Flushing High School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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Both Mr. Steven Weiss, Assistant Principal of the Mathematics Depart- ment, and Mr. Edwin Cohen, math- ematics teacher, like math for its logic and its capacity to teach appreciation of a certain beauty in the universe. Also, both like the fact that every problem has a single answer. Mrs. Carol Fox feels, 'fMath is a game and it's great, you set the rules and you have to follow them. Mr. Alvin Lutsky doesn't know why he likes math, but knows he has always liked it. The Math Department offers a wide varsety of courses. New courses like ManMade World, Liberal Arts Math and Special Geometry have been added for students who aren't really 'into' math yet, while Advanced Placement Calculus is a recent addi- tion for students interested in a chal- lenge. Mr. Melvin Gilman joined the Math Department this year, working in the Math Lab, and Mrs. Sharon Schnitzer returned after being a vic- tim of budget Cuts last year. V Q ,Ju EDWIN COHEN I f' if If HELEN SHARGEL CHARLES SHAPIN l ALVIN LUTSKY , f 90 Qt. as 1 WALTER BLUMBER '

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