Bishop Feehan High School - Flashback Yearbook (Attleboro, MA)

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Literature is not a study; it is our delight. ENGLISH CLASSES are varied and enjoyable, wher- ever we meet. IN ADDITION to teaching English, Mr. Roger Thibault and Sister Mary Joycelin direct important extracurricular activities. Sister is director of our dramatic produc- tions; Mr. Thibault is moderator of the Debating Society. ent Sometimes it's hard to find the English class at Feehan! Students may assemble in the auditorium for a lecture, a panel discussion, or records. At another time, they may meet in the cafeteria for group discussion or in the A. V. room for a lesson in composition with the aid of the over- head projector. Otherwise, try the regular classroom. To enable students to attain facility in expression and a critical appreciation of good writing is the fundamental goal of the English Department. The curriculum calls for a judi- cious balance of literature, writing, and grammar. A wide selection of audio-visual aids adds effectiveness to the usual instruction: records, tapes, filmstrips, the opaque projector, and the overhead projector. Members of the English Department are Sister Mary Noel, R.S.M., chairman, Sister Mary Joycelin, R.S.M., Sister Mary Enda, R.S.M., Sister Mary Frederick, R.S.M., Sister Mary Faith, R.S.M., Miss Eileen McSoley, and Mr. Roger Thibault. MEMBERS of the English team-teaching staff, Miss Eileen McSoley, S. M. Noel, S. M. Enda, and S. M. Frederick look over some Chaucer re- ports. 1

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Religion ennobles our most ordinary actions. PLANNING A SENIOR RELIGION CLASS, S. M. SENIOR RELIGION students in Room 200 seek Kateri, S. M. LaSalette, and S. M. Angelica answers for lively discussion topics. compare filmstrips. The very reason for the existence of Bishop Feehan action, students who have lived these principles in High School is that every endeavor of the students may daily activities for four years under guidance and di- be permeated by a stronger purpose and sense of dedi- rection at school and at home, should carry with them cation than its own being demands. Thus, into our into their scholastic, business, professional, or mili- studies, our sports, our recreation, and our extra- tary life a sturdy bulwark against evil. curricular activities there beams an added motive, a Under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Powers, our more exalted goal. chaplain, the department of formal Religion is made In addition to this spirit which is an imperceptible up of six Sisters. Every student receives one full period part of Feehan atmosphere, there is a formal instruc- of religious instruction daily during his four years at tion in Religion. Students well-instructed in their re- Feehan. ligion and grounded in the principles of upright moral FATHER JOSEPH POWERS, resident chaplain and head of the religion department, discusses an interesting point with S. M. Noel, S. M. Magdala, and S. M. LaSalette.

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| Education demands the vision of the scientist. SCIENCE BIOLOGISTS, S. Miriam Joseph and S. M. Reina, smile over the intricacies of BSCS, or have they been looking at the structure of DNA? S. M. INCARNATA, head of the science department, prepares the graduated burette for an acid and base experiment. THIS LOOKS like a four-handed experiment, as S. Miriam Joseph oversees the Marie Bilello-Ernest Turcotte and the Kathryn Krupowicz-Maurice Guertin partnerships. Questions are the order of the day in Feehan's science classes. But even here there is a hierarchy of acceptability. Why and.' 'How are decidedly more approved than 'What. ' And the students had better ask the questions or the teachers -- Sister Mary Reina, Sister Miriam Joseph, and Sister Mary Incarnata will. Sister Mary Kateri and Sister Mary Lois have also taught in the science department. Since the natural sciences are an inductive dis- cipline, consistency demands that these also be taught inductively. Furthermore, learning by this inquiry process is thought to be more permanent learning. Therefore, at Feehan, science students ask questions of themselves, of each other, and of their teachers. Freshmen are taking a course in general physical science; and Sophomores, biology. Juniors and Seniors elect chemistry, physics, and Biology II. In the alphabetical jargon of modern science curri- cula, Feehan offers PSSC (physics), CHEMS (chem- istry), and BSCS, both Blue and Yellow (biology). 14