St Joseph Academy - Acadean Yearbook (Green Bay, WI)

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Although there is no missile landing site on the SJA campus, many young minds are being launched into the worlds of math and science so necessary understanding in this space age. Basic formulas are learned in freshman algebra while sopho¬ more geometry adds understand¬ ing of angles, arcs, and logical reasoning. Biology provides the scientific information to complete these basic courses. Advanced math, through the introduction of the set concept, broadens the SJAers understand¬ ing of the structure and function of mathematics. Upperclassmen additional insight through and chemistry, completing these courses at SJA knows she is well-equipped for her role in the future. 1- 4 ’■1 d i Wa 5 ■Jr A ' ' BUILDING NESTS ... is for the birds ' exclaims Margie Schwartz as she examines a biology lab experiment. Present Food for Thought r f SISTER LOUISE GERARD . arrival in the biology lab , and Jane Carpenter test a new a giant malted milk machine? PICK A POINT Janice Martin as graph. . . any point ' laughs Sister Claude Elaine to they sketch a parabola on the advanced math

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' JUST A MILLIMETER MORE ... of carbon tetrachloride and we ' re ready to record our results ' muses Karen Wypiszynski as she pours the solution into Margaret Pliska ' s test tube. IN SET THEORY ... A intersection B equals a design in math class, laughs Bette Witt as she works out a homework problem at the board. Mathematics and Science . . . IT ' S THE CARBON TETRACHLORIDE . . . that brings out the lavender color, states Sister Paul Joseph to Mary Kay Black and Sue Delwiche as Tori Evans and Jane Hyska consult the lab manual for further instructions. 22

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Business Education Classes . . MAKING A CLEAN CUT . . . Sue Shaloub, Mary Pierquet, Mary Capelle, and Darlene Donarski trim papers in office practice. A; sidkfj A; sidktj Hieroglyph¬ ics? No. These are just the fundamentals of first-year typing. Personal typing, a one year course, and beginning typing, supplemented by a second year, is offered to all SjAers interested in office work, as are two years of shorthand and a year of book¬ keeping and office practice. These skills, open to Academy juniors and seniors, have proved useful and necessary to the ac¬ complished Girl Friday in any field. In these classes, by means of films, practical demonstrations, lectures, and personal experience gained in class, SJAers together learn to skillfully operate such modern business equipment as the dictaphone, duplicating ma¬ chine, and mimeograph machine. Realizing that practice makes perfect, these girls, industriously deciphering shorthand notes or busily typing Dear Sir . . . , train themselves today to be the conscientious secretaries of to¬ morrow. BIG OPERATORS . . . Gloria LeBrun and Pat Zambrowicz operate the projector during a Business Club movie on speed typing. ' PLEASE . . . turn the page so I v. on ' t miss my timed writings, Mary Titulaer asks Pat Purrman.