As we headed into the last few months of high school, the January 1964 Chronicle featured the upcoming model US Senate, which was to propose, discuss, and vote on a civil rights act. The photo above shows classmates acting in the roles of Senate leaders.

Other classmates were preparing for CHS hosting the Massachusetts Association of Student Councils on April 3 and 4. Chairing the committee making arrangements was Dianne Dillon, assisted by co-chairman William Danoff. Linda Lorraine was preparing favors and Thomas Counos was in charge of hospitality. Other logistics were to be managed by Martha Axt, Kathleen Modry, Linda Nickerson, and Maureen Pollard.

The editorials and opinion pieces on page two were headed by Ellen Boissonnault‘s column chastising Republicans for even considering nominating Barry Goldwater for US President. “If the delegates to the Republican convention have any sense at all, they will not nominate Barry Goldwater,” she wrote. What did you really think, Ellen? 🙂 (Regina Carestia had assumed duties as page two editor.)

Both the basketball and hockey teams were high in respective standings early in the seasons. While the photo at right describes Dave Wall as dunking the ball, the photo doesn’t quite show it. New to the sports page was a report on the CHS “hooperettes,” i.e., girls’ basketball team, coached by Sr. Martin Patrick. Captained by Kathy Sawicki, the team included classmates Jeanne Twohig, Pat Canning, Kathy Kilbride, Bea Desroches, and Elaine Krepella.

Janice Bushey writes on page six about the CHS cornerstone placed in 1959 at dedication of the then brand new Cathedral High School building. An item reports that Kevin O’Malley won first prize ($100) in the 17th annual “Voice of Democracy” contest sponsored by the local VFW post. A piece on term papers and projects mentioned classmates Mark Rivest, Jacqueline Noel, Joanne Gatti, and Richard Misiaszek.

Twenty classmates received medals for outstanding performance in the National Engineering Aptitude Search test, sponsored by JETS: Ronald Bettini, Robert Boucher, Richard Bowes, Vincent Brown, Robert Cardone, David Collins, William Devlin, Paul Donahue, Robert Green, Thomas Hamyre, Paul Langlois, Joseph McClellan, William O’Malley, John Quill, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Robinson, Robert Romaniak, David Rucinski, John Sheehan, and Mark Sullivan.

In the Literary Supplement, page one, Francis Liro does a take on “Twinkle, twinkle, little star . . .,” adding a cartoon. Edward Callahan and Kathleen Burtt add poems, and Barbara Mooney an essay on how to write a theme by writing about how you can’t write a theme. On the second page, Patricia Pettazzoni has a “meditation,” Ellen LeClair a brief remembrance, Suzanne Babineau a poem and drawing about the courage of Jackie Kennedy, and Paul Donahue pens a passionate “Essay on Peace.”

Here’s the January 31, 1964, Chronicle