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

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Train leaving for Mathlandl Last call lor Miss Mercy. Tickets to he purchased for the small price of a little study and hard work. First on the agenda is a trip to the land of Algebra I. Here live the challenging x's and y's that combine to equal z's. Next the tour features a quick trip to Plane Geometry Town. Waiting to greet all guests are Mr. and Mrs. Triangle who will now provide a grand expedition through their spherical plane. Friendship is waiting after a pleasant visit with the Formula Family. Then go on to Algebra II and Trigonometry, where any and all will find the complete satisfaction of knowing they have learned much in these lands of advanced math. Whether it's a parallel or perpendicular freshman math students Carol Franke and Beth Busam will soon know. fwA1'le iAe afAemafician5 Solve qleir rodlems ls this 4th year math or an art lesson? Ruth Behrens and Mary Juengling agree it's math and quite difficult. As lan Fischer explains the intricacies ol a geometry problem. Angela Valentine scems to disagree with her. - 25 .. ff,

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Are you looking for excitement? lf so, look no further than the Mercy Science Department. Who knows - if you are not careful, you might blow up the lab in chemistry or in biology cut the frog the wrong way. But when you solve a hard problem in physics, you will surely get a feeling of satisfaction. Yes, it is here you find your fellow Mercians and the future scientists of America. With her eyedropper poised for action, Martha Scalise explains to Diane Bachman a few of the many adwantages of the brand new semi-micro equipment for experiments. liyeing the eye from the general scientists' point of view are interested Diane Auel, Linda Gartner and Linda Stertz. cienfisfs rprode fAe gmysferies of ide universe Surrounded by their fine feathered friends and fascinated by this rare variety are sophomore biologists Kathy Grater, Betty Wetta and Jacky Steinbeck. These biology bugs will soon know the wonderful mysteries of the bird world,

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.5 5 1 s a ' ' sg 351 V15 '20 J I3 QD ' rfl- f- 100 nee emzfiy U1 un- ana e 27 I-X , ,sag WAY' While Rosemary Trefzger delicately constructs her papiermache and Gayle Willenbrink remarks that the Leaning Tower of Pisa never before looked this good. Judy Nelson is content to just make something. Does it gobble. possibly? Paint. some paint brushes, an easel. a group of eager and talented girls . . . Combine all of these things and you have any one of the many art classes here at Mercy. lt may be freshmen just beginning to explore the vast held ot' art or the sophomores designing posters. Again. it may be the juniors molding eeramies or seniors doing the work of their ehoiee. At all times ol' the day you will find the art room alive with activity. Little kindergarten people with perfect profiles make pretty models for the artistic hands of Margaret Lind and Ellen Marshall as they learn to make silhouettes.