Perrysville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Perrysville, IN)

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THE ECHUES UF 1953

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PREFACE Addrng subtractlng, multlplylng dlvlclmg we do each of them hundreds of times a day wrthout ever stopping to comprehend their srgnrflcance to our own school lrfe Our daily curriculum IS dlvrded Into separate dlvrsrons or classes, and at IS also supplemented or added to by extra curricular actrvltles. Thus, we add and are added dlvlde and are dlvlded without reallzrng nt The process of multnplrcatron rs desrgnated by a times srgn We multrply the routine, rncludlng such seemingly unimportant events as meetnng your pal IH the hull dlscusslng the events of the latest party or ball game, or runnlng uptown for a coke ln other words, the photographer has caught students rn the act of belng students. ln the process of mathematics you wlll lnvarlably run Into the square root Parallelrng thus caprlclous method of mathematical computatlon rs the root of our school the faculty and custodians. They must always appear drgnlfred In the hall or classroom, but what could be more fun than catchlng them In a very un dxgnlfled state between school hours? The mlnus sign, of course, denotes subtractron It IS with regret that we, the class of 53, realrze that soon we will be mmus from school forever, lust as S0 many classes that have gone before us. We have learned that a scrap of parchment amounts to the mere process of worlung a problem rn mathematncs Turn the pages and check the problems whlch you helped to compute . I . . . I . . . H , . events in our lives by the good times we have which are built around our school I , , . . '