Silver Lake Regional High School - Torch Yearbook (Kingston, MA)

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iss Dennett Miss Hopkirk Mathematics, as any other branch of study at Silver Lake, has many applications. One major service of this department is that it instructs students in using reason, as opposed to intuition, in their thinking. Two major sources of ideas, each invaluable to man and his society, are intuition and reason. These two sources are not by nature opposed, both can work together and bring en- lightenment on philosophical and practical levels. Mathematics can be as utilitarian as helping one make out his weekly budget, or it can be quite theoretical, actually abstract, and serve as a means of probing the mysteries of the universe. At our school, several courses are offered, some oriented toward business pursuits, some toward college work in math itself or in other sciences, and so on. The effect of this discipline is particularly evident in Ame rica ' s increasingly computerized society, and students at Silver Lake are fortunate in having an able faculty to provide them with an opportunity to prepare themselves for their own role in this society. Mr. Fallon Mr. Kaupp

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Miss Cottuli Mrs. Linton Mr. Hudson Mr. Randall

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Miss Fingerman Mr. Weeks Foreign Language Department Students enrolled in the Foreign Language Department are taught more than to read, write, and speak their chosen language easily. These students have an opportunity to learn some of the culture, geography, and history of the country. Extensive courses in French, Spanish, and Latin are supplemented by frequent field trips, films, and slides. A language laboratory allows the teach- ers, under the direction of Mr. Winslow Weeks, to give their students more individual attention. Library Mrs. Leigh ton Mr. Killian Miss Gillis Under the patient and able super- vision of Miss Mary Ann Nappi, the library at Silver Lake provides stu- dents and faculty members with a great deal of material concerning a wide variety of subjects. Books are made available for research, special instruction, or reading pleasure. Despite the large school population, time and space are pro- vided for students to study and read in the library itself. Miss Nappi ' s task of organization of the library material is made somewhat easier due to the assistance of student library aides. Miss Eckel Miss Nappi