Bishop Fenwick High School - Lance Yearbook (Peabody, MA)

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t)edica tion As graduation day nears, we pause to recapture fleeting memories. How excited and relieved we were when that all-important letter of acceptance arrived! Fenwick was ours! Each phase of high school life has added to our education: the laboratories where many of us have plowed through Chemistry, Physics or Biology; the gymnasium where we met victory and defeat; the auditorium where we have witnessed a parade of speakers, panelists, and amateur actors; the chapel where we have sought solutions to our problems; the football field which we as seniors now see a s a realization of our dreams; the faculty who have directed our steps toward Knowledge. Now, as we halt on the borderline between yesterday and tomorrow, our eyes turn toward the future. Our lives will always reflect our Bishop Fenwick High School training. To express our gratitude, the Class of 1963 dedicates this first edition of The Lance” to you.

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l ej lectionA As we apply the final polish upon that mystic beam of knowledge , And prepare for the life that shall fill our future, We should reflect on the years that have passed. REMEMBER . . . How we dreaded that first day of school . . . our dismay when we couldn’t find the swimming pool or the elevator . . . Mrs. Buder . . . Bickie, the only man” ever to invade the convent . . . first crushes . . . Eddie and Arthur’s spaghetti free-for-all ... the first dance - nobody did . . Fenwick’s puddle-sized skat- ing rink . . . Father Bukay’s history classes . . . stamp race competition . . . our initial step into basketball . . . Room 107 . . . the Sodality ski trip, when Lynda and Leo made a big smash” . . . our rough and Reddy” retreat, . . . when some of the boys came to school in bermudas and drew a little more than wolf- whistles . . . Sister Rita Marie and her imaginary medals . . . weeding the lawn ... the Big Three race for the School Spirit Cup . . . Honor Night . . . A little rest, then back again, We welcomed” the freshmen . . . Michael, the Math-Angel, versus Cornelia, the Science Saint . . . daily treks to the lost and found box . . . Ronnie in- vaded T-V land ... 201 cleaned out the trophy case . . . Everyone sweated over the first Science Fair . . . Rene turned bookie . . . Marty brought back Big Juli” . . . We laughed over Jeanie” . . . Upperclassmen, at last .... Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Kulevich . . . Cardinal Cushing dedicated the Sacred Heart Altar . . . Fen- wick’s football team emulsified Peabody . . . Chem- istry Lab explosion dampened” spirits . . . the pass- word was predestination . . . cold weather brought warm hearts to the Christmas Cotillion . . . packed gym - no Stang . . the flu bugged Fenwick . . Water pistol Paladins caused April Showers ... we pulled balloons out of thin air . . . n o one was without a lollipop . . . Fenwick and the Fire Department became fast friends . . . the football field materialized . . . Teddy reigned as island queen of Blue Hawaii” . . . Miss Conway entered Maryknoll . . . m