Immaculata University - Gleaner Yearbook (Immaculata, PA)

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Physics minors spend long hours in the lab doing research. Pauline McKenna, Dorothy Lengyel, and Margaret Brennan work overtime to solve a problem in Biophysics. The truth

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The alpha: freshmen are initiated into the ranks of future chemists with the basic tools of the scientific trade. Every created thing , . 1. The omega: seniors, Ann Deegan and Mary Agnes Ferry, learn to use the more advanced techniques of physical chemistry. . . . has its own proper function. Elizabeth Doherty explains the concept of the atom, from Democritus to the present, to members of the Reading List Group. ARBTOTLE THE CREATION OF the present idea of science is the contribution of the Greeks to the sci entific field. Sharply deviating from the path of earlier peoples, the Greeks replaced interest in the practical application of scientific fact with the vital spirit of scientific inquiry into causes. Greek scientists preferred to delve into the abstract vvhy of things, rather than the the mechanistic how. These early scientific explorers left to future generations the l-lel lenic heritage of theoretical science-the em bryo of future accomplishments. s Chemistry students at lmmaculata are like wise imbued with the true spirit of intellectual curiosity, as they combine the merits of the cogitative approach with experimental ob servation to validate theories of' physical organic, inorganic, biological, analytical chemistry. Behind the sensitive movements and complex interactions of atoms, they dis cover the harmony of nature and the hand of God directing all things according to their u nature.

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is always the strongest argument. SOPHOCLES THE loNiAN THINKERS of the sixth century B. C. strove to discover the natural laws controlling the world. Thales and Pythagoras reiected the belief that the universe was dependent upon the whims of the gods. In developing the sciences of mathematics and physics, they accomplished one of the greatest feats of the human intellect, yet they failed to explain the origin of these natural laws. Aristotle deduced the correct conclusion, but the perfect expression unfolded only with Christianity. At lmmaculata, students of mathematics and physics have the advantage of this heritage, and can, therefore, develop their powers of reasoning in ac- cordance with a philosophy of life which integrates all knowledge and clearly solves the problem of origin. Physics students, Concetta Abbruscato, Anne Barbour, Mary Jane Gibbons, and Mary Ann Ranieri, find a round table discussion useful in gaining a better understanding of electricity and magnetism. The x-y-z of it . . Math students Patricia Drummond, Carol Hogan, Carol Cottone, Mary Payer, Carol Olsen, Bernadine Eng, and Anna Sciabica make a ioint effort to solve difficult problems before a big test in calculus. Mathematically speaking, three plus four equals a better chance for success.