Rome Free Academy - De O Wain Sta Yearbook (Rome, NY)

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Figuring for the Future S. Sperlik learns the concepts of geometry. Two mathematics programs await students at Rome Free Academy. Although mathematics is not a required course, students at R.F.A. usually insist on taking it for at least two years The advanced student is offered the college-prepara- tory course. This year all sophomores are taking tenth- year math, while all juniors are studying eleventh-year math instead of the former one semester courses of intermediate algebra and trigonometry, respectively. Twelfth-year math, composed of advanced algebra and solid geometry, is offered to the student pursuing a ca- C. Toti and D. Youskivich attempt to prove the “quadratic formula.” 27 Is S. Dorsino sleeping in her father’s math class? reer in mathematics or the student curious about the principles and theories behind the formulas or equations used. With the new geometry textbooks, the students plunge headlong into a seemingly bottomless sea of direct and While geometry students memorize statements, eleventh-year indirect proofs, axioms , and formulas students gamely attack logarithms, parabolas, arith- metic and geometric progression, later to be completely confused with their practical applications of tangent, secant, and cosine. Any questions?

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Hungry Students’ Friends A. Pettinelli and J. Bartolotti Volpe, C. Harrington, A. Garafola. BOTTOM: ‘‘Anti-Litterbugs!”’ Skyrocketing enrollment in R.F.A. has led to the purchase of “walkie-talkies” for the cus- todians. Under the supervision of Oscar Beer, this staff helps keep the school in its orderly condition. Overcrowded cafeteria con- ditions have caused the number of lunch periods to be in- creased to three, creating ad- ditional problems for our cafe- teria staff. Besides serving thir- teen hundred students daily, the staff efficiently prepares meals for Colgate Seminar, French Club, Block “R” Club, gymleaders, and the varsity football team. R. Witt, P. Muldoon, and D. Tomeo.

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