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

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Straight from the Podium They sat, in awe, staring up at the screen, waiting, hoping. They sat for al- most ten minutes when one said, “How long until we know?” But before the question could be finishsed, one blurted, ’Here it is!” Where are we - at a secret CIA meet- ing? Of course not, we’re at a Math Meet waiting for the team score. The Math Team, under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Jolin, proceeded to the semi-final round of state competition last year and is hoping to repeat that performance again this year. The team competes against four other high schools: Attleboro, Dighton- Rehoboth, Taunton, and new member Seekonk. Each school places two five- member teams into competition against one another. These teams consist of no more than two seniors each and at least one freshman or sophomore. The members of the team answer a three- question test in three of five categories: arithmetic, Algebra I and II, Geometry, and Trigonometry. The tests are ten minutes long in which students can earn up to six points in each sucessive round. Finally, there is a team round where the team comes together to pool information on three questions worth a total of ten points. Every year the team participates in four meets and then the team with the highest cumulative score for that year continues on toward the semi-final and finally the state-wide meets. This year, under captains Eric Haskins and Lesley Goyette, they started off strong with a victory in the first meet, and then placed second and third at the next two respective meets. The team is involved in fierce competition with Taunton High School, which is currently in first place, to decide which will go on to the semi-final round. This will be determined in the final meet of the year, which is to take place at Bishop Feehan in the near future. Debate? It draws a yawn once in a while in a conversation but there is more than mee ts the eye here. Under the bor- ing cover there is an action packed thril- ler. Too long has debate shouldered the burden of the boring label. It takes just as much time and practice for debate as any other sport or club. There is real action here. The excitement makes the long, hard preparation worth while. Debate offers a chance for a student to engage in intellectual conversation about real subjects. It also provides an opportunity for logical thinking. Our debate team is going into the tournament with a record of 13-16. The hard work throughout the long season so often frustrated by unpredictable New England weather paid off. Five trophies were brought home from the tournament including two team and three personal awards. Negative team A accounted for four trophies affirmative team A topped it off with one trophy. Pe .. Contemplating the many flaws in government policy, Paul Lambert rereads his affirmative plan. Math team, front row: Brian Collins, Lee Ghazil, Christine McCarthy, Heather MacKinnon and Robert Hillman. Second row: Laura O’Gara, Valerie Brunneil, Leslie Goyette, Paula Jolin, Heather Gott, Steven Goodreau and Ravi Vaithi- nathan. Back row: Kelly Drinkwater, Jeannine Gagnon, Julie Dimartino, Donna Popovski, Melissa Burnard, Geoffrey Clarke, Neil McDevitt, Jeffrey Butera, Eric Haskins and Kevin Langley. Math Debate 173

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“Yes, American farmers are in trouble,” argues Paul Lambert as David Dusseault tries to defend his position. Trying out her speech on Todd J. Piantedosi and Elizabeth Sullivan, Elizabeth Cullen perfects her approach. Forcefully making his point David Dusseault con- tinues to attack his opponent. pie ;. Ts “How absurd”, laughs Luke Parker as his oppo- nent tries to contradict him. Cullen and Todd J. Piantedosi. Back row: Modera- Paul Lambert. tor Sister Margaret Walsh, Luke Parker, David Debate team, front row: Ruta Kalvaitis, Elizabeth Dusseault, Daniel Pearson, Elizabeth Sullivan and 172 Math Debate

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Junior Classical: Preserver of Classics As all Latin pupils know, the word “ludus” not only means “school” but also “game”. In their Latin courses and their Junior Classical League, Latin students enjoy not only the enlightenment they acquire from learning but also the fun and challenge of a game. While they conjugate numerous Latin verb forms in tenses, moods, persons and numbers, and decline nouns in cases, gender and numbers, they also gain a logical sense which will help them throughout life. Our new Latin teacher, Mrs. Diane Crane, has ensured this. Mrs. Crane also sees to it that her students know their Latin roots and the twentieth-century significance of those At Latin II’s May Roman banquet, Maryann Daley and Sherry Coughlin provide musical entertainment for the invited guests. In true Roman style, Latin I students Lisa Paccione and Jacquelyn Gauthier witness the “marriage” of Karen April and Joseph Carvalho in the enactment of a Roman wedding. 174 Junior Classical League words. School and game come together in the American Classical League National Junior Classical League Latin Examination. There, students go against other Latin students at their same level like hungry wild beasts in the Circus Maximus. In this arena, only the best come out in one piece. Although there is no emperor at these games to give the “thumbs up” (or “thumbs down”!) signs or give out laurels, the Latin Exam offers not only bronze, silver, and gold medals but also the pure satisfaction of being a “bonus discipulus Latinus”. To learn what professors and other distinguished people in the field of classics are doing, students spend one day a year going to a New England college for Classics Day. During this day, there is a chance to sit in on two of three lectures on in-depth topics within such areas as archeology, Greek comedy, or some of many other subjects within the broad realm of classics. Says enthusiastic classic student Daniel Pearson, who hopes to major in classics in college, “Classics Day is a truly exhilerating experience which keeps getting better every year!” “Most great was the effort to form the Roman nation,” said Virgil. Now, centuries later, the efforts of the Junior Classical League help to keep the language of the Classical World alive.