Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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EDGAR E. ANDERSON, Chairman B.A., M.A., Columbia PAUL A. SEAMANS B.A., Buyfalo 22

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DENNIS C. BROWN MAX E. SCHLOPY B.A., Baldwin Wallace B.A., San Francisco Smle ii I... BRADFORD S. GILE WILLIAM G. RUSSELL B-A-. Brown B.S., Canisius 21

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SCIENCE GEORGE W. MICHALKO PHILIP E MCNAIRY B.S., St. Bonaventure B S Trinity By emphasizing laboratory work, the science depart- ment tries to impart to students a clearer understanding of the basics of science. Additionally, the department wants to bring students to an understanding of the methods of a scientist, and most important, to an un- derstanding of how a scientist thinks. Scientific think- ing is a process by which one looks at a problem ra- tionally aud unemotionally, and checks all ideas against observed facts. The science department believes this type of thinking vital and in its courses in general science, biology, chemistry, and physics, tries to imbue students with a sense of its urgency, hoping they will apply it to their own lives.