Case High School - Chief Yearbook (Swansea, MA)

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Music JOSEPH DI DOMENICO Music, Choral Di¬ rector Room 35 is more than a slightly crowded, unceasingly noisy place, marked very in- auspiciously and with a great deal of humor “Music Room.” It becomes for many a way of life, a fullfillment, an escape. Its stu¬ dents know and exult in many small things: the pleasure of staying on pitch throughout a long piece sung a cappella, mastering the “eight steps to ten yards” axiom during football season, or the quiet fraternity of just gathering around the piano to sing. Their verve and joy in living so eloquently expressed in song, be it the oom-pah of a sousaphone, or the stately strains of a Bach chorale, cannot help but carry over into other parts of their school life, giving them a strange aura of pride and accomplishment. “With a voice of singing, declare ye this and let it be heard— Allelulia! ” JAMES LA FLAMME Music, Band Director •L NANCY CONLIN Foods Homecoming The rooms are a model home, replete with sink, stove, sewing machine, and ironing board, and the girls form an endless picture of America. They are the backbone of future homes and from them will come generations of housewives, of mothers, of in¬ dividuals, prepared and assured no matter what may befall them. 16 AVIS PHILLIPS Homemaking BARBARA CHADWICK Clothing

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JULIA PAPANDREA French, Head Language Department, Student Council Advisor Foreign Languages The Language department must be an ever-increasing, ever-improving system, for it trains the mind to think, to seek, and to communicate. Perhaps the greatest fruit of this communication is mutual understand¬ ing. Man becomes not an island but a reach¬ ing, thriving, sharing entity, able to bridge the gap between diverse environments and the blockade of phonetics. And by studying not only the French, Latin, and Spanish tongues, but also their histories and cul¬ tures, the student’s knowledge and aware¬ ness of his own civilization grows. PAUL FLANIGAN MICHAEL CHASE Latin Spanish Physical Education The physical education department is directed toward advancing each student toward top physical condition thus educating both his mind and body. The program is regulated according to the season s of the year, beginning with touch football and field hockey in the fall, contin¬ uing with basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball in the winter, and finishing with softball and archery in the spring. Although anyone can pass phys ed by simply performing to the best of his ability, much more can be derived than that. A student can learn sportsmanship, teamwork, and confidence—all of which will make him a better person following the four year course. NORMA RIZY ESTELLE PELLETIER French JUDITH JACKSON Physical Education HOWARD O’HARE Physical Education, Basketball Coach, Assistant Football Coach Physical Education, Girl’s Sports Coach

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JAMES CONROY Mathematics, Head Mathematics Department JOHN CROKE Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics is a science, a language, path¬ way to reality and to the realm of the imaginary: the reality of solids and every¬ day functions and the unreal numbers such as “i” whose credibility is left in the hands of one’s imagination. Whether bisecting an angle, or isolating real and imaginary roots, students are en¬ couraged to find a solution with the aid of theorems and axioms, always asking “Why is this true?” The mathematics department tries to cultivate in them the products of logic and reason combined with an appre¬ ciation for the means of simplifying the phenomena of the universe, mathematics. LEO BERNIER Mathematics, Sophomore Class Advisor ALEXANDER JOHNSON General Mathematics EDWARD WRIGHT Automotive, Mechanical Drawing DONALD TRIPP Industrial Arts Auto Shop The auto shop is synonymous with hard work and newfound re¬ sponsibility. Here, in a world in¬ habited by earnest, budding mechanics, the student learns to quickly transfer his fundamental knowledge to practical applications. Whereas in the college curriculum the student accumulates learning, often with no discernible goal, a member of the auto shop is im¬ mediately capable of testing, con¬ structing, or fixing through his knowledge. 17