St Marys Academy - Troubadour Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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and Advanced Algebra at. f -as M.--,, , , ez ' . Determined to master the use of their slide rules in order to save them valuable time are these advanced algebra students. xr 1 ts? ex 1 f M' xi , ez, f' W it 1 H i Cheryl Fennig Suzanne Gard it G Carol Genetske Barbara Flejter 5 Gt K M 3 l .. 1 wr if i m .1 gi Joan Gasper Alfie E. K f ' i f Kathleen Gleason 4 r,,' ' ,,1, t AAZ, , ,'q q,:'i: if , , V,ml A L ..,,, 5 Kathleen Flynn Mary Frederick Jacqueline Gall The characteristic is three so naturally there are four places in the answer which can be interpolated in the logarithm table in the back of the book! So mused the iuniors in their advanced algebra class as they learned the use of 'logs.' Keeping those characters and mantissas in their right order became a full-time iob until practice made perfect. lt was gratifying to know logarithms could be used to save time in chemistry when these future sci- entists struggled with gas law problems. The binomial formula was also a useful instrument in solving equations, although too many times it involved the use of finding a square root. In the second semester, the iuniors attacked the field of mathematics known as trigonometry. This year, the junior math course was unique, for this was the first time that both trigonometry and advanced algebra were in- cluded in it. The girls found trig interesting, yet trying to the memory, as they learned that the hypotenuse divided by the adjacent side is equal to the secant and that the vice-versa is equal to the cosine. 111

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Juniors Attacked Trigonometry The finer points of manipulating a slide rule are carefully demonstrated by Sister Joseph Marie to her advanced algebra students. Roberta Driessen Carolyn Ehrhardt A Sylvia Dudkiewicz Theresa Elsen Sheila Dunn Darlene Esser Louise Chronert Carol Sue Cody Joann Coconate is Diane Crouse glf Q,a y -r ' Q' Q N ii S Sus niDilImann Kathleen Doyle r rsst at Dianne Dynek Margaret Eberhardy Pen ny Fabinski Ruth Felton

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Juniors Recalled Dates Stephen Mannie Frequent use of blackboard diagrams helps Father to interpret a point of discussion in religion class. I Karen Hansen xi 'A S K s it in it f Rosalind Hudziak Janet Hardy AQ' s ilxffff - , , if . ' 1 , S gl - A ,,., ,ss-f Kathleen Hurley Mary Rose Glubka Peggy Goodman ,K sail' sf is Claudia Gorecki Kathryn Graf z. as Q it s nf ,.g M sgs' '-asia., Bernadine Grohall Mary Ellen Hickey MUFY KGY Hipp Capuchin Father Stephen, the iunior religion instructor, taught the iuniors the beauty of the history of the Church with emphasis on the Holy Spirit. A good memory was necessary for the course the iuniors discovered as they struggled to re- call the dates of the persecutions and the names of the tri- umphant martyrs. The girls found Church history surprisingly interesting, however, as they saw how the heresies of hundreds of years past still have their effect on our present world. ln their religion course the iuniors came to know and love the powers of the Holy Ghost, especially His work in the sanctifica- tion of man. Margaret Grycowskr