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

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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

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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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Mrs. Antoinetta DiMichele, who teaches Spanish and Italian, is also advisor to IRC. She discusses with Jimmy Roche the IRC scholarship which is awarded annually. When she is not involved in school activities, she spends her time bowling and sewing. 21 Mrs. Ruth Dickerman, chairman of the English department, enjoys instructing her English 12s course. Intensive reading and the writing of detailed analytical papers are basic to the course. Aside from her academic duties, Miss Dickerman has time to advise the Girls Patrol. She is giving junior Fern Clemmons instruc- tions as to the care of Archie, the Girls Patrol mascot. Mr. David Douglas, enthusiastically shows that “it’s all in the way you say it.” One of our French teachers, Mr. Douglas makes good use of grammar and syntax in giving all his students a good, strong French background. Through the use of various French novels, he succeeds in developing his students’ creative ability.