Mother of Mercy High School - Mercywood Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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XIATH BLEND IN HARMONY Sailing boats may be a little boy pastime but it can become a serious problem in Algebra II class. Kay Spitzmiller carefully reads the problem tor Nancy Spicer as Joanne Kathman and Barbara Gooding, with a pointer in her hand, interpret their graph. From Fahrenheit to centigrade and then back again go the basic math students Donna Massman, Harriet Lachtrup, Carol Hemsteger. Bisecting an angle is a simple process for Marilyn Torbeck and Mary Mahoney who don't go around in circles in geometry class. A minus times a minus makes a plus - c.p.c.t. - theorem 378. Confused? So are the minds of the bewildered Mercy Mathematicians plunging their way through algebra I 81 II, geometry and trig. Through mathematics, however, they are learning to understand the world in which we live. In redecorating a room, in making a good home-made pie, in tiguring a bowling score, yes, and in typing a letter, knowledge of math is essential. 27

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'rx f-Auf Q Whether it's cold or whether it's hot -Deanna Dutro and .ludy Perez will study prevailing weather conditions in physics lab. From baby days and mud pies these sophomores have graduated to soil Conserv SCIENCE AND. Success, Deanna s eins to siy is she and Elaine: Ludwig experiment with the process of ionization in cheruistiy. Delve into the unknown! Combine compounds and elements! Disect a minute insect! It you are interested, Miss Mercy Scientist, just go up the steps and around the corner to our science labs. There is opened to you the worlds of biology, physics and chemistry, You will meet many new interesting facts and before the year comes to an end, you'll be capable of delving, combining, and disecting without any really serious casualties. ation and mineral elements needed tor plant growth. Proudly exhibiting prize-winning projects are .lane Rohs, Pamela VondenBrinlze, Mary Jo Schuerman, Marilyn Torbeck. TOCK' ,Nlug sfgwf rvunmrc L...-

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Don Quixote, alias Marilyn Koch, waves her triumphant foil over three subdued captives Diane Elbert, .ludy King and Barbara Feltner as the Spanish ll students draiuatize a scene from the wellkuown play by Mignet de Cervantes, novelist and satirist. TOGAS. .SOMBREROS. .JACQUETTES Ancient Rome! Sparkling Spain! Gay France! Ita! Si Si! Oui Ouil Foreign countries, their customs and spirit, are topics ot discussion and interest to Mercians in every Latin, French and Spanish class. Declensions and conjugations are conquered easily by Caesar's followers, the Latin students. The first step ot exciting adventures in Paris, as all our mademoiselles know, is studying that wondrous language, French, Whether it's Madrid or Mexico they're hoping to see, senoritas Mercy-style say Ole tor Spanish, tortillas, color- tul sombreros, tiestas and siestas. Latin phrases in daily use are discussed by Carol Carney, Alice Long, Barbara Huth and .Ioan Tenoever while Carol Oliver indicates the phrases that are to be studied. 28