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

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efficiency, accuracy, neatness, and courtesy. Finger drills keep these Feehanites busy. IN THE FOREGROUND are Eileen Perry, Marie McLaughlin, Nancy Grey; IN THE BACKGROUND are Copies of the official absentee list are rolled off Carol Brissette and Linda Harkins. daily by Dottie Wagle in her office practice class. At the adding machines are Lorraine Desautel and Diane Roy. More senior typists at office practice are: Celine Mandeville, Camille Ferrara, Joanne Caponigro, Jacky Driscoll, Lorraine Desautel, and Leanne Fyfe. epee dE eae oa in Re ee “Bach, Brahms, or Beatles, Sister?’’ ask Norma Phippen and Jean Hindle. Sister Mary Kilian puts on a shorthand- dictation record for transcription class. Sister also teaches Business Math and typing. 23

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Good business training instills good habits: — EEE E EE ee oe is despair, Ope; sees fhe WI rtiry trae Crem AAS ImK, Ny ate AOLANG ‘ “‘Indeed!”’ Sister Mary Timothy, head of the business department, makes her classic answer to her senior bookkeeping class. Sister also teaches reli- gion to seniors and is moderator of the Student Council. Nimble fingers keep pace with concentration in Sister Mary Timothy's typing class as Robert Perry, John Lee, Brian Frost, Cathy O'Neill, Rosemary Pittard, and Connie Bozzo keep eyes on copy, fingers on keys. 22 Click, clack . . . tick, tick . . . whirr-r, no, we are not recording Cape Kennedy’s complex machines, just Feehan’s busi- ness department at work. Sounds of music may come floating through the corridor as typists’ rhythmic fingers tap the keys in time to lively tunes. Pencils fly over dictation pads, as future stenog- raphers write their shorthand notes for later transcription into Modern American English. In office practice classes, stu- dents learn to operate business machines. Future bookkeepers balance work sheets and learn to be accurate. All students are taught to respect and care for their- modern office equipment, including IBM typewriters. Sister Mary Timothy, chairman of the department, keeps her assistants, Sister Mary Kilian and Sister Mary Julian alerted to modern techniques through current periodicals and attendance at business workshops. Both teachers and students help other busy faculty members with secretarial assistance on many occasions. Amid intent typists, Tom Lyons, Leo Melanson, Susan Craig, and Carol Love, Martin Lamoureux looks up to see what is going on. “We love typing, don’t we, Lightbulb?”’

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Good homemaking needs art as well as heart. Dreams of the future may pay dividends when Feehan’s home management stu- dents sketch homes, floor plans, and furniture arrangements with a practical end in view. Senior girls taking this course have learned the secrets of bal- ancing a budget, do-it-yourself planning and repairing, and many other aspects of family living. Sister Mary Claude, instructor in home- making arts, also leads Feehan stu- dents through the complexities of foods and nutrition. On baking days, boys’ feet just naturally follow their noses to the home economics lab where they ea- gerly volunteer for testing. Girls have competent competitors in the boys electing the chef's course. All are aware that despite the marvels of scientific food preparation, the human element will always remain the vital force in the kitchen, the heart of the home. Looks good, smells good but . . . Sister Mary Claude, home economics teacher, thinks it will taste better! With Si ster are: Nancy Grey, Pat Skiv- ington, Linda Lyman, Linda and Barbara Morris- sey, Dorothy Feid, and Ann Meunier. “Did | just see a dove fly into Eddie Nolan's kitchen?’’ query members of the chef course, Bill Mournighan, Albert Plante, Patricia Viens, Ed- ward Nolan, Cheryl Landry, Dorothy McHugh, and Elaine Joubert. Home economics people knew where to find help to straighten their nylon based Christmas tree. Mr. Prado and Mr. Carvahlho, members of Feehan's maintenance staff, assist faculty and stu- dents in many unexpected ways.