St Marys Academy - Madonna Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Xs and Square Root Fund Applucatuon un Practucal Sutuatuons Darlene Maycen us uustly satusfued as she completes the quadratuc formula un advanced algebra class P New tuelds often seem strange to begunners So ut was wuth the algebra classes Freshmen began wuth musguvungs confused by tales of the horrors of math related by the upperclassmen Problems were smoothed out however and X and Y became understandable Later un the year square root raducals and cubes came unto focus along wuth problems that seemed unconquerable at the start of the year Students who were unterested un hugher mathe matucs regustered tor advanced algebra After a much needed revuew ot the algebrauc pruncuples the problems uncreased un duttuculty and length As the year progressed ut was not unusual for some solutuons to cover almost an enture sheet of paper In addutuon to gaunung a better grasp of algebrauc pruncuples, the gurls learned the shortcuts whuch proved helpful un the scuence classes and un college board examunatuons The graphucal solutuon at two equa tuons becomes understandable to Duana Manuon Duane Duneen and Pat Dun nuck as Muss Knaus goes through the step by step explanatuon un Algebra l :ass I Q . . Q Q . . 'G F SGGC uh.. it 82

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I South of the Border Proves To Be Familiar Territory This year the Spanish classes were unexpectedly elevated in their learning to a new second floor classroom which provoked frantic races to beat the bell. The usual problems of grammar and vocabulary confronted them. Listening to records, first-year students wondered how anyone could speak so fast, and despaired of ever acquiring a real accent. Second-year classes studied the legends, customs and peoples of various Spanish-speaking lands. Classes conducted in Spanish brought answers, varying widely, but never lacking in enthusiasm. By the end of the year, the whole class was able to greet la profesora with a more than loud Buenos diasl X .,-D4' Guiomar Ochoa, from Colombia, South America, helps Margaret Desenberg fseatedt get the correct pronunciation in Spanish. 8l Suse. Patitucci and Sheila Danehy seem to be enioying Mimi Kintner's transla- tion of a story in seccnd-year Spanish class. Mimi's copybook lies in readiness for notes on difficult constructions.

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KI29CfiCS'D9ClCS Logic About Lines Leads to Logic About Life sl: Maureen Crowley, Janet Mennucci, and Sue Szabo take pride in the geometry design exhibit. Little did they realize that art would find its way into math class! With weird formulas such as s.a.a. is equal to s.a.a. and triangle DEF confronting them, the new geometry students came uncertainly, but well- prepared, to work, toting an impressing array of compasses, protractors, and rulers. Here it wasn't enough to draw a straight line-there had to be proof that it was straight! Triangles within circles and circles within triangles had to be carefully con- structed. Theorems and laws were interpreted, mem- orized, and applied constantly. Toward the end of the year geometry was an old friend, inspiring logical thinking and many angles of interest. in-s.. flmfazsu. far:-rr-mia... A 83 Diana Wilson, Carol Mc- Curdy and Katie Keating prove a theorem to the geometry class, hoping that when they finish everyone will understand.