Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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Here lS the answer to our problem Jim Ray is tellxng Gerry Lynn Mapes She IS helpmg Jim with his advanced algebra New Courses Prepare Students For College Correspondmg parts of a concurrent triangle are equal explams John Batzel to the geometry class wh1le Donna Mathxs watches Mr Bryan Reed assures the class the statement IS correct Begmning algebra classes thlS year have been greatly reduced because of the absence of the freshmen Mlss Dorothy Thompson IS the m structor of the one algebra class belng taught thls year Algebra whether begmmng or advanced sup phes the language and pI'1IlC1pa.1 tools of any mathematlcs above the level of arlthmetxc Many problems can be done more effectxvely by means of algebra Why should glrls take algebra? The a.nswer IS the same reason the boys study It to become acquamted w1th 1ts opportlmltles U1 the flelds of sclence and lndustry It can be summed up by saylng that one studxes mathe matlcs for the fun of xt wh1le he studles algebra for the proflt he w1ll acquxre from lt

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American Curricula Learning the correct use of the slide rule m trigonometry class seems to be amusing to Glb Robinson Sharron Flfield and Mr Clifford Fackler Mathematxcs contributes dxrectly and dlrectly to most phases of modern ClVl1lZ3.tlOI1 dlrectly because math ltself IS necessary for the development and use of the other scxences wluch are indlspensable foundatxons of applled sciences and arts Thxs mea.ns that anyone who expects to study any of the scxences and the technlcal courses dependent upon them such as engmeermg pharmacy medxcme arclutecture d6S1gI1lIlg etc must f1rst study the fundamental courses ln mathematlcs Hlgh school mechanlcs f1nd It necessary to use the rules or formulas for computlng areas and volume and other mathernatlcs ln thelr da11y work These are Just a few reasons why mathematlcs IS xmportant for the future of everyone EM Stlffens As Russia Advances Wayne Teague writes out a problem on the board in solid geometry while umm Whlsler is ln deep thought trying to solve the problem