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STORIES

GRACE

much fuss is often made over the pedagogy of Dorothy at

(see Stories From Bill- Callanan) and ie Brod y at one of

the greatest teachers in my education was Grace Dean Maynard, the outstanding

mathematics teacher at High School. A graduate of one of the seven

sister schools an unusual in the Des Moines

system, she in me and so many others - doctors,

engineers, and other achievers - a love of the subject and one which never left

me. I still enjoy math and do them just for the fun of it.

As a teenager in the war years 1941-1945, 1 was not a paragon of virtue

but, despite those adolescent "high-jinks," my grades were also high and

2's) and especially in mathematics. Mrs. Maynard would employ a strategy of

giving me a "2" at mid-semester (even though I "maxed" her tests) and

combined this with her remark on the report card, be 1 Then she would

create a project for me and another of her "star" in the same grade (but not

same class), Vincent Starzinger, Jr., the of which would justify the

highest grade.

One of these projects, memorable, was that of demonstrating the proof and

explaining it to the class, of Heron's Just recently, I revisited this

While it isn't a page from a rocket scientist's notebook, I was

nonetheless very pleased (and proud) that I track the development of the

proof and explain it if asked (which is unlikely). See attached

exhibit.

Vincent Starzinger, Jr. and I worked together in preparing for this presentation.

My mother was so pleased (even comforted) that I was spending time with

Taft,

(Sr.)

The

to Mount Everesf. vote

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Vincent instead of my delinquent compatriots. Vincent's father was the General

Counsel for The Register and Tribune, a Harvard Law School graduate where he

was on the Law Review (together with Robert son of the then President of

the U.S.). He was considered a towering and arguably the leading local

intellectual.

Vincent Jr. was first in his class at Roosevelt High School. yearbook reads:

Ambition: be the first man up He gets our

for the likely to succeed.

In fact, he came close on both counts. He was first in his class at Harvard. In

year of "singers" and the Harvard class of 1950 included Henry

Kissinger (later Secretary of State) and James Schlesinger (later Secretary of

Defense). Starzinger and Kissinger both graduated summa cum laude, but

Vincent's class standing was higher. He also received a law degree and PHD at

Harvard, ultimately teaching at Dartmouth College where he was perennially

selected the students' favorite professor. And during those years, he climbed the

Matterhorn! The North Side!

I spent only three semesters (a year and one-half) at Roosevelt when I

transferred to Shattuck School for another three semesters. When I left, Grace

Maynard said she would miss me, and I told her I would miss her and meant it.

The first semester at Shattuck, I received the highest math grades in the school

and 100 on the final exam, a result not of I learned at Shattuck, but what

Grace Maynard taught me. However, I was not given the math prize (see

7/99 letter to Peter Mansfield at Shattuck).

English was another matter. Entering at midyear when the class was

through a review of English literature and Shakespeare, I did not "hit the ground

running" in that subject.

(post Shattuck)

Amherst,

Amherst

calculus was a

Epilogue

Mathematics ushered me into U.S. Navy electronics. At

required freshman course. After my Navy recall, I returned to and

mathematics: Analytical Geometry, differential equations, and probability theory,

which boosted my average. At Harvard Business School, I received a Distinction

in Finance. Early on, Amazing Grace instilled in me a joy and a confidence in

mathematics learning.

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AND ONE TWO

'IINCENT "Vinw" Everest.

STEARNS

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JACglYN

STOCKHAM- ~~ ~- -. -4mbition: be ambassador

Ambition: ~niqhty Inan i ~ e l d

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STRATTON 'Zo" Rollins.

MARUEE "Mmi" A~nbilion:

CHARLENE "Chcu-Iene"

with

T H E 1 9 4 6 R O U N D U P . .. . ... . .. ..

ONE IS Amazing Grace Gives " Sta r" Another "Zinger ."

Row Five STARZINGER

Ambition: To be the first man u p Mt. He gets our vote for the most likely to succeed.

MARY LOU "Queenie" Ambition: To settle down a n d raise . . . puppies.Our boogie-woogie queen . . . has lots of pep.

SHIRLEY STEWART "Shirl" Ambition: To sew my w a y to success.

only good but good ior something.

Row Six STOLL "Jackie"

Ambition: To learn to talk---back. Sweet, friendlv and nice.

JIM "Doc" To io Paris.

I-!urnor and loyalty to his friends. ROBERT STONECIPHER "Stony"

To play football. A on the a n d a lady's on

floor.

Seven..-LOWELL

Ambition: To play tennis a t Our chief justice who is sure to succeed.

STOVER To have a date with Gregory Peck.

Until she came along the world w a s incomplete. STOLL

Ambition: To live the life of Riley. Wins many friends her likable ways.

Formula

A v' P ( P - ~ ) ( P - ~ ) ( P - ~ )

2p a+b+c

The

ughftriangle

c2

b)2

b)(a

triangles ca.lculated

(c-c,)~

Heron's

The area of a triangle can be calculated if the length of its three sides are known:

=

Where a, b and c are the sides of the triangle, is the perimeter, and p is

called the semi-perimeter.

Proof

proof follows from an extension of the Pythagorean theorem which holds that:

=

In a the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs is equal to the square

of the length of the hypotenuse.

a2 + b2 =

The proof also employs these common equations:

(a + = a2 + 2ab + b2

and (a + - b) = a2 - b2

Begin by creating the height (h) perpendicular to the base, thereby creating two right

which can be by the Pythagorean Theorem:

A) a2 = h2 +

h,b,c)

4c2:

c ) ~ a2:)[a2 c ) ~ ]

a)(b a)(a c)(a

IVow,

a + b + c = 2 p

Rearranging:

Then, of course:

Now back to Pythagoras: (and the right triangle

Multiply each "element" by

Introduce binomial analogous equations as to follow the next step

= [(b + - - (b -

Which can be broken down as follows:

(b + c + + c - + b - - b + c )

introduce

and

4c2h2 16p(p a)(p b)(p

-

A (area) d P(P-~) (P-~) (P-~)

then

= - - - c)

ch = area 2

QED

=

That

And

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Amazing grace, how sweet the sound saved a wretch like me,

I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught m y heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come. 'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

grace will lead me home.

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PEVERILL CAPrTALL P M N I N G INCORPOPZAL

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505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 906 Des 50309-2316

Tel: 515-243-1146 Fax: 515-243-2544 William J. Peverill, CFP John A. Peverill. CFP

17, 1999

Mr. Peter Mansfield Director of Development Shattuck-St. Mary's School P. Box 21 8 Faribault, Minnesota 55021

Dear Peter:

The Shattuck Crack Squad was more forgiving of my short-term status when they let me become the first t o become a member of the squad than was the academic administration and faculty of the school.

My grade in mathematics for "the year" was 97 (see attached) which was the highest mathematics grade in the school, but it was decided that I would not be awarded the mathematics prize because had only been there a half year. This was rather embarrassing after I had already told m y parents that I had won. The non-event is one of those little annoyances in life that one doesn't forget.

However, rather than "go away mad," what I would like t o do is begin to develop a fund for awarding a prize to the student that receives the highest grade in a mathematics final exam.

Let's discuss this.

Kind regards. Sincerely,

William J. Peverill President

P.S. I clearly did not set any records in English that year. This improved the following year, but really I learned to write at Harvard and later in my career.

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requircd for collcge. "Inc-' indicates ~nco~npletc :llncss,

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mid,.).ear csami~~ation, double final exa-minat~on. - -

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Gcncral Avcrnge .

60 is passing, 70 is certification to work becnusc of or failure to complete "outside reading". A Star Honors; a Star, High Honors. Ycnr's

is by dividing by the total of the grades for the sis periods, the and the

MERIT R A T I N G Squad I Demerits

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Rank in

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notify Mr. if incorrect.

WELLESLEM

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GRACE DEAN MAYNARD

COLLEGE

CLASS OF

I wanted to find out more about Grace Maynard, so I wrote Wellesley College

whose archivist provided me several interesting bits of information. Clearly, she

was a very loyal and dedicated alumna. Both of her daughters attended

Wellesley. It is no wonder that she expressed sincere disappointment when she

learned that Katie chose Vassar.

was surprised to learn that her mathematics courses were apparently limited to

freshman year: a) Solid and spherical geometry, b) Higher algebra, c) Plane

trigonometry. While teaching in Des Moines, she acquired a master degree and

probably learned more mathematics then.

She was an athlete. She played on Wellesley's championship basketball team.

She submitted information regularly to her class notes, describing (but free of

complaint) her husband's lifetime of illness spent in a sanitarium. He

predeceased her by over fifteen years. She was a saintly survivor.

Grace received awards locally and nationally for her teaching

achievements. I found these remarks from the 1945 class note especially

interesting: "I am busy and happy in my teaching - feeling rewarded by special

commendation for the number of my boys who pass the 'Eddy' tests." This was

the same test I took after graduating from which admitted me to navy

electronics school. I would have enhanced her numbers.

She died April 5, 1958. This was unknown to me at the time. I was also

unaware of the "Grace Maynard Memorial Fund" which had I known would have

ta

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perpetuated. There are many who still remember Grace Maynard, contrary

the attached 1974 correspondence. What a fuss over $1

Hebrew hstory canaa~yto ~ o l o k o n . Woollevl

2 - iiygiene Physioiogy of fresh~~ieii; iauglit bji Eveljin E.

1: Tacitus:

M. Elwrina

CaroIine Breyfogle] Hubbard,

Pliny's

semester;

Mathematics 1: a) Solid and Spherical Geometry [first semester]; b) Higher Algebra; c) Plane Trigonometry [second semester]. [required of freshmen; taught by several instructors]

English1: General Survey. [required of freshmen; taught by Sophie Chantal Hart, Laura Emma Lockwood, Katherine Bates]

Biblical History 1 [Old Testament]: Studies in from the settlement of the Age of [required of freshmen; taught by Mary Emma

i: and Hygiene. [required Sherrard]

Latin Cicero: Selected Letters and De Senectute. Germania and Agricola, Capes' Early Empire. Selections from Horace. [taught by Alice Walton, Caroline Rebecca Fletcher]

German 2: Elementary Course. [taught by Louise C. Habermeyer, Elizabeth Wilhelmine Fette, Margaretha Mitzlaff]

English 2: Exposition and Criticism. [required for a degree; taught by Alice Vinton Waite, Olive Rumsey]

Biblical History 2: Studies in Hebrew history from the Age of David to the Fall of Jerusalem. [required of sophomores; taught by Adelaide Imogene Locke,

M. Zoology 1: General Biology. [taught by Marian Elizabeth Mary Alice

Bowers] German 5: Grammar and Composition (Intermediate Course). [taught by Margaretha

Elwina Mitzlaff, Frieda Reuther] German 6: Schiller (Elementary Course). [taught by Margarethe Miiller, Margaretha

Elwina Mitzlaff, Frieda Reuther] German 7: Translation and Conversation (Intermediate Course). [taught by

Margarethe Miiller, Margaretha Elwina Mitzlaff, Frieda Reuther] Latin 2: Horace: Odes and Epodes. [first semester; taught by Alice Walton, Caroline

Rebecca Fletcher] Latin 3: Epistles of Horace. Letters. [second semester; taught by Harriet Boyd

Hawcs, Alice Walton] History 1: Political History of England to 1603. [first semester; taught by Elizabeth

Kimball Kendall, Julia Swift Orvis] History 2: Political History of England from 1603 to the present time. [second

taught by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, Julia Swift Orvis]

[taught Gause McCaulley J Adeline Locke]

Acheson McCulloch

5:

Hale

[tau@ Car'La -menci<ebachj Goethe's Margarethe Miiller]

12: Mrolsungensaga. Plautus

I-Iorace Juvenal. I-lawesl

Latin Corngosition. taughk

I~Villiam H. Florette Itaught

LI, LII. by

~ducationai Jane McKeag]

Kendal.11

%7aTnut Wellesley

English 15: Debates. by Martha Biblical History 4: Life of Christ. [taught by Imogene Philosophy 1: Introduction to Psychology. [first semester; taught by Eleanor

Gamble] Philosophy Introduction to Philosophy. [second semester; taught by Ethel Dench

Puffer] English Literature 1: Outline History of English Literature. [taught by Martha

Shackford] German 9: Advanced Course in German Composition. by German 11: Life and Works. [taught by German Germanic Mythology and [taught by Carla Wenckebach] Latin 4: Comedy. Selected plays of and Terence. [first semester; taught by

Harriet Boyd Hawes] Latin 5: Satire. Selections chiefly from and [second semester; taught

by Harriet Boyd 11: Latin Prose Intermediate Course. [first semester only; by Caroline Rebecca Fletcher]

Geology 1: Geology. [taught by Niles, Elizabeth Fisher] Art 11: An Outline Course in the History of Art. by Alice Van Vechtcn Brown] Latin 13: Livp: Books I, Study of early political institutions of Rome. Ovid: Fasti.

Study of religious institutions. [taught Caroline Rebecca Fletcher] Pedagogy 2: History of Education. theories. [taught by Anna

History 7: History of the United States from 1787. [taught by Elizabeth Kimball

Grace Dean was born on November 4,1880. She attended Hill School, Natick, MA, before coming to College.

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At tent ion: Scholarship P r i z e Chairnan

. . Dear 3

$ A Upon t h e death of ' a Wellesley

, alumna, had taught inathematics a t t h e

Roosevelt High School i n D e s Iowa, c a l l e d t h e "Grace

For many years t hen p l u s a p in w a s presented t o

s tuden t s i n mathematics a t Roosevelt a t graduat ion time. For p a s t s e v e r a l

of t h i s w a s handled by Marie , Upon h e r death t h i s h e r

Blaine Davis. passed t h e custody of t h e account a long t o m e . Included i n t h e

I received. is t h e no ta t i on t h a t should t h e be discont inued, ,balance i n ac.-. . .could r e v e r t t h e col lege:

.

a conversat ion today Cl in ton Ander-head of t h e

high school. it w a s decided t o d iscont inue t h e awards. M r . Anderson f e e l s t h z t t h e r e remembers M r s , Maynard t h e i s now meaningless and t h e money should be t o Wellesley Ins tead, H e a l s o s a i d it is o f t e n

o r Impossible t o s e l e c t t h e ,t o r ece ive t h e awards. .

. . . .

. A bank statement dated March s t a t e s t h a t t h e balance i n t h e account a t t ime

, . $132.31, There a r e a l s o f o u r gold p i n s , , ..

. I would l i k e t o send t h i s t o you i f you w i l l

me know how t h e check should be out! , t o it should be addressed.

S incere ly yours. .

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Em. Babcock:

k!s b v 0 hand Z133-37 used

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behind work,

Howsuer, know immediately have received nornine gold

pina k o m e r l p been h o s e - v a l t H i g h as pr izes me%heoletfes.

see t h a t they are a a f e l y p l a c d Vel- l e s l e y Archiass, with o nanorandum

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Mrs. BOAp Butchmn

E m o K i l l i a m R. Babcock Street

Dea Koin&a, Iowa

June 5 , 1974

Dear

i n t h e check f o r to be as a scho la r sh ip gift i n memory of Grace

and you w i l l r ece iv ing r e c e i p t f o r soon. and Reunion weekend just w e are a l i t t l e

i n o u r

I wanted you t o that I t h i s the f o u r

which hod awarded t o School s t u d e n t s i n

I w i l l i n the along expla in ing

then.

Bag I edd o u r t o you f o r a t t e n d i n g t h i s i n such a n expedi t ious

I Davis, ny have been pleased w i t h

o f t h e prize,

Sincere ly yours,

Research Coordinator

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