Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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1 Careful hands track down a distance problem. 2 Sister Marita Joseph gives a smile of approval as Roger Talbot arrives at a conclusion. 3 Con- templating the next step, Joanne Cavanaugh scans her work. Every week interested students enriched their mathematical knowledge through problems offered by the math club. Its purpose was to study in depth topics not included in regular class work but which required application of class knowledge. The math club consisted of 60 to 70 students who worked on and solved problems from Russian Olympiad math exams and National and State math prize exams. Upperclassmen were eligible for membership in Mu Alpha Theta, national honor society. The varsity mathlete team was selected from outstanding members of the club. Top scorer Ed Koenig was both captain of mathletes, and president of math club. Dan O Shea and Don Cameron were also regular varsity members. The tireless practice paid off when Cathedral placed second in mathlete competition.

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Language clubs stress involvement Striving to become more involved in community life, the Spanish and French Clubs increased their various activities. After school, members of the Spanish Club worked at the Spanish Apostolate every week. Each Tuesday, a group of members prepared a lesson in cooking and sewing, along with arts and crafts, for the children at the center. This provided members with an opportunity to become more actively involved in life outside school. The French Club, which met every month, emphasized self improvement 3 through the study of culture and civilization, not often explored in depth in the classroom. 1 Enchantment. 2 Carol Gaudreau takes second place to the photographer. 3 An interested viewer watches as Kathy Allen demonstrates how to make a puppet. 4 Watching carefully as Denise Bissonnette weaves a placemat, her young friend gets a few pointers.

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Speech team gains recognitionas successful year ends Desiring to improve their speaking ability and poise, many CHS students participated in this year s speech festival. In January, the annual Diocesan Speech Festival was held at Cathedral. Over two hundred students from nine schools engaged in this event. Members of the CHS speech team participated in several different categories ranging from Radio-Newscasting to Children’s Literature. Other categories included Dramatic Monologue, Original Oration, Prose, Oratorical Interpretation and Humorous Monologue. The afternoon was rounded off with Group Discussion and Extemporaneous Speaking. The CHS speech team won eighteen gold medals and six silver medals. Tracy Jenkins and Elizabeth McCarthy qualified for the National Speech Festival in Chicago.