Our Lady of Mercy School - Lore Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Plone Geometry Constructing lines and angles wasn't as easy as it looked, but with the aid of Sister Mary Kilian, these Plane Geometry students attempted to master the procedure. Left to right: June Stadmiller, Mary Jo Pauli, and Jaqueline Stover. Before swinging on a star, it's better to know whether it will hold you. Carolyn Pietrucha, Mary Lynn Mooney, and Mary Montante checked the prob- lem of area with Mrs. Loretta Abel. Mothemotics Solid Geometry God is found in the Numbers form a practical science, having its origin in the practical needs of man. The necessity of measuring and counting and more torceably a thirst for knowledge urged ancient peoples to develop a system ot numbers and a way of using them. Mercians are extremely fortunate in the number of Math courses offered them. From Algebra l through Plane Geometry, Advanced Algebra, and Trigonometry to the study of Solid Geometry, OLMites profit by the experiences of the ancient and modern mathematicians. 'G-wil nt lf-V t Nigmll NM 5 kg maint: nil ,crm ,- I 1-ft .s ,NA N ., Advanced Algebra Would-be theorist Diane Allen explained the point of tangency of a circle and straight line-graphed. Do the diagonals intersect in the center? Left to right: Helen Schlachter, Sister Mary Victor R.S.M., Joan Sevald, Carol Stepaniak, and Monica Schroeder examined with interest a prismatoid constructed by students of Solid Geometry class.

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W P55 4224 we sa I1 R UB At a tIme when all corners of the world reach out to Ioun hands In harmonIous lIVlHg O LM keeps rIght In step wIth llS modern language program DesIgned to QIVS the gIrls an under standIng of the b6SIC fundamentals of the French and Spanlsh vernacular the program has been receIved wIth much enthusIasm so much ID fact that It has been necessary to Increase the department facIlItIes yearly Along wnth grammar and vocabulary students are Introduced to the hIstory and famous leaders of the countnes they are study Ing Advanced students become famIlIar Wllh the authors and lIterary works Customs once strange and perhaps mlsunder stood now seem normal as any of ours For sublects full of Interest and dIversIty modern languages offer much Spanish l Students from all four dlVISl0hS have the opportunity to include Spanish among their other sublects ww., 4' N French ll as they llstened to French recordmgs and followed translatlon In theIr books, wlth Sister Mary KIlIan's guidance Modern Longuoges WWW Spanish ll Carmen Cortina modeled a serape-the Spanish-American shawl-while Miss Jeanne Muenks explained its significance to members of the second year Spanish class. 31

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clnscoverles of men One fteld of knowledge that answers questtons to everyday occurences and nnsplres the mind to gasn a greater understand Ing ts scnence After taking General Sclence the unqutsntlve minds of many Mercuans are not satlsfred untul they have taken the sciences offered them here at Mrercy In Sophomore year Biology opens a new wo ld of plant and the marvelous vvorkmgs of the human body Math and science combnne to challenge the student In Physlcs Wxth Senior year the study of Chemistry opens new avenues of research 552252 Science Pmcers sclssors and the poor worm' Srster Mary Boniface supervrses Dldnssectlonj Day as Patrlcla Lamb Shrrley Ryan and Vlrgrma la Vlgne begun II'1ClSlng plxlllated speclmens Blology General Science Physlcs No need here for a weatherman Phvsrcs students Barbara Ewald and Elizabeth Klen ner checked the anerord and Julre Ann Clem ens Judy Mahoney and Marilyn Carroll the mercurial barometers for atmospheric pres sure while Sharon Murphy charted the wall graph Genevleve Oldham and JoAnn La Londe determmed the relatnve humldlty by means of the hygrometer on Ground hog aY Youd be careful too If you started out on your own to prepare acetylene Srster Mary Leocadras Chemrstry stars Dorothea Gramlrch Jean Smrth Carole Burke and w'Chemlstry Myrna Udlcovlch tned t Successfully loretta Young poured sawdust Into heated water as the Freshman Scrence Class tested for convlctron currents Sister Mary Rebecca adpusted the burner whsle Susan Stnmson Kathy Leahy Margaret Seaclc Marne Plche Glona Pawlowskl, and Maryanne Llnane watch mtently for results 33