St Clement High School - Crest Yearbook (Center Line, MI)

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November 25 1959 THE CREST Page Twenty fxve MATH MOVES FORW RD AT SCH Everythmg 1n the modern world IS deslgned w1th forwardness in mlnd Such 1S also the case wxth mathematxcs S1nce mathematics is a l1v1ng, growlng subject, it is constantly being expanded andimproved The concept of math today IS entirely different from what lt was at the turn of the century New developments ln mathematxcs are not less than sensatlonal The applicatxonof mathematics to our dally l1fe IS encased 1n two categorles the new uses of older math and the uses of newer math BASIS FOR DISCOVERIES The supersonic fllght of a jet and the launchxng of a satell1te depend entlrely on the appl1cat1on of fluld dynam1cs to whlch calculus IS essential Mathematxcs has been the basis for great physical dmscoverles, i e , Newton's law of gravltatlon V1ew1ng these facts we must reallze that although new math techmques are neces sary the tradltxonal concepts must not be lgnored Rather the new IS bu1lt upon the o The engineers and physical scientists no longer have an absolute claim on math in modern l1fe D A I L Y M A T H Few people reallze the extent to whlch the1r daily llves 1nvolve mathematlcs Math exerts an xnfluence on natural sclence, soc1a1 science busmess and lndustry The flelds of psychology SOC1010gy, and economlcs use mathematlcal techmques to solve comphcatedproblems andrecord statlstics Industry and business formulate data and other compllcated research experlments through math techmques C O M P A R IS O N The study of mathematlcs can be compared to a grant tree The new green shoots and branches are the new developments of math whlle the solid trunk is tradxtional knowledge The new shoots and branches cannot survive wlthout the trunk and vlce versa As man uses the trees for fuel, he also uses the fuel of mathematlcal knowledge to move h1s world a.nd himself forward CAN YOU SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? ,,- Consider the followlng postulate set Isl' g terms Every h1ve IS a collection of bees Any two dlstinct hives have one and only one bee in common Every bee belongs to two and only two hives There are exactly four hives ya., 's..QQ ff' Jw tu 5' zjj LN- -ff-Z -L- .1-.1 'L-'II JA Lux JJ JQLQ C a-11 ADVANCED ALGEBRA K1 to r y M Wancour, T Gonlwlecha, B Owocki D Wemand, A Schoenherr Back ground R. Weir Deduct the f0110W1Ilg theorems from th1s postulate set There are exactly six bees There are exactly three bees in each h1ve For each bee there is exactly one other bee not ln the same hive w1th it fsolutlon on page 295 TRIGONOMETRYQ1 tor J D Schmitz, GEOMETRY Cl to r I M Hayes, G Schoenherr, J Bush GENERAL MATH Cl tor I M1ssSm1th G Soboczynskl, R Sosnoski K Szew czyk M Caruana ALGEBRA Cl to r I Sxster Margaret G LaVa1ley, K Zxmmer, Slster Mary J Schmidt, C Sfr0h,G Bahia Seated David C Gursinskl D Demmelleufe I V - . m. ' ' ' C. J a , - Q , a , 1 . A k ? -97 ln which bee and hive are undefined 01 . f ca Q P. 1 - H - . 1 0 X A Q- P. 2 L K ,, P. 3 3' P. 4 ' . - . . 3 A. ' . ' ' 9 ' B. l A -s . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I . j N 'SN'-Q, , , g . . . Z . ' ' ' z 1 1 s W . . l . . . '. ' ' ' ' v - , ... , . 1 '

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Page Twenty-four THE CREST November 25, 1959 Quarter Honor Honors Officers Members of the Honors Club elected the1r oltlcers follow ng the Oct ober meetlng Preparlng for future meetxngs are fl to r J Marllyn Fuerst vxce presldent EllenDefer,pres1dent Janet L1etz, secretary a.nd Shlrley Beste treasurer Roll lusts 45 When aperson does some outstandxng deed recognmon follows Athletes recelve school letters for f1ne playlng Sc1ent1sts merlt awards for lmportant d1scover1es Students who have done honorable work 1n school classes know they w1ll have their names on thelr school Honor Roll Durmgthe flrst quarter of St Clements 59 60 school year 45 students merlted a place on the Horor R011 They are Ctop to bottoml column 1 Lawrence. C1m1e 16WSk1 Marllyn Fuerst Patr1c1aGa1bensky Ka hleen Gletzen Barbara G1ppr1ch Column2 Carol Golem bl6WSk1 Catherme Gurs1nsk1 Joan Kudryck1 Janet L1etz R1chardRogos Column 3 Patrlcla Thebert Grace W1eg:md Karen Zlmmer Shlrley Beste Robert C16S1lg8 Column 4 Louxse Delmotte Agnes Flamgan Gertrude Hudak Theresa Koernke Marcella MaFkOVlCh Column 5 Barbara Owockl Carolyn Raxss, Margaret Rostow Arlene Schoenherr Marsha Schoener Column 6 Mar1lee Sm1th Letha Van Laan M1chael Bernott Judlth Braun Andrea Chonko NancyHoffman Column7 D1aneHough ton Patrxcla Kelsey Marcla Kowal Josephme Laud1c1na Mary Ann Stephens Column 8 Carol Tardoma Joyce Bar ron Camllle Cup1sz Cynthia Cygan Jud1th Dupuls Column 9 Barbara Edwards Janet Gora Patr1c1aHanrahan Ilene Normadeau and Carolyn Stroh v O --, . A , . - . X . - - v v -v , . . - - 3 ' - ' x r a J L , . . ' J a 1 , . ' Y I v 1 ' ' ! 5 ' , . . , 1 , . ' 7 J Y 5 a n 1 , . . , - a a s 'A K . . I Q 1 1 N , . fv , -r f ,, .. ' v Q 1 i 1 s . . . ,. , s. -v .- , f T h x . I x., n '.. . ' g I K 'L X , 4 N '3 5 ft M Q Y. f -M-. M X- C, gm-vw - .1 'vit M -M ,g . ' Q ' f . Q , sn- 'N SN, - ,Q ,' . W Q gy . 1 ' ' -v or I j - , , I x, , t N: I 5 x 3 - 1 ' y r r , .

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Page Twenty-six THE CREST November 25, 1959 The war IS on ' Eng11sh IV students must be pre CISIOH perfect on themes Check1ng w1th the handy chart are fC1OCkW1S9, S Manczuk C Mart1n Anne Thomas Pat Doyle Ela1ne Artman Checkmg qu1zzes IS an essentlal 1tem 1n Engl1sh III A Hessell P Terebesy, and Instructor Mrs Sucaet help C Wo1c1echowsk1 evaluate her test answers on the quarterly exam The LanguogeArfs Are Basic of SCH One b1g top w1th a three rmg show be neath' Such represents the language arts program at St Clement In the center r1ng the four year Engllsh course unfolds Sp2.Il1Sh IS act1ve to the left Lat1n works at the r1ght Each r1ng stands alone w1th 1tS own pro gram but all three comblne to complete the show Engl1sh, Span1sh, and Lat1n also stand alone 1n the1r respectlve rmgs but the language arts department re qu1res all three YW Enghsh II students l1ke to argue' Clockwlse are Mr Thompson Cat deskj C Ge1sler J Orban R Van Pamel M Gervas1, M Hexde J Schlmmel fm-t 2? ?l' Where the press IS free and every man able to read, all IS safe Learn the card catalog' ' says S1ster Gonzaga to Thomas Jefferson D Petz, D Schroeder J Sch1melfen1ng Frosh CENTER SUBJECT Engl1sh, 1n 1ts central pos1t1on, has a three fold program l1terature wr1t1ng and speak1ng The cumulat1ve purpose of the l1tera ture ser1es IS the fulflllment of the funda mental purpose of educat1on that 1S the development of the capac1ty to thlnk 1ntegrally about the world of nature and of grace Freshman year f1nds 1tS obj 9Ct1V6 read 1ng for sheer pleasure To del1ght 1n the beauty of l1terature IS the pr1mary a1m of the sophomore course Jumors learn the h1stor1cal and cultural development of Amerlcan l1terature The best wr1t mgs of Englxsh l1terature are represented 1n the sen1or program g1v1ng the stu dent a S0l1d cultural background SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS The wr1t1ng ser1es teaches the student grammat cal correctness 1n the form of sentence mastery, var1ety and clearness 1n the sentence and paragraph, mterest and force 1n Wrltlng sk11ls and pr1nc1ples 1n the four types of wr1t1ng Speech work plays an 1mportant part 1n the Enghsh cycle Formmg the nucleus of baslc commumcatlon, and tra1n1ng ef f6Ct1Ve speakers for 1nformal as well as formal, occas1ons IS 1tS foremost a1m Thus IS the Englzsh rmg const1tuted FOREIGN LANGUAGES A dlfferent slant to speaklng, l1tera ture, and wr1t1ng 1S brought 1nto l1fe by the left rlng Sp3.IllSh W1dely used and appl1cable to fore1gn travel, Sp2.l11Sh was deemed necessary and lnstalled 1n the school currlculum To the r1ght the Lat1n r1ng takes the floor Requ1r1ng a r1g1d d1sc1pl1ne of study th1s CISSSICRI language exerc1ses the student 1n grammat1ca1 prec1s1on and vocabulary btuldmg, as well as opens to hun the treasures of 1ts 2.I1C1eIlth1StO1'y 'x 1 S. ' ' . ' ' . . , . - : . , . , - Y 7 ' I 0 . , . . . , , . ' ' a v 1 ' 5 '. . S v ' - V ' ' Q ' 1 ' - 4 . . , . 5 . , S . W' 'A K . ,nf a 3 j ' I . Q 7 . , . , . , . - - . - . ,'- . ' ' 7 C! - f r ' ' , 5 J, ! .J 7 ' 5 Y ' ' . . . . . , . , - '