Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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. basic in technology MATHEMATICS . . b fore man dreamed of an or- .Long e derly science of number, form, and rea- soning, nature developed in accordance ' t rns. Gradually with mathematical pat e man discovered the laws set by these sed them to his own ad- is patterns and u vantage. series The simple ratio, the number which grew out of it, and the geometric form which expressed it were all serv- iceable tools for man when their use by nature became apparent to him. The beauty of a flower, conforming to geo- metrical ratio and pattern, brought forth ideas in decoration. The threads of a spider web, falling along the lines of a catenary curve, helped the engineer to realize the possibility of building sus pension bridges. The logarithmic spiral found in the snail shell, the pine cone, and the horns of the deer and the goat, was copied in the spiral stairway. The soap bubble and the soap film pointed the way to the study of minimal sur faces, the application of which proved to the manufac- rce of economy il SOH il1l'CI'. all At Proviso, the student is given opportunity to study the fundamentals of these mathematical principles which are so abundantly present in nature. If he fully realizes the application of these principles to man-made things, , the student will be more able to con- tribute his part to the advancement of ' ld of peace. civiliz ation 1n a wor they mean when they say Is this what students go to school to play? A special case of the binomla are these students just playing with blocks? 1 theorem-or math students are making Page Two fourth-year their marks on the world.

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Equations and geometric proofs offer a challenge to the alert mind Studying the geometric forms in nature are Mr. H. G. Monilaw, Mrs. Mabel Scheible, Mr. V. R. Kent, Miss Wilma Sims, Mr. W. A. Law, and Miss Margaret Sullivan. A study of the sextant in most pleasant surroundings is made by Mr. F. W. Baer, Miss Virginia Terhune, Mr. E. L. Joyner, Miss Lillian Arends, Miss Martha Hildebrandt, and Mr. U. C. Foster. Page 28

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p es behind understand' the ' ' t e workin of scientiii ' Most Pro Science is chiefly responsible forfft material progress which has taken pla at such a dizzying speed in our civiliz tion. A constant crop of new invention arises to amaze us and to remove th need for some of our labor. Modern science is, in fact, according to many of our leaders, so prolific that it has raced far ahead of the mass of humanity. Ex- actly how man is going to make his social development catch up with his technical develo m p ent is a serio le us prob- m today. The Science D epartment aims to ' ' give a basic f ing o principles of science to students so that they ca n comprehend h gs c applicatio ns. Greater lar u d ' popu- n erstanding of science and its rela- tion to so ' ' ciety is ex e p cted to na the rrow gap between technical fi . .nd social progress. A viso students t ake a cour in gener 1 ' se a science M . any go on to study specialized h ' ' p yslcal science s, which are a study of h t e earth and living things. Experiments, which help the st udent to visualize scie ' nt1Hc facts and ' principle are an i S7 mportant feat ure of the science courses The stud f y o science in h' lgh school while lt can 7 only scratch the surface of the world,s imm ense scientific knowl- edge, neverth l e ess does m uch to prepare the students of toda y for the scientific wonders of to IIIOITOW. s a vacuum here somewhere-but it couldnt be in the heads of these students, could it? physics 0 operation with a capital C in the chem' lub division of labor istry gets an ewperi . ment done. Bud study is like aircraft recognition. Th' one acts like a dive-b Page 30 is omber. C progress he C a. S C I