Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Interest shows in Math activities Math club this year continued as a supplement to the math curriculum. At certain times of the year, members prepared for the State Prize Math Exam by working on and reviewing essential theorems. The rest of the year the club practiced solving problems from Mathlete meets, studying areas not normally covered in Math, until Calculus, such as matrices, and working on computer theory. This year, for the first time, a Junior, Edward Koenig, qualified for Mathletes, oi a along with seven seniors. Because of team effort, the Mathletes finished the year with an outstanding record. aren street i eee eRe SA cA 1 Finding a solution keeps mathlete Bob Stowe pensive. 2 Looking on as Jerry Nardi solves his problem, Marian Ott and Tom Daly receive some useful pointers. 3 Math Club Treasurer Kathy Carney and President Chuck Miller head toward their weekly meeting. 4 Before a math- lete meet, Bill Lonergan explains his problem solution to John McBride. 32

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7 Language clubs vary activities “a : : ' : i : ES : ‘ i : : : % ; a Se Students found language clubs helpful in applying their language skills. German club members gained an understanding of German culture through their trips to Boston, New York, and the Fort Restaurant. Guest speakers added variety. Members of the French club studied Frenchmen of today through such French greats as DeGaulle and Chevalier. Spanish club members donated time to work at the Spanish Apostolate. They held art, cooking, and sewing classes twice a week for the interested Spanish-speaking students of Sacred Heart and Armory Street schools. 1 Anticipating the Christmas celebration for Spanish-speaking children, Debbie Roberts and Harriet Walsh construct a pinata. 2 In any lan- guage, a bug’s a bug. 3 Spanish youngsters ea- gerly await the breaking of the pifata. 4 French Club members Deborah Regnier and Grace Nardi flip through a French periodical with Sr. Teresa Derouin.

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at 3 1 Bacteriology reseacher, Allan Lavoie, inserts a probe into his culture medium. 2 Intent on the construction of the club’s scale-sized airplane, Aeronautics president, Mark Alarie, finishes shellacking the fuselage. 3 Observing the prog- ress of their drosophila fly experiment, Sue Czochara and Bill Salamenta look for character- istic genetic traits. 4 Aeronautical locations are designated by the concise map studying of Jim Kelly and Lori Berube. After acomplete restructuring, the nearly-defunct Cathedral Aeronautical Society was revived this year to an active group supported by enthusiastic underclass response. Headed by Mark Alarie and Irene Lesko, they flew about once a month from Bowles Airport in Agawam. The club took trips to Bradley Field and Barnes Airport. Mark Alarie and Tom Laroche taught flight-basics and navigation to underclass members. The Future Scientists of America, moderated by Sr. Richard Francis, changed its study to an extensive examination of environmental conditions. Bill Salamenta, president, and Bill Lonergan, vice-president, initiated a new system where students researched independently to supplement group activities. Dr. Brian White of Smith College spoke to the club on “Conservation through Geology.”’ FSA was composed of eight groups, each unique. Their topics ranged from Bacteriology to Astronomy. They included a behavioral branch which examined the changes a student undergoes in advancing from freshman to senior year. Ss