Wilbraham and Monson Academy - Hill Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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' Science 'Michael.P. Olmsted, B.S.,, Yale Universityg Chairman 'of 'Science Departmentw 15 Chennstry: V f S 'ffWe f iieedgscience education to produce sci- entists, but We need it equally tollcreiite literacy inffthe publics-f-Wie mgy Well claim that science is the essence of tod'aiy's cc : cultiire, yes painting other fine arts were of the Renaissance or political thought was diiringfthe enen lsliigliteenth ., +:gBCtlie S it S ,Untiffa few iyearsitagoffrschiool science texts de5nedi1,scienceg5gs are classiiied ,body of S knowl- edge. Todd we look upon science as cl,o an ge- tiiifitjlgggi lu, of lech fthe ,ljiuman mind: an imaginative description of S the physical 1llI1lVt-HSS whichyis even ll as new wdiscoveries are made 'end new eoi'ies'evolve. Scienceisg olue foreyer ehansgingg,Scientists sift data to find soine regularityiin niitureg' order inxsthe iuniverse. Sci- encQfgiiS yaistateybgof rnind, an insatilebleiouriositye which drivesffneniipastiithe,frontiers of human knowledge and understanding. 'Science is a wayiliof solving pfbblenfis. ,Scientistsrrnusts ask naiklle questions Phrased in thelilan ll are of?- -, ossil r S g experimientalilidesign, and natnrelysgresponds with yy1rngg,rtigtl, answerswhich must be iriterpifetezzlff with imaginfattiongzylogie, honesty, Science is glgselffcorrecting approachtto new knowledge anifli Although thegsginteifpretations cliernge, the facts do inot,'z5indi'heitlier do- the basic methods, antisyigtheifylgttitgdes toward the finest Usfh- l slie i sil Philip H. Shaw, B.S., M.Ed., Springfield Collegeg Science Solon S. Economou, B.S., Worcester Poly- technic Instituteg Physics Gerald L. Hawk, A.B., Lycoming Collegeg Biology

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Mathematics Is the study of mathematics useful? The bulkof school mathematics arithmetic, elementary alge- bra, elementary Eucli 'an geometry, and elementary differential and integral calculusj are .l.-t Yes! We have been there. ' We think we have added something to knowl- edge and have helped others-to add more, and that these somethings have a value which differs in degree only, and not in kind, from that of the creations ofthe great mathematicians, or any of the other great artists who have left memorials. Donald H, Marsian, B.S,, American In ternational Collegeg M,Ed., Westfield State College, Chairman of Mathematics Department Anthony T. Matteo, B.A., Brown Uni- Waldemar C Buschmann AB Dart versity, mouth College Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Philip B. Fostex, A.B., Colby College Sumner Brown, B.A., Amherst College BD., Episcopal Theological School Academy Chaplain, Sacred Studies

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Histor john M. Garfieldi B.A., Williams Collegeg Chairman-of History Department, Se- nior Master of Hodgkins House The interplay of different ideas and sets of values, the relationships between and within cornmunitiesand classes, and the significance' to man- kind of increasing, knowled e-and mastery of the environmentiil form part of the subject matter of history. This studyfis basic even for the phi- losopher, the artist,yor the scientist, for only with the wisdom 'gained from study of history and the social Scif ences can any man make responsible use of his knowledge in other fields., john D. Hemey, B.A,, Dartmouth Collegeg M .A.T., Harvard University: Historv Donald Bortz, B.A., Bethany Collegeg Frederick D. Watts, A,B., University of M A West Virginia Universityg Virginiag History Dean of Students, Director of Resi 30 dence, Senior Master of Rich Hall I History