Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Mr. Henry Brady seems to be very involved in a discussion with some of his students on his new course in semantics. Along with his other courses in journalism and English, Mr. Brady also acts as advisor to the school newspaper, the Recorder. Mrs. Vaste Braos tries to get across the importance of reading many types of literature to one of her English classes. When she is not involved with school work, Mrs. Braos enjoys reading and painting. Classical’s football coach, Mr. Archie Cataldi, is also a gym teacher. New to Classical this year, he has already become a friend as well as a teacher to many of his students. 19

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New realms explored Mrs. Jean Bogan, discusses a short story with senior Sheila Richton. The study in the technique of writing a short story is one phase of Mrs. Bogan’s creative writing class requirements. Sheila Richton is learning that skill in writing makes it possible to share life experiences with others. Miss Teresa Boylan, advisor to the Blue and White, goes over some details pertaining to the yearbook planning with Janey Biernacki and Berdj Feredjian. Miss Boylan also teaches Span- ish and two senior English classes in which the approach has been understanding our world neighbors. History teacher, Mrs. Barbara Bowen, discus- ses the American Revolution with one of her classes. Chairman of the new American Studies Program, she leads the students in the direction of independent study. 18

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Mr. Robert Curley, a graduate of Holy Cross College, teaches both Latin and French. He makes the intricacies of the language clear to his class. Outside of school, Mr. Curley’s time is taken up with golf and music. Mrs. Audrey Desrochers stresses the importance of regular exercise to maintain overall good health when teaching gym classes. Mrs. Desrochers is an advocate of a balanced diet and good posture as basic to good health. Mrs. Susan Danton, a new addition to the Classical faculty this year, teaches freshmen English. She is always willing to help her stu- dents and is offering some constructive criticism to freshmen Dori Pos- ner. Her primary interest is education but she also enjoys sewing and cooking. 20