Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Drivers’ Ed. claims fame In 1976 the Driver Education Program entered its sixth year. The course gave students the opportunity to get classroom and on-road hours completed during their scheduled studies. Over 200 students participated in the program this year, raising the total figures to over 1100. Mr. William Thomas, director of the program, has never had an accident during the course’s existence. He also has a record of over 98 percent of his students passing the exam on their first try.

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rity o2! R Pritial am Sr. Catherine Hayes planned a March field trip to the IBM company with her office practice students. The main purpose of the trip was to observe equipment and methods being used. They viewed the latest office procedures, secretarial practices, automated equipment and word processing methods. The tr ip helped students to understand different operating procedures of a large company. EREGEEHE hee TREENSEERE: He Hi Ht As a diversion from regular school work Sr. Catherine Hayes’ and Mrs. Carol Farley’s Typing II classes made their own Christmas cards. Some students composed their own verses for the season’s greetings cards while others took poems, typed them and found a picture that conveyed the poem’s meaning. It proved to be a worthwhile break and the students benefitted from it. a7

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Stress on individual attention in the Music Appreciation class was the main objective of director Dante Pilegi. Classes were smaller with 5 to 10 students per class. Students were familiarized with musical instruments and transposition which is going from one key to another. Different musical styles such as Classical, contemporary, jazz and rock were studied. In order to better convey the various themes in music, students brought in their own musical preferences ranging from Beethoven to Neil Young. The Industrial Arts Program attracted over 200 students again this year. The program offered two different alternatives from which a student could choose. The first was a two-year course consisting of Basic Tech and Engineering, which gave students a fundamental idea of drafting and architecture. The three year course let students go deeper into the art of construction and design. 1 Diligently working, Tom Parent draws a dia- gram with his T-square. 2 Concentration and de- termination are drawn on the face of Senior Ann Ford. 3 Junior Carey Lynch joins Mike McCarthy in a duet on the piano. 4 Using his tools skillfully, Mike Perkins puts the finishing touches on his projects. 5 Student driver Pratrice Gleason and instructor Mr. Thomas confidently begin the “trip’’ with two dubious passengers. 6 Mr. Pilegi charts a melody on the staff. 7 After finishing his diagram, Ralph Hess helps out Paul Jablonski. 39