St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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Readying for Science Fair About eighty-five of the class of ’63 elected Chemistry in Junior year. At the end of the first semester, projects for the ’62 SBHS Sci- ence Fair were uppermost in the minds of scientifically-minded Jun- iors. Mr. Thomas Lane, director of the Fair announced that this an- nual science fair would take place in the gym March 19 through 21. There were to be three divisions—Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. The Fair was to be judged on Monday afternoon, March 19, by pro- fessional men from each of these three divisions. Two grand prizes and three awards were to be given the third evening. The Fair was to be opened to the public and pupils on Tues- day and Wednesday afternoons from 2:00 to 3:00 and in the evenings from 7:00 to 9:00. Pupils were to stand beside their projects answer- ing questions and further explaining their masterpiece. i ® wHitk Os Trio, Yolanda LeBlanc, Susan Dower, and Linda Alario inspect the exhibits at SB HS Science Fair. Junior chemists with projects at the Fair—Row 1: Claire Chabot, Barbara Barth, Mary Maloney, Mary Callahan. Row 2: Julie Ritzo, Lois Bettinger, Margaret Curley, Bern- adette Dion. Row 3: Carol Marrone, Angela Grattaroti, Diane LeBlanc, Mary Lewis. Top Row: Eileen Flynn, Kathryn Quatrello, Karen Cunningham, Lillian Leger.

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September days were busy ones for Juniors who entered the Declamation contest: Lois Bettinger, Paul Brisson, Denise DeLisle, Andrea Charron, James Curley, Bernadette Dion, Joyce Donovan, Carolyn Harris, Robert Leclerc, Diane LeBlanc, Claire LeBlanc, Patricia Lehto, Mary Lewis, Mary Maloney, Alice Mo- ran. Joseph Muscillo, Robert O’Connell, Eleanor Powell, Julie Ritzo, Thomas Rossi, Philip Salamone, Patrick Slattery, Bernard Smith, John Smith, Gene Ther- riault, Claudette Trottier, Carol Vance, Carolyn Zachau. W inners rm i Seer a : 7 Helen Charette, Jane Beau- doin, and Claire LeBlanc played important parts in the all-school play, The Happy Haunting Ground, November 15-16, ’61. Eric Hachey was Isaias in the Christmas play; Gene Ther- riaylt, a pie Bernard Le- Clair and Bernard Smith, Magi. Lois Bettinger, Betty Bu- ja, Joan Daly, Carla Desjeans, Mary Maloney, Julie Ritzo, Bernadette Smith, Claudette Trottier were angels. Carolers: 1st row: Diane LeBlanc, Maria Jarvis, Caro- lyn Shattuck, Carolyn Zachau. 2nd row: Rita Guillemette, Annette Robichaud, Arline Marceau, Denise Delisle. 3rd row: Jeanne Testa, Patricia Ciuffetti, Margaret Curley, Kathleen Morrissey, Nicole Ferrell. 4th row: Janice Whit- ney, Claire LeBlanc, Susan En- right, Irene Cabana. by

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These Juniors were assigned places at the Science Fair where they set up their projects: no. 103, Bernadette Smith—A Chemical Garden; 104, Linda LaPrade—Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin C; 105, Alice Moran—Spectral Energy vs. Growth Rate; 106, Lois Bettinger and Claire Chabot—Chemistry in Dentistry. No. 107, Joseph Dube—Chemical Reactions Producing Elec- tricity; 108, Mary Lewis—Testing Soaps; 109, Bernadette Dion— Toward the Conquest of Cancer; 110, Diane LeBlanc and Lillian Leger—Growing Crystals; 113, Victor Stewart—Ether,; 114, Gene Therriault—Petroleum Products; 115, Mary Maloney and Julie Ritzo —Bacteria—Destruction by Chemicals. 116, Bernard Smith—Chemicals in Fireproof materials; 117, Eric Hachey—Effect of Salts on the Evaporation of Water; 119, Claire LeBlanc—Fehling’s Test for Glucose; 120, Barbara Barth— Chromatography; 121, Karen Cunningham—Chemical Indicators versus Natural Indicators; 123, Margaret Curley—Reaction of Chem- icals on Plants; 125, Ronald Bussiere—Fuel-Cell; 126, Eileen Flynn —Analysis of Vinegar; 127, Ann Killelea—Chemical Analysis of Fi- bers; 128, Angela Grattaroti, pH of Tears. Patrick Slattery, Judith Thomas, Terence Slattery engage in the Electrolysis of Water experiment. Mary Muessel and Jane Monfils work at the preparation of io- dine. At a different stage of this experi- ment are Claire Pro- teau, Kathleen McMan- us, and Judith Perla. Boy chemists weigh, test, and record their findings: Philip Sala- more, Paul Reinbold, Patrick Slattery, Walter, Persson, James Leger, and George Mathieu.