Case High School - Chief Yearbook (Swansea, MA)

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Mathematics JAMES CONROY Mathematics, Head Mathematics Department DONALD TRIPP Industrial Arts EDWARD WRIGHT Automotive, Mechanical Drawing LEO BERNIER Mathematics, Sophomore Class Ad¬ viser Math is the realm of abstracts very real to minds which see beyond daily book exercises to a vast field of exploration. Of all the sciences, math is the language of all the physical unexplainables, math is the explanation; of all the universe that extends from infinite . smallness to infinite greatness, math is the map. Arithmetic, geometry, lots of little algebras, trig¬ onometry and matrix—many long names make many facets to the magical world of pi, pie, and Pythagoras. While encouraging the students who love math to continue studying it, Case’s math department has imbued all the students with a respect for the promise of mathe¬ matics and the capabilities of mathematicians in the world. ALEXANDER JOHNSON General Mathematics JOHN CROKE Mathematics Auto Shop The floor’s been mopped; the place is clean. But there’s one thing the auto shop will always have. That’s the smell of engines—en¬ gines that today make our world run—dirty, greasy engines with worn valves and faulty carburetors, bum transmissions and slipping clutches, blown rods and cracked pistons. But they’re here for a pur¬ pose. They are to be fixed. They are to be pulled apart and put to¬ gether and made useful again. They’re going to run. Someone will be taught, some¬ one must be taught, to do it. That is what automotive shop is all about —learning to mend by mending. You’re on your own, up here boys. No special privileges—you’re on your own.’’ Mr. Wright knows what he says. That’s just what’s in store for them.

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JOSEPH DI DOMENICO Music JAMES LA FLAME Music Music The sound of music” fills the Case gym twice a year, in two great bursts of song, the winter and spring concerts. But all year long the music students must prac¬ tice the tedious scales and exercises before they can delight us with those superb overtures in melody and chorus. All year long, young people who just like music gather in the music room to sing. HOWARD O ' HARE Physical Education, Basketball Coach, Assistant Football Coach JUDITH JACKSON Physical Education NORMA RIZY Physical Education, Girls’ Sports Coach Physical Education Physical Education class offers an astoundingly varied program for breaking one’s neck. The awe¬ some vaulting horse is feared only slightly less than the spritely trampoline, which is the deadliest of all gym apparatus due to its astounding mobility. As to sports and games, everyone knows that if touch football doesn’t get you, volleyball will. 16

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MAURITA SIEDENTOPF Biology Sciences The science department is a twilight zone between the beclouded logics and non-logics of math and English. Here someone is be¬ ginning. Someone is learning something which will someday bear some knowledge to be added to the bulk of knowledge in now. It is no mistake that the objective of every science student is immortality. Even eternity is not enough time to unravel all the puzzles. But still students make beginnings and try with eager egos to stuff the laughing universe into tiny spheres of knowledge. ' Vv PIERRE LUSSIER Chemistry RONALD REYNOLDS General Science 18 i JOSEPH LA FAZIA Science, Health