Case High School - Chief Yearbook (Swansea, MA)

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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

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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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Social Studies PAUL MONAHAN Social Studies, Senior Class Advisor The social studies department presents a wide selection of programs for its students. For those who are not fascinated by such topics as the fall of the Roman Empire, physical features of Madagascar, or urban renewal, be patient, for something more entertaining is certain to ap¬ pear. It may be a movie of last week’s football game, a Senior Scholastic with sections on jokes and teenage problems, or a class discussion on high school romances. All these things are classified under that important part of learn¬ ing known as social studies. JAMES CONFORTI Civics, Mathematics CLARA STEWART Art ETTA HANLEY Art DAVID JOHNSON Social Studies john McCarthy Social Studies, Football, Baseball, Var¬ sity Coach; Junior Class Advisor Art Room The art room is the beginning of what is for many an interesting and exciting career. Here the students learn to capture in a sketch or a painting the beauty they see in the world, and make it live. The art department tries to lay a foundation so that its student will someday know the satisfaction of turning emotion into substance, the in¬ tangible into the tangible. JOSEPH PAPANDREA Social Studies 18