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

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Lower left: Mrs. Cynthia Schensnol aids super- seamstresses, Deborah Carr and Judith Brissette, in threading their sewing machines. Bottom left: Trapezoids are explained by Sister Frances Dur- lak a new member of our mathematics department. Industrial application of Physics interests Mary Roessler and Joanne Palana at Expo ’70. Lower right: “If the bell would only ring,” seniors hope during physiology class. Dennis Travers, Gerard Marchand, Susan Goulet, Barbara Barrows, Gerald Keane, Dennis Tousignant, Bruce Fallows, Stephen Conley, Ann Shephard, John Cingq-Mars, Cynthia Benson, Carol Summersall and Robin Wessman. Learning, Gaining Insight, Need Not Be All Work One of the joys of math, physics, chemistry, or mechanical drawing is untangling the theory and putting it down on paper — a, b, c. The insight we gain through acquaintance with the practical sciences is not the memorization of facts but the carefully ordered logic and a deep curiosity about beginnings and endings. We learn to think backward, for- ward, even inside out, if it will lead to the heart of the prob- lem. Long after the facts dissolve from the memory, a useful and logical process of reasoning lends insight into every phase of life. 17

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Hard Work, Communication, Spell Success. Lower left: Gerald Keane ponders the imponderables of Intermediate Math. Right: Patience, the password with S.M. Patricia Harrington, is the key to understanding Algebra for James Plath and Gerard Gelinas. Bottom: Weigh the beaker,” Mr. Walsh instructs goggled chemists Jason Santos, Judith Pellitier, James Plath, Steven Merry, Richard Lew, Gerard Gelinas and Jame Griffin. 16

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Science, Math, Business, Challenge To Practical Now the time has arrived for us to take what we have learned and apply it to another world. Whether in the area of work, college, or mar- riage, years of discipline in the practical sciences will begin to pay off. Our challenge in these areas — math, science, business — has been to draw the practical from the abstract, to separate theory from reality, and establish formulas that will always be useful. In meeting the challenge of this mental discipline, we hopefully have reaped its benefits of accuracy, persistence, and order. Above: Feehan’s favorite math teacher, S.M. Virginia, draws all the sweet-toothed student to her “5 and 10” candy store. Below: “But Sister, dont you think?” queries Michael Dolan, while David Doran and Dennis Gamache consider the possibilities. Above: Bookkeeping with S.M. Maguerite prepares Patricia Baril and Jeanne Mollins for the business world. Below: “1 know I read it somewhere,” thinks Anne Shepherd as she continues her search for knowledge. 18