate practical applications of mathematics. General mathematics provides students with the ability to apply arithmetic to everyday problems. Algebra courses, foundation for higher mathematics, provide students with an introduction to the use of figures, Geometry, both plane and solid, enables the students to think clearly, yet concisely. Trigonometry reveals many surveying and construction principles and brings to students' attention the advantages which formulas have over direct measurement. Because of its advantages, mathematics is not a limited field but one which can be applied to all walks of life. As man advances in the physical studies of the world, math becomes increasingly important because it is closely related with natural sciences. A study of the natural sciences makes mathematics im- perative. Fields of mathematics are begun as they are needed. In a geometry class, Mr. George Tuttle is demonstrating an optical illusion, with its relationship to plane geometry.

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M ll 5 Ann Wilder, George Maharg, Dave Loomis, and Sue Youngen are experimenting with a law of phySiCS. Tom Gragg and Roger Branson are preparing for the countdown to send a rocket to places unknown. In Mr. J. L. Baker's Science II class, Frank Jarrett and Bob Rees are measuring the reduced air pressure with a baro- meter bell jar.

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Ir. Alvin Funderberg demonstrates the use of a movable triangle to solid geometry students Janie Fowler, Dean Dye, Jim Biddle, and Tom Kling Doug Didier and Arm Stewart work problems under the Mr. Eugene Wysong teaches his class the principles of watchful eye of Mr. Robert Schnarre. mathematics. 27