Fontbonne Hall Academy - Fontbonne Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The physics lab period provides ample opportunity for experimentation. Juniors Joyce Colton and Mary Giani demonstrate the principle of heat loss while Rosemary Cullen records their findings Second term science students, through their biological study of plant life, begin to realize and appreciate the perfect works of the Greatest Artist. CIE CE In the science department, Fontbonne students cope with biology in Freshman yearg physics, which is optional, in Junior year, and chemistry in the last year. The Fontbonnite is introduced into the world of science amidst a galaxy of protozoa, amoeba, insects, plants, and animals. Leaving biolOgY, she abandons science for an entire year, and then meets it again in the form ol' physics as a Junior. Strug- gling to master Archimedes' principle, the fascination ol' light, sound, and electricity, and tlie complexities of the pulley and lever, the physics student does not have an easy life. Finally, she emerges as a Senior and a chemist. Symbols, formulas, yalences: all march in rigid procession across the brain. Long hours are spent in the lab, trying heroically to pro- duce soap, alcohol, and the delicate aroma of HQS. Such are the experiences of the science student in Fontbonne. Freshmen Brenda Follar, Ann Twohy, and Cecilia Charles become enlightened in a biology class as they examine the functions of the one-celled amoeba and paramecium Proper use of scientific instruments essential for all lab work. Anne Webb Michaeline Scarpa, Barbara Rinaldi, and Graciela Sanchez learn about the micro scope while studying charts.

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Can this be a new chemical discovery get- ting underway? VVhy, no. lt's Seniors .loan Sica, Marie DiGiovanni, and Maureen Kelly engrossed in purifying' water by distillation. What can be the cause of the bright smiles of this class? Ilorotheai Barron, Nlary Farinella, Margaret Scally, and Judith llueger watch liessie Jacobellas and farol Sarno as they attempt to obtain the sun's reflection with a simply contrived lens projector. Rosemary Lisanti, Xvll'l.l'llllil Wright and Phyllis Francavilla seem anxious to try their luck next. ll I lfll Qfllsx gi lr ' -4 1 if, l'se of the microscope reveals the minute intricacies of nature's handiwork in leaves Fleming and Kathleen Uockery as they earnestly look over the results of 21 term project. E ...- , l - -Q ,- tn? My ,e,,d........--1 G F' S, O, VA' if O , X X - 1-3! I I I i - -.fy 5 ' J A to llelene Kirby, Rosalie Lando, Mary S I id Ke L I

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Catherine Capano follows through to the solution as Elizabeth Pren- dergast, Helen Colantuono and Loretta Sapanaro get ready to tackle the next problem. THEM TIC Tackling elementary algebra is one of the crosses of the Fontbonne Freshman. Confused by the mystic meanings of X and y, she tries to decipher the equations which to her are as clear as the proverbial mud. She finds, to her dismay, that her troubles are only beginning when she finishes algebra and starts geometry. ln a maze oi' trapezoids, parrallelograms, theorems, and construc- tions, the Sophomore's thinking process must double its capacity to fathom Euclid's art. Finally, in Senior year, she delves more deeply into the intricacies of math with the logarithms and complex problems of inter- mediate algebra. Steadily the student's mind is being trained to concentrate and to think logically. Patricia Courtney and Natalie Voccoli explain an intricate geom- I etry problem to interested under- classmen Virginia Lake and Barbara Layden. Let x '- A's age and 4x 1 B's age, explains Joan lletiiglio to class- mates Blary Frawley and Mary Quigley, and then add 10 to x. The other members of the class are confident that age problems will present no more obstacles. Iam! llli . i s .hm I