Immaculata University - Gleaner Yearbook (Immaculata, PA)

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A microscopic study of animal tissues aFFords an excellent complement to senior Histology. The world is God's epistle Q.. 'N . T . I K i WONDER AND cuiziositv prompted men to ask the crucial question-What is everything made ot? How do things come into being, change, pass away? By means of biology, the student attains some knowledge of the beginning and change of things. She classities and correlates data from her experi- ments, and appreciates the complicated mechanics of an organism. To some extent, she knows what life is -but this leads her to the more important question- why lite is. Her scientific experiments present this vital ques- tion, but do not answer it. Through the science of biology, through a true concept of the beginning and change of things-she learns what lite is, but the essence of life will be wholly evident only when she understands its purpose. She must turn to her faith to realize why lite is, to discover that The world is God's epistle to mankind . . . CPLATOD

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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.

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to mankind . . . PLATO Freshmen are introduced to some ot life's intricacies through a lecture in Zoology. In studying the structures and functions of the brain, biologistsvto-be witness one of lite's great mysteries. ln physiology laboratory, vital functions of the adrenals will be observed by performing an adrenalectomy on the rat. 1:51 .....,.,-,-.O Radiological biology introduces the student to modern developments which have revolutionized the biological sciences. MM fy ,