Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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1 Deeply involved in her work, junior Jane Cicerchia artfully paints her urn. 2 Trying her skill at the pottery wheel Kathy Simpson has a little more than luck. 3 Art III student Donna Sady creates her masterpiece. 4 Content with his achievements, George Chartier scans his work. 5 With complete concentration Dave Forest carefully adds the finishing touches to his Greek urn. 6 The essence of art. 7 Creativity at its peak

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1 Perplexed Chris VanderWolk searches for an answer. 2 Joe Reilly goes around in geometric circles. 3 Comic sections are seriously presented by Chris Ott. Math humor blends with hard work A program of independent study was used on a trial basis in some math classes this year. While some individuals thrived on this method, others expressed a desire to resume traditionally taught classes. As a Christmas surprise, ‘Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land,” was viewed by math students. Besides presenting a humorous view of the subject in general, it applied math concepts to a wide range of everyday situations. In the State Prize Math Exam, administered yearly to interested students, senior Edward Koenig qualified as a finalist.

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Art overcomes confinements while expanding programs During the past year art has expanded from the confinement of one room to a two-room workshop-studio. Necessary essentials of the studios were new lockers, storage trays, easels, and tables. Art II classes drew figures with school models under the new no-glare centered lights, and sculptured with different media such as plaster, copper, wire and mash. Art III obtained two electric and kick-pottery wheels and combination etching and lithograph press. They also tackled clay molding and ceramics as well as abstract oil painting. Art IV, instituted for the first time, dealt mostly with independent study. During the year each student produced an oil mural. They also worked in ceramics, throwing on the wheel, and aided in the supervision of Art III's oil paintings. Room 216 was used solely for Art I classes which for the first time were comprised mostly of freshmen. Their main project was constructing Grecian urns as various in size and shape as the students.